Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Woodson not as Good as Advertised

This obviously sounds a little bit ludicrous, but is Charles Woodson really as good as the media leads us to believe.  Full disclosure, Woodson was a great and still a good player.  He is a borderline hall of famer as he was hit with the injury bug early on and had some great years and then some unnoticeable ones.  He did a very good job last year, but giving him the defensive player of the year over Darrelle Revis of the Jets was an egregious mistake.  Revis constantly shut down whoever was put in front of him where Woodson, who had a great last year statistically, was able to play a lot more flat coverage and was not following receivers all over the place.  He still makes some plays as he is very smart, but I wouldn't put him on a number one receiver and apparently the Packers agree with me as they leave the big boy coverage to Rookie Sam Shields and newcomer Tramon Williams who are playing as good as anybody right now.  The truth is depending on what they decide to do with Al Harris, a move to safety might be a good move for Woodson who can lengthen his career and instantly be one of the better ones in the league.  Woodson is incredibly intelligent when it comes to the game and they could use that back there to help out these young guys.

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