Rod Woodson was one of the greatest athletes the NFL world has ever had the pleasure of experiencing, up there with Bo Jackson. Deion was the all-time best cover corner ever but all around Rod Woodson was the most complete corner the NFL has ever seen in my opinion. Woodson could cover, he had great make up speed, some of the best hands, hit & tackled like a linebacker, smart and intelligent a true student of the game, only player in NFL history to go to Pro Bowl as a Cornerback, Safety and Punt Returner and only player to tear an ACL and return to play in same season. He holds the pick 6 record at 12. He was such a delight to watch and I looked forward to catching him on highlights (didn't have Sunday Ticket back then :[ ) He was a true shut down corner, I watched many games where they wouldn't even try throwing to his side other wise he would've owned the all-time pick title. Of all the great Steelers to leave Pittsburgh his was the most painful for me ( Kevin Greene was pretty bad too ) but I'm happy he ended up with a ring, he deserved one!
If he didn’t leave after ten years he would be hands down the greatest Steeler of all time. The Emperor always used two deep kickoff returners. Teams started kicking to the other guy (Dwight Stone)every time. Woodson had the best long speed and quickness I have ever seen. Those old enough to remember know his first two or three seasons every time he touched a ball in the return game it was an eyelash away from going to the house. Look up how many times he was targeted each season. They are unbelievable numbers. He piled up something like eight picks in seven games this season and teams completely stopped throwing his way or he would have destroyed the all time season record of 12 picks. He literally was so bored out there he would play loose coverage to draw throws to his side.
As good as he was no one will ever dethrone joe greene as the greatest steeler of all time. Guy started it all for this beautiful franchise he is untouchable in steelers history
a b it’s my opinion. Woodson has rings just not with the Steelers. Joe is a Steeler legend no doubt about it. Most important player they ever drafted. He is not in the argument for greatest at his position of all time. Woodson, Sanders and night trane Lane are all in the argument. Nobody that knows football would take Joe over Reggie White or even Deacon Jones.
Bills fan here. Rod Woodson is the greatest corner of all time. Dude could hit like a beast and was as fast as the wind. Number 2 defensive back all time to Ronnie Lott.
Thank you man, you're taking me back to when I was little.... I was raised in Wny, BILLS FANS EWWWW, And now they are everywhere,. They get 20mins a airtime on the local on every news station,.. I'm proud of my Steelers, BURY ME WITH MY TERRIBLE TOWEL,
Boiler up! My buddy who was a track speedster back in the day (11th in the 100 meter dash in the state of Indiana) had a chance to run against Woodson one time, and Woodson smoked him. I saw Woodson play both ways against IU and block the Hoosiers' game-winning field goal attempt to seal the victory for Purdue. One of the best athletes ever.
Steelers Nation unite in saying " In Rod We Trust!, Amen!" Black & Gold forever! He may have played for other teams but he'll always be a Steeler! This was only a portion of one season out of many incredible seasons! Thanks for the memories!
Michael Orenchuk I didn’t even know who the hell that was once upon a time. In my 38 years on this earth I’ve been a Steeler fan 30 years and we are 2-2 in the Super Bowl and I wasn’t born and actually didn’t see him play
God bless you for posting this. There have been more in the past few years but not enough highlights of prime Woodson on UA-cam. As great as he was, I still don't think he fully gets credit for how good he was.
How many out routes did this guy jump and take to the house? Too many to count. He was supposed to be on the Olympic team but we boycotted so it never happened. Legend!
I like old-school football like from 0:47 through 0:50 where one player can openly taunt another, and the taunted player can respond with an intentional facemask followed by a series of helmet-to-helmet headbutts, and zero penalties are thrown on any of it lol!!!
What’s great is Woodson looked to hit somebody after an INT, most would try to outrun , go down or even run out of bounds!! Woodson lays down the Wood Son!
Intercepted 8 passes in his 1993 Defensive player of the year NFL campaign as a cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers He was up against some of the game’s greatest Quarterbacks of all time Among these HOF Quarterbacks Joe Montana Steve Young Warren moon Dan Marino John Elway Troy Aikman Jim Kelly And was asked to cover the game’s best WRs of his time among them the likes of Andre Reed Cris Carter Michael Irvin Tim Brown Art Monk and the goat himself Jerry Rice
@@DC4L1991 I respect that. I just think Lott paved the way for what a SS is suppose to look like. Taylor was a freak but Lott was different. Lott punished anyone in his way and put dudes on a stretcher.
