Charles Woodson

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Originally posted by trump:
I pray like Mother Theresa that God allows Woody to play to his abilities and have a game like Reggie did in 1 of the biggest games of his life.

That Memory of Reggie having the game he did, running around that dome with our Lombardi is forever etched in my mind ... Moses at the Mountaintop.

Woody ... Lead us to the Promised Land!

Go Pack Go!

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At the time, I loved the signing. I thought he was going to be the man. I even said, "He's going to be the man."

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Originally posted by ammo:
And to think he didn't even want to come here initially. There was an article at Inside Wisconsin Sports a couple of years ago that told the story. Woody was a free agent but his agent was not getting any calls except from the Packers. Woody could not understand why nobody wanted him. He kept asking his agent if anybody had called and the answer was always, "Well, Green Bay called again." It became apparent if he wanted to play in the NFL again it was Green Bay or nothing. So he signed. And has never looked back.

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The one factor that sustained Green Bay's interest in Woodson was the long-running admiration Packers general manager Ted Thompson had for the player's ability.

When Thompson was the Seattle Seahawks' vice president of football operations from 2000 to 2004, he used to watch film of Woodson and tell his scouts, "That's what a cornerback is supposed to look like."

And when teams were ignoring Woodson in free agency, Thompson followed his own impulse.

"We had people we trusted telling us that he could still play," Thompson said.

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Originally posted by saguaro:

The team climate and organization also obviously turned him around. The Raiders would make just about any player sour on football. Rumor has it that Woodson has been talking to Asomugha (sp?) who will be a free agent this year, telling him to come to Green Bay. Move Woodson to safety and that would easily be the best secondary pro football has seen.

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The Raiders would make just about any player sour on football.

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In a season when Green Bay was devastated by injuries—the ultimate adversity you face as a pro football team—they are still standing a week away from Super Bowl XLV. Coach McCarthy, Aaron Rodgers, Donald Driver. Names that should be mentioned when we discuss leadership up in Green Bay. But from what I have seen—and heard from people close to the Packers—this is Charles Woodson’s football team.

[During training camp this summer] ... I watched the way the secondary, the defense and the entire team reacted to him on the field. He was vocal, competed—in every drill—and it was obvious that players (rookies and veterans) gravitated to him. That stood out more than what he did during one-on-ones and during blitz period. On top of that, it was very refreshing to watch a veteran—coming off of the Defensive Player of the Year award—to compete so hard during an afternoon practice in early August. And I can tell you from my experience in the league, you won’t see that everywhere with the top talent. There are big names that will coast, get through drills and manage the flow of training camp. I saw the exact opposite with Woodson...

True leaders are hard to find—and Green Bay has a great one in Woodson.

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Drafted in 1998 after winning the Heisman Trophy at Michigan, Woodson the Raider was the smart kid dodging the classroom, rarely bothering to study and still getting mostly A's and B's. He would daydream or drift to sleep in meetings on Wednesday, miss curfew on Saturday. Yet he would show up on Sunday and be the most reliable playmaker on the defensive unit.

His production, though inconsistent, was in defiance of his libertine off-the-field exploits. As a Raider, Woodson was arrested at least twice, once while reeking of booze in the back seat of a woman's car -- at 4:20 in the morning. Cops knew him almost as well as the bartenders, who knew him almost as well as the ladies.

Yet he was selected to four Pro Bowls as a Raider.

Let's just say Woodson's inability to stay healthy in Oakland -- he missed 13 games over his final two seasons before leaving as a free agent in 2006 -- might have been related to his affinity for the night life and his indifference toward fitness.

And now, he's a role model, equal parts ability and dedication, the quintessential professional. Largely because he's in Green Bay, a place he initially resisted.

Woodson had no choice, though, because his years in Oakland branded him as a high-maintenance, low-commitment talent unwilling to challenge himself. The definition of a wake-up call in the NFL is hearing that Green Bay is the only team interested in you.

Yet the place has been Woodson's salvation...
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Originally posted by ammo:
And to think he didn't even want to come here initially. There was an article at Inside Wisconsin Sports a couple of years ago that told the story. Woody was a free agent but his agent was not getting any calls except from the Packers. Woody could not understand why nobody wanted him. He kept asking his agent if anybody had called and the answer was always, "Well, Green Bay called again." It became apparent if he wanted to play in the NFL again it was Green Bay or nothing. So he signed. And has never looked back.

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Originally posted by Tequila_Monster:
Will Woodson retire if they win the SB?

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Next to Reggie White this may go down as the best free agent signing in the history of the team.

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Originally posted by Pakrz:

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Next to Reggie White this may go down as the best free agent signing in the history of the team.

Of Course it will. To date, is there anybody even close?

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Originally posted by ammo:
Poll over at JS Online asks who is the Packers best DB. Surprisingly Tramon Williams is leading Woodson 48% to 47%.

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Originally posted by ammo:
Poll over at JS Online asks who is the Packers best DB. Surprisingly Tramon Williams is leading Woodson 48% to 47%.