The Pittsburgh Steelers’ Troy Polamalu is ferocious on the football field — as evidenced by his 2010 NFL Defensive Player Award and three All-Pro honors — but he’s almost painfully quiet around reporters.

His 3-year-old son Paisios doesn’t share that trait.

Paisios proved that on Sunday when, after the Steelers’ 35-7 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, he grabbed a reporter’s digital recorder and, while standing on a chair, held it up to his father’s face, mimicking the media members gathered around the elder Polamalu’s locker.

What followed was a light-hearted moment that showed Polamalu’s sense of humor as well as his close relationship with is family.

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From The Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown, Pa.