Better CB than Deion -- didn't go "LeBron-in'" like Deion did to get rings. Stayed with Steelers. Had he done so, people would clearly see he was a better all-around player.
@@jasongCLJ Oh yeah? What exactly did the “SteAlers”’steal? Are you going to bring up some sort of asinine argument about some form of league wide favoritism or something of that nature to try to minimize what they have accomplished as an organization? How, exactly, did they not deserve Rod Woodson? That makes no sense at all.
Today, do you ever see a punt return man catch the punt running at full speed and continue to run straight up the field? (NO) Woodson did it all the time! Best return man I have ever seen.
He should've retired a Steeler. As a Steeler fan being a teenager at this time he was awesome. One thing I wish didn't happen was him in Raider colours and Ravens colours , that hurts.
I agree. Steelers have admitted it was their fault he left. Dan and Art 2 say it’s one of their biggest regrets. They listened to Cowher who thought Woodson was done. They wanted to pay him and let him play one more year at corner and then transition to safety. Cowher talked them out of it.
Nah, Polalmalu played like shit at the end of his career, Woodson went to safety and played at an all-pro level there too. In todays NFL he'd be a linebacker.
What I could NEVER understand about Rod Woodson is: "YES he was a great player and YES to all of the above about his character! What I DO NOT understand is that he played such a shortened career here (injuries galore) and why so many accolades? He played 10 years here but most of them he was injured! He had 3 or 4 great years the rest weren't so! Team of the Decade or Century (Not sure about what it was called. WHY that one? He was barely playing then! Being compared with GREATS of ALL TIME when he was just a young player a couple years in was crazy!) First shot and into The Hall of Fame as well! I've seen Steeler players that were as good if not better that didn't get that kind of recognition! He must of paid a boatload of money to his PR guys for ALL THAT to happen!
I'd maybe look back at the numbers... hurt his rookie year and the 1995 year with the knee but other than that he was extremely durable and by the time the 75th anniversary team was announced he was already a 6 time pro bowler and 5 time all pro. I know with all time teams it's subjective and maybe I'm biased being a steeler fan but until from 1991-1997 he was a top 2 cb, which for any position it is very hard to continue that level of play.
I've been a Steeler fan since I watched Franco's Immaculate Reception in 1972 and I DON'T GIVE A SHIT what anyone else says - Rod Woodson WAS OVERRATED !!! Yeah he had the talent to make alot of incredible plays but he also GOT BURNED ALOT MORE then he made great plays ! Mel Blount was a FAR BETTER cover guy then Woodson could have ever HOPED to have been - Blount was so good that after he intercepted 11 passes [ YES - I SAID 11 !! ] in 1975 the other team just STAYED THE HELL AWAY FROM HIS SIDE OF THE FIELD more often then not !! All the YUPPIE fans of the last 30 years think Woodson was better just because he made some SPLASH PLAYS with his kickoff and punt returns but KNOWLEDGABLE fans KNOW that isn't true .
They was both nice. I remember all of them. This coming from a 49er faithful living in West Virginia the Steelers is like our pro team since we dont have any. But along with the 49ers I love the Steelers also
If the worst coach in Pittsburgh since 69 would let him play offensive ,like the super bowl we lost and not cut him.yes cut rod woodson.would be more super bowls and possibly the best steeler ever.thanks cower
LOL Rod Woodson isn't even the greatest Woodson to play defensive back. Charles Woodson was the best Woodson to play defensive back for a real football team the Raiders.
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Rod Woodson was one of the greatest athletes the NFL world has ever had the pleasure of experiencing, up there with Bo Jackson. Deion was the all-time best cover corner ever but all around Rod Woodson was the most complete corner the NFL has ever seen in my opinion. Woodson could cover, he had great make up speed, some of the best hands, hit & tackled like a linebacker, smart and intelligent a true student of the game, only player in NFL history to go to Pro Bowl as a Cornerback, Safety and Punt Returner and only player to tear an ACL and return to play in same season. He holds the pick 6 record at 12. He was such a delight to watch and I looked forward to catching him on highlights (didn't have Sunday Ticket back then :[ ) He was a true shut down corner, I watched many games where they wouldn't even try throwing to his side other wise he would've owned the all-time pick title. Of all the great Steelers to leave Pittsburgh his was the most painful for me ( Kevin Greene was pretty bad too ) but I'm happy he ended up with a ring, he deserved one!
