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402 Talk about the matter

Charles Woodson, 32 years old, is a cornerback, but he is also competent for safety. He also performed particularly well in the offensive team in college and showed his top talent in different positions.

In 1997, Woodson successfully won the Heisman Award, which was also the last defensive player to win the Heisman Award; in 1998, Woodson participated in the draft and was selected by the Oakland Raiders with the fourth pick in the first round. He became the absolute main player in the first season and undoubtedly became the best defensive rookie of the year.

As of 2008, Woodson was shortlisted for the Pro Bowl four times, once in the All-American First Team, and was shortlisted for the first decade of the 21st century. He was definitely one of the top cornerbacks in the league. Before he officially retired in 2015, he had long been a sure-fire member of the Hall of Fame.

But unfortunately, the Oakland Raiders are not a competitive team. From 1998 to 2005, they entered the playoffs three times, but all returned in a miserable way. This also made Woodson's honor book never have the option to update the "Super Bowl", which is undoubtedly a pity.

During the offseason in 2006, Woodson and the Oakland Raiders' contract renewal negotiations collapsed, and the two sides broke up in disagreement, so Woodson decided to transfer to find the next home.

At that time, Woodson pursued a top-level contract and hoped to be the highest-paid cornerback in the league, but his request failed to get more responses, because from 2002 to 2005, Woodson was always troubled by injuries, suffered bad injuries for four consecutive seasons, and missed twenty-five games. For a veteran cornerback who was over 30, no team was willing to spend such a big price.

As mentioned earlier, the league's cornerback position has emerged, and the physical confrontation is becoming more and more intense, and the number of young cornerbacks is increasing. Correspondingly, experienced cornerbacks are eliminated faster and faster, and at the same time, the bonuses that "experience" can bring are also less and less.

Woodson has a very big ambition. He not only longs for a super big contract, but also wants to go to a big football team with a prospect of winning the championship.

In addition to the championship, the big ball market also means that jersey sales are prone to rise, and income will naturally rise.

Unfortunately, Woodson's request did not attract the response from other teams, and no team manager was even willing to offer a offer, which made Woodson a little embarrassed.

The only team willing to introduce Woodson with a relatively high contract is Green Bay Packers.

But Woodson didn't want to.

Because the Green Bay Packers' market is too small, and the combination of McCarthy and Favre lacks competitiveness in the championship, and the contract numbers still do not meet expectations, Woodson is not interested in joining.

However, this is Woodson's best choice.

In the end, Woodson reluctantly signed a contract with the Green Bay Packers, resolutely left the Oakland Raiders, and spent two seasons in Green Bay in a blink of an eye.

During this offseason, after learning about the internal turmoil between the team's coaching staff, Woodson was ready to move again and took the initiative to release the transfer to test the water temperature. Unfortunately, not many teams were interested, because Woodson is two years older and although his performance is very good, the risks are also increasing.

So Woodson and Green Bay Packers arrived at their current location.

Although Woodson still lacks a bond with Green Bay and still has dissatisfaction and resentment in his heart, this did not affect his training and competition.

Woodson is a very professional player. He performed well outside the court and in actual training and games. Not only did he not sing the opposite tune with Lu Yiqi, he also did not spread negative emotions in the locker room, and he always completed the game conscientiously because he knew that work is work.

He didn't need to go against Lu Yiqi. In a sense, his goals and Lu Yiqi were consistent - they both hoped to achieve good results; not to mention that he was still looking forward to leaving Green Bay, and did not really regard this place as a parent team that would stay for a long time in the future, but was just a transfer station.

Then, it is enough to concentrate on work.

Woodson would not ridicule or ridicule Lu Yiqi's actions of face-to-face conversation, but he was not interested. This kind of childish method of a young rookie really had no effect on him. It was just a way to win people's hearts and win over the people's hearts. He had seen it a lot.

Not surprising.

While everyone else couldn't wait to talk, Woodson was alone and steady in the midst of the chirping noise.

When the linebacker and cornerback were heading together, Woodson did not join in the fun. Instead, after waiting for the crowd to be less crowded, Woodson walked towards the office slowly.

"Knock."

After knocking on the door, a response came from inside, "Come in."

Pushing open the door of the room, Woodson could see Lu Yiqi drinking water at a glance. After a long day of interview, Lu Yiqi looked a little tired, but his glittering eyes were still bright.

Lu Yiqi made an invitation gesture, indicating that Woodson could sit down. After waiting to swallow it, he spoke, "Please don't mind my voice, although I know it sounds a bit scary now."

The hoarse voice was like a broken erhu, making a sizzling sound, and I always felt a mouthful of thick phlegm in my throat; and the tail of the sound would break, just like the sound would break at any time as I was talking. The slight vibration was really hard to describe, making the listener want to clean his ears.

Woodson waved his hand casually, saying that he didn't care.

Lu Yiqi received no response, but said nothing, and shouted a slogan with a smile, "Go up! Spartan!"

Woodson was slightly stunned. After reacting, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but rise. Even though he knew that this was a trap arranged by Lu Yiqi, he was still "scamdled". "Be careful, the Wolverines will never give in easily."

During college, Charles Woodson was a mortal enemy of the University of Michigan Wolverines at the University of Michigan State University - the latter was Lu Yiqi's alma mater.

Lu Yiqi entered Michigan State University in 1997, which was the year when Woodson led the University of Michigan to the top. However, Lu Yiqi was just a first-year rookie at that time and had no chance to play. He just stood on the sidelines to watch Woodson's heroic posture. The two of them had never fought.

Therefore, Woodson had no impression of Lu Yiqi; but after Lu Yiqi was reborn, he understood what position Woodson was in the professional league, so he was naturally impressed.

Ten years passed in a blink of an eye, but it was indeed a wonderful thing that Woodson and Lu Yiqi met again in such a way.

Never underestimate the NCAA's mortal enemies in the same area. Many schools can continue to be in every corner of society, even after leaving society.

In the professional league, different players from arch-rivals from school play for the same team, and there are countless similar situations, but work is at work, and off-field is off-field. They can fight side by side, but they may not be able to become friends.
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