"If I didn’t go back, I think there would be a love-hate relationship for the fans. “Those three seasons really closed out my career the right way," Woodson told Silver and Black Pride on Friday.
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Woodson earned his ninth and final Pro Bowl nod in 2015, but he retired after that season with something far more important.
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Playing safety rather than cornerback, Woodson signed a series of three one-year deals and closed out his career just as he began, wearing No. Woodson lifting the Vince Lombardi Trophy with his right arm while his left was in a sling is one of the enduring memories of his career, but the Packers released him just three years after that game in 2013, setting the stage a homecoming with the Raiders. "I just asked the guys to understand how much I wanted it," Woodson said. A broken collarbone kept him out of the second half of Super Bowl XLV, and he emotionally addressed his teammates at halftime of the 31-25 victory.Ĭould Tyreek Hill's history of violence affect how NFL handles current investigation? Woodson was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year and won his first and only Super Bowl. He had a career-high nine picks in 2009, which was his best season as a professional. Woodson caught a second wind with the Packers, recording at least seven interceptions in four of his seven seasons in Green Bay. After he played hurt in Super Bowl XXXVII, the Raiders dramatically declined, and Woodson signed with the Green Bay Packers as a free agent in 2006. Woodson made four Pro Bowls and two All-Pro teams within his first four seasons in Oakland, but injuries limited him to just 39 of 64 possible games during the next four years. The following season, he was First-Team All-Pro for the first of four times in his career. In 1998, Woodson won NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, made the Pro Bowl and tied for the team lead in interceptions. The last defensive player to win the Heisman Trophy, Woodson immediately lived up to the hype after the Raiders drafted him No. Woodson spent 11 seasons in Silver and Black, including the first eight of his career as he earned a reputation as one of the NFL's most dominant defensive backs. BREAKING: has been elected to the Class of 2021! #PFHOF21 | | /Hi0NT1Qcao- Pro Football Hall of Fame February 7, 2021
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