If he didn’t leave after ten years he would be hands down the greatest Steeler of all time. The Emperor always used two deep kickoff returners. Teams started kicking to the other guy (Dwight Stone)every time. Woodson had the best long speed and quickness I have ever seen. Those old enough to remember know his first two or three seasons every time he touched a ball in the return game it was an eyelash away from going to the house. Look up how many times he was targeted each season. They are unbelievable numbers. He piled up something like eight picks in seven games this season and teams completely stopped throwing his way or he would have destroyed the all time season record of 12 picks. He literally was so bored out there he would play loose coverage to draw throws to his side.
This is an amazing comment. I watched every single one of those games making this & you’re spot on.
Itz Yinzburgh He was my favorite Steeler. I pretty much have his entire career burned into my memory banks lol
As good as he was no one will ever dethrone joe greene as the greatest steeler of all time. Guy started it all for this beautiful franchise he is untouchable in steelers history
I'm sorry but you can't take the throne from Mean Joe. You'd need a couple rings and extreme play to do that.
a b it’s my opinion. Woodson has rings just not with the Steelers. Joe is a Steeler legend no doubt about it. Most important player they ever drafted. He is not in the argument for greatest at his position of all time. Woodson, Sanders and night trane Lane are all in the argument. Nobody that knows football would take Joe over Reggie White or even Deacon Jones.
Rod Woodson was THE TRUTH!!!
He and Mel Blount my 2 favorite all-time Steelers Defensive Backs!!!
75th Anniversary CB,s both!
The best all around defensive back of all time
Agreed. Ronnie Lott #2.
Bills fan here. Rod Woodson is the greatest corner of all time. Dude could hit like a beast and was as fast as the wind. Number 2 defensive back all time to Ronnie Lott.
Thank you man, you're taking me back to when I was little.... I was raised in Wny, BILLS FANS EWWWW, And now they are everywhere,. They get 20mins a airtime on the local on every news station,.. I'm proud of my Steelers, BURY ME WITH MY TERRIBLE TOWEL,
Boiler up! My buddy who was a track speedster back in the day (11th in the 100 meter dash in the state of Indiana) had a chance to run against Woodson one time, and Woodson smoked him. I saw Woodson play both ways against IU and block the Hoosiers' game-winning field goal attempt to seal the victory for Purdue. One of the best athletes ever.
Steelers Nation unite in saying " In Rod We Trust!, Amen!" Black & Gold forever! He may have played for other teams but he'll always be a Steeler! This was only a portion of one season out of many incredible seasons! Thanks for the memories!
NFL offenses in 1993:"We have the ball"
Rod Woodson:"And I took that personally"
Definitely a top 5 DB of all time can't think of many guys that I would put ahead of him
I can only think of one man in front of him and that's Deion "The Great" Sanders #Steelers4Life#
@@ArmedNDangerous I dont know that Mel Blount guy wasn't too bad 😉
Michael Orenchuk I didn’t even know who the hell that was once upon a time. In my 38 years on this earth I’ve been a Steeler fan 30 years and we are 2-2 in the Super Bowl and I wasn’t born and actually didn’t see him play
Dion is the only CB ahead of the Rod
sdpjv exactly what I said, the only one in my book too #Steelers4Life#
Rod was the greatest corner to ever play the game. Simple truth!
He was great. Probally best number 26
I forgot he could return
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@Deputy Brennan lol
@Deputy Brennan Lol..u kinda did.
God bless you for posting this. There have been more in the past few years but not enough highlights of prime Woodson on UA-cam. As great as he was, I still don't think he fully gets credit for how good he was.
My Favorite player when I was younger. About to get his jersey. Had it in 95.
How many out routes did this guy jump and take to the house? Too many to count. He was supposed to be on the Olympic team but we boycotted so it never happened. Legend!
Olympic team?
If your pick off Steve Young and Jerry Rice you deserve massive respect
My favorite steeler of all time and the first “shut down” corner.
I like old-school football like from 0:47 through 0:50 where one player can openly taunt another, and the taunted player can respond with an intentional facemask followed by a series of helmet-to-helmet headbutts, and zero penalties are thrown on any of it lol!!!
ROD IS GOD , He was so good !!!
A reason alone to watch Steelers games when he played !!!!
