The Raiders offered more money, plus Woodson was touched by the fans’ turnout when he visited the team facility. He certainly seemed interested in it but ended up picking Oakland, which I certainly understand - going back to where he started.” “I was telling him what a good place it was and what attracted me to it. “I remember when Charles visited Denver in the offseason, talking to him after I had just signed there,” Manning said. Manning tried to tell him in 2013 when Woodson had a free-agent visit with the Broncos. (Manning was injured and didn’t play in the second matchup in 2015, which the Raiders won.) Woodson won three of the first four meetings against Manning - with the Raiders beating the Colts in 20 and losing in 2004, and then the Packers winning the 2008 matchup - before Manning and the Broncos won all five of his games against Woodson and the Raiders from 2013-15. Then, when I moved to Denver, I played against him three of those four years.” “When I was in Indianapolis, we only played Oakland on occasion,” Manning said. Woodson and Manning then got to know each other better at some rookie events and had a long-distance relationship, only playing against each other four times in the first 15 years of their careers. “We had already had three second-place finishers (Hank Lauricella, Johnny Majors and Heath Shuler) and I wanted to win it for my school and our fans.” “I was hurting for Tennessee, my school, the former players and our fans,” Manning said. I think all Hall of Famers do.”Ī disappointed Manning congratulated Woodson right away, and looking back, said he didn’t feel that bad for himself. “Championships are team accomplishments and the ultimate goal, and I know Peyton would agree with that.
“It was one of the greatest moments of my life, right under winning a national title and a Super Bowl as far as my career goes,” Woodson said. The coolest thing to be a finalist w/ these great football players & men! /REMdzzFUn3 Congrats to Charles & Peyton joining Randy in the well deserved and earned. Made this joke for a # of yrs…”This is a photo of 3 HOF players & that other guy” tonight it became a reality. He was frozen for three or four seconds before Moss, sitting next to him, nudged him. Woodson had 1,815 to Manning’s 1,543, and when they announced the winner, Woodson was definitely shocked. Washington State quarterback Ryan Leaf was the other finalist, and he would come in third in the voting with 861 points to Moss’ 253. I had no confidence that I was going to win.” I thought, no way is a defensive player going to win it, not over Peyton Manning for sure. He came back for his senior year to win the trophy, and that was all of the hype throughout the season. “From the beginning of the season, it was all about Peyton and him winning the trophy. “I didn’t think I was going to win, at all,” Woodson said. Even when Randy Moss - who averaged a ridiculous 35 yards on his 26 touchdowns catches for Marshall but had no shot at the hardware - told him he was going to win, Woodson thought he was crazy. But Woodson made a late run, making game-breaking, highlight-friendly plays at cornerback and receiver and on kick returns for top-ranked Michigan. Manning was the Heisman favorite coming into that season and threw for 3,819 yards and 36 touchdowns to lead Tennessee to an SEC title. People were saying that defensive players don’t win, but Charles was not just a defensive player.” “I knew what a great player Charles was and what a great season he had just had.
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“There is no doubt that going through those two things together and then playing the exact same length in the league together, 18 years, being on the AFC for most of that and playing in Pro Bowls together, and now obviously going into the Hall of Fame together … we are connected.” … I do remember Charles shaking my hand when I got drafted (first by the Colts) and me doing the same to him (Woodson went fourth to the Raiders). “There were only four players invited to the NFL Draft back then, it was me, Charles, Ryan Leaf and Curtis Enis,” Manning said in a phone interview. Manning said he better remembers the time they spent together four months later at the 1998 NFL Draft. Woodson and Manning will be enshrined into the Hall of Fame on Sunday, 24 years after Woodson beat out Manning for the 1997 Heisman Trophy. Both of us had outstanding careers, you know, and then here we are, we meet up again as Hall of Famers. “We came in together, went to the Heisman ceremony together, then spent 18 years, the same amount of time, in the NFL. “We’re tied at the hip,” Woodson said in a recent phone interview.
And then at some point, the former Raiders and Packers defensive back and the ex- Colts and Broncos quarterback reflected on each other.
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