Commander of Awesome;1661965 wrote:Nope, Woodson went to scUM so he's worse.
Rod went to Purdue and as a world class sprinter as well. Good guy, met him at an event in Ft Wayne years ago.
He is my all time favorite steeler. I think he was one of the best all around CB's in the league in covering and tackling. Sanders was great but he would shy away from contact.
Rod tore his ACL in week 1 vs the Lions. I was at that game when he went wide to tackle Barry Sanders and he gave him the ole okey-doke and pop goes the knee. I remember seeing Rod on the sidelines starting to jog so I thought he would be OK.
They started 3-4 that season and it seemed like it was all lost and then they won the next 8 games. They started to spread it out with Neil Odonnel with 4-5 wide sets and reeled off like 8 wins and didnt lose again till a snowy game at Green Bay in the last game of the season. Thipgen dropped a sure, easy TD pass very late in that game that would have won it. They went onto the Super Bowl that season. That was my first playoff game when they played teh bills.
Anwyays...Rod pleaded Coach Cowher to keep him active, and he did, all season. Didnt put him on the IR. Rod had his ACL repaired, and played a few plays in the SB loss vs the Cowboys. I remember one play Dallas tested him and he knocked it down and then started pointing to his knee and basically saying it was all fixed!
It was sad to see him go. The steelers gave him what I felt was a fair offer after taht...an older player coming off of ACL injury when it wasnt as common as it was today. He turned it down and ended up playing a number of other seasons at safety.
but I digress.........