Just too bad Woodson never won a Super Bowl when he played with the steelers. Thanks alot, Neil O'Donnell.
Woodson was the best DB that's ever done it!! 💯
Most complete DB of all-time✨
Greatest Corner in Steelers history. Wish he was a steeler his whole career
Actually I take it back, Mel was the greatest steeler corner of all time. But Rod is right up there
Tommy D was a fool for letting him walk
Mel Blount is the Greatest corner back in Steelers history followed by Rod Woodson.
Yeah, Blount forced the NFL to change the rules because he was so good.
Well, I’m only 38 I don’t know who Mel Blount was but Rod Woodson is definitely the best corner in my 30 years of being a fan #Steelers4Life#
The GOAT corner! Sanders couldn't hold Rod's jock
"RodGod" is a beast in Tecmo Super Bowl as well...
My favorite Steeler on my favorite channel.
Prime & Rod ran tha 90ss 😎
One of my favorite Steelers, only Jersey I have.
Favorite player of all time g!!!!
What’s great is Woodson looked to hit somebody after an INT, most would try to outrun , go down or even run out of bounds!! Woodson lays down the Wood Son!
Man, was Ricky Waters being such a punk in that Niners game.
Intercepted 8 passes in his 1993 Defensive player of the year NFL campaign as a cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
He was up against some of the game’s greatest Quarterbacks of all time
Among these HOF Quarterbacks
Joe Montana
Steve Young
Warren moon
Dan Marino
John Elway
Troy Aikman
Jim Kelly
And was asked to cover the game’s best WRs of his time among them the likes of Andre Reed Cris Carter Michael Irvin Tim Brown Art Monk and the goat himself Jerry Rice
Excellent
Intercepted 71 passes in his HOF career with Steelers Niners Raiders and Ravens
-3rd highest career total in league history
Back in these days as a DB you either were a deion sanders fan or a rod woodson fan both were solid corners.
Many Steeler fans like me thought Woodson should have been used on offense too.
Yes, and I also though Troy should have been running punt returns. How exciting that would have been.
Need these videos to distract me from the hell going on these days good job kid💪💯
My starting secondary of all-time
Cb- Deion Sanders
Cb-Rod Woodson
Fs- Ed Reed
Ss- Ronnie Lott
I want Sean Taylor and the Strong but I agree with the rest
@@DC4L1991 I respect that. I just think Lott paved the way for what a SS is suppose to look like. Taylor was a freak but Lott was different. Lott punished anyone in his way and put dudes on a stretcher.
my favorite STEELER of all time!!
i grew up thinking i was him lol
Rod Woodson, if you're reading this, please consider being my child's Godfather
I've been waiting for this.
Rod made the NFL's 75th anniversary team
great vid! 👍 do mel blount now!
Wow he really crushed the NFC West that season. Those games are more than half the highlights.
Second favorite player steeler in that era, right behind 99 L kirkland. And in front of Chad brown /carnell lake.
Better CB than Deion -- didn't go "LeBron-in'" like Deion did to get rings. Stayed with Steelers. Had he done so, people would clearly see he was a better all-around player.
@@jasongCLJ Oh yeah? What exactly did the “SteAlers”’steal? Are you going to bring up some sort of asinine argument about some form of league wide favoritism or something of that nature to try to minimize what they have accomplished as an organization?
How, exactly, did they not deserve Rod Woodson? That makes no sense at all.
Great player!
In rod we trust
Today, do you ever see a punt return man catch the punt running at full speed and continue to run straight up the field? (NO) Woodson did it all the time! Best return man I have ever seen.
He is the best CB of all time.
Could’ve had 11 or 12 INT in a 16 game season in 1993
He was better than Deion Sanders. More complete player and arguably a better athlete. Most athletic Steeler of all-time.
It's like comparing Coke and Pepsi..both are in the HOF, both ruled in their day!
greatest versatile DB ever better than deion sanders
That SB against de Cowboys should be the one for him with the Steelers
Better then Deion hands down .
Nice video. Can you do this same concept with all of our DPOY?
Yes he was wrong with you was the man and I really appreciate him helping us win a championship in Baltimore he's a raven for life
He's the best CB to ever play football 🏈
Noti gang
The second greatest NFL player ever behind Lambert!
He should've retired a Steeler. As a Steeler fan being a teenager at this time he was awesome. One thing I wish didn't happen was him in Raider colours and Ravens colours , that hurts.
