Troy Polamalu has chosen to retire, according to Jim Wexell at Steel City Insider in a piece that quotes Polamalu extensively to that end.
It's truly the end of an era of excellence.
There will come a point, maybe as soon as tomorrow, to mull over the mundane immediate elements to this story. What it means to the Steelers' secondary. Or their salary cap. Or even the prompting of Polamalu's decision weighed against recent performance. But that wouldn't be right.
Not for this extraordinary player.
Not for this exemplary person.
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