“Brian created the template that Troy Polamalu became,” said Hall of Fame sportswriter Ray Didinger. “When Brian came in and especially when Jim Johnson created this new role for him where he made him this multi-dimensional player, where he wasn’t a centerfielder like a lot of other safeties and he wasn’t just a box player, but he was a blitzer and he was a great run defender and when teams went to the spread he could play man to man.”
