Charles Woodson's Last Football Game
You probably missed it, because the Pro Bowl is horrendous, but Charles Woodson played his very last football game tonight. They did a nice little tribute to him at the end, with Jon Gruden reflecting on what an honor it was to coach him.
It's not ideal that his final game was a beyond-meaningless Pro Bowl, but let's pause to honor the occasion.
No. 2, you were the greatest Wolverine of my lifetime. Godspeed and good luck.
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Done pausing. Seriously, Charles has been nothing short of awesome both on the field as well as his off the field philanthropy.
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I enjoyed seeing Charles, but the Pro Bowl is not football. Someone needs to put it out of our misery ...
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Apparently, he got a shot on offense...
Now on offense...@RAIDERS icon Charles Woodson. pic.twitter.com/HD4HGqH43i
— NFLonCBS (@NFLonCBS) February 1, 2016
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This useless chatter is exactly why Jim Harbaugh refrains from comparing people, and says it just diminishes people.
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was NFL Defensive MVP in 2009.
Defensive players don't win the overall MVP anymore. A DB would have to have 25 INTs before they would even consider giving it to him. The Defensive MVP is equal to the NFL MVP in my eyes.
Alan Page, a DT in 1971 for the Vikings, is the only defensive player to ever win the NFL MVP. He will probably be the last.
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he didn't even come close to winning it. Rodgers won it decisively.
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DROY as well....he grabbed every award availabe and one that isn't to guys his side of the field. The only mostly defensive player to ever win the Heisman.
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I'm a lifelong Michigan fan and for those of you too young to remember, there was a time when Michigan was considered somewhat of a joke in certain circles because they hadn't won a national championship since 1948. They came close a few years but just couldn't get it done and for as great as Bo was, he wasn't able to win one. All those great teams under Bo, Mo and Lloyd with all of those great players but never the championship, and for a while, it didn't seem like they would ever win one, coming up with a series of bad losses when winning any one of them would have led them to a national title:
-Brown throwing all of those picks against an ND team that Michigan outplayed
-Bo kicking to Rocket TWICE...TWICE!!!!!!!!!!
-Losing to a top 5 Miami(YTM) at home when they were up by 2 scores in the 4th quarter
-MSU tripping Desmond on the final play of the game
-That fucking Hail Mary that I refuse to watch to this day
-Getting rocked by Washington in the Rose bowl
I can go on and on with the bad losses but if you weren't there to watch them you can't understand how frustrating it was being a Michigan fan. Every year they fielded a top 5 team, and every year they found a way to come up short. Any conversation you had with an opposing fan ended with them saying "Michigan's overrated, they haven't won a national championship since 1948", and I could never find a way to come back at them because it was true. For a very long time, Michigan WAS overrated.
Then in 1997, Charles Woodson, more than any other player, changed all of that. He was the championship player that past Michigan teams just didn't have. Every time Michigan looked like they would lose a game and find a way to piss away another year he was there:
-He set the tone against a top 5 Colorado team that year with his play and attitude. It didn't matter that Colorado was considered the better team. Michigan had the best player on the field and that helped the team confidence.
-That interception against a very good, Nick Saban coached, MSU team.
-The rock of that dominant defense against PSU.
-The end zone INT and kick return against OSU that sealed the Heisman
-And the end zone pick against Washington State when it looked like Michigan was about to be down 14-0 and were about to piss away another national championship with a Rose Bowl loss.
Now, for whatever else other fans can say about Michigan in recent years, fans can always point back to that 1997 team, and then ask "when was the last time your team won the nationa championship?"; "when was the last time you had a Heisman winner?"; and "has your school ever had a defensive player win the Heisman?"
Thanks, Charles. If I live 50 more years I don't think I'll ever see a better player wear the Maize and Blue.
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Truly one of the greatest players and a great Michigan man! I'll always be a huge fan of his. Thanks for the memories!
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but he has just gotten better looking with age. He's a babe.
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One of the first guys I remember with swag. Usually had the type of game that matched his persona and confidence. Great big game player, some players disappear in the big game but not him. Outstanding NFL career, and we will definitely miss him.
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We were freshman together in 1995. He lived down the hall from me. West Quad Allen-Rumsey represent! Haha... He was super shy his freshman year. Always walked around with his head lowered. By Sophomore year he was the BMOC. Favorite play of all time was still the MSU one handed interception.
Loved rushing the field in '97 and grabbing a piece of the sod. It's a bag of dirt now in a ziplock somewhere at my parents house. Haha
It was actually a pretty awesome year in the dorm that year as Tom Malchow lived next door. Olympic gold medal winner swimmer on one side. Woodson down the hall...