I agree. Steelers have admitted it was their fault he left. Dan and Art 2 say it’s one of their biggest regrets. They listened to Cowher who thought Woodson was done. They wanted to pay him and let him play one more year at corner and then transition to safety. Cowher talked them out of it.
Arguably the best DB in Steelers history besides maybe Troy
Nah, Polalmalu played like shit at the end of his career, Woodson went to safety and played at an all-pro level there too. In todays NFL he'd be a linebacker.
Mel Blount too. They literally made rules because he was so dominant
Yessir
Best CB ever........ Yes better then Sanders... my opinion
@Scott Yes......
What I could NEVER understand about Rod Woodson is: "YES he was a great player and YES to all of the above about his character! What I DO NOT understand is that he played such a shortened career here (injuries galore) and why so many accolades? He played 10 years here but most of them he was injured! He had 3 or 4 great years the rest weren't so! Team of the Decade or Century (Not sure about what it was called. WHY that one? He was barely playing then! Being compared with GREATS of ALL TIME when he was just a young player a couple years in was crazy!) First shot and into The Hall of Fame as well! I've seen Steeler players that were as good if not better that didn't get that kind of recognition! He must of paid a boatload of money to his PR guys for ALL THAT to happen!
I'd maybe look back at the numbers... hurt his rookie year and the 1995 year with the knee but other than that he was extremely durable and by the time the 75th anniversary team was announced he was already a 6 time pro bowler and 5 time all pro. I know with all time teams it's subjective and maybe I'm biased being a steeler fan but until from 1991-1997 he was a top 2 cb, which for any position it is very hard to continue that level of play.
Ricky watters was wild
Rod Woodson was like Visa "everywhere you wanted to be". Not the opponent tho.
U forgot the play where Woodson chased down Kirby after a 60 yard and forced a fumble!!! Dolphins game
Honestly a frightening being if you are on offense
Does anybody remember Delton Hall
Donald Saunders Beltin’ Delton Hall #35
No
I've been a Steeler fan since I watched Franco's Immaculate Reception in 1972 and I DON'T GIVE A SHIT what anyone else says - Rod Woodson WAS OVERRATED !!! Yeah he had the talent to make alot of incredible plays but he also GOT BURNED ALOT MORE then he made great plays ! Mel Blount was a FAR BETTER cover guy then Woodson could have ever HOPED to have been - Blount was so good that after he intercepted 11 passes [ YES - I SAID 11 !! ] in 1975 the other team just STAYED THE HELL AWAY FROM HIS SIDE OF THE FIELD more often then not !! All the YUPPIE fans of the last 30 years think Woodson was better just because he made some SPLASH PLAYS with his kickoff and punt returns but KNOWLEDGABLE fans KNOW that isn't true .
How about a Yancey Thigpen or Louis Lipps video. Both are sort of forgotten about but were great in a Steelers uniform.
They was both nice. I remember all of them. This coming from a 49er faithful living in West Virginia the Steelers is like our pro team since we dont have any. But along with the 49ers I love the Steelers also
2:53
Rod Woodson (26) tackles Jim Everett (11)
Another member that should of got a ring with Steelers! More SB 30 the Shady Deal in the Desert b.s.!!!!
Heinz Field cannot even come close to matching the old timey charm of Three Rivers Stadium
Deion who?
The Steelers probably won't but Woodson and Troy need them numbers retired
Its a shame they let him go.. rod was the onky ine i could think ofnthat they were wrong on when they traded
Ricky Waters was such a hot head. I think that he could have been a lot more successful, but his ego got in the way.
If the worst coach in Pittsburgh since 69 would let him play offensive ,like the super bowl we lost and not cut him.yes cut rod woodson.would be more super bowls and possibly the best steeler ever.thanks cower
#Steelers4Life# Rod Woodson is #2 in my book behind Deion "The Great" Sanders
Dion wasn't physical and wouldn't hit no one. Woodson was the TOTAL PACKAGE!!!
James Williams It’s some truth in that, not gone argue with you there
Charles und Darren Woodson gabs' auch oda etwa nixh... Huh!?!
LOL Rod Woodson isn't even the greatest Woodson to play defensive back.
Charles Woodson was the best Woodson to play defensive back for a real football team the Raiders.
What is this in correlation to?
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Freak.
This is perhaps the worst “Highlight” video I have ever watched
Explain?
Second best cornerback to ever play the game, Dion being the first.