Woodly cut?

Just saw the crawler on Mike & Mike. Raiders released Woodly

 

That "crawler" was actually Woodley. His hammies are completely shot and that's all he can do now, crawl. Sad.

 

sad.

 

Man I really hate this because he seemed to have so much potential and DEFINITELY helped us win one and get to another. I just don't think he had the heart and soul to go the distance. I'm sure the millions of dollars we are still giving him probably helps though. LOL.

 

I always hated when the Steelers gave Woodley the big contract. I always thought of him as a one trick pony. Good bull rush guy - but was never very good against the run (he averaged about 60% to 66% of the tackles in a season that Harrison would get). My problem in him getting the contract was he wasn't a complete player the way Harrison was.

But....if the guy shows some care about getting in better shape I would be completely fine with the Steelers giving him a look because it is possible you could pay this guy a dirt cheap salary, give him a pittance for a signing bonus, and possibly have him be a transition guy to your future draft pick.

One thing for Woodley to think about - this is his last chance at having some type of career in the NFL, if he wants any hope of getting some type of decent contract for another 2 or 3 years he needs to perform this next year - and I am sure he knows an organization like the Steelers would be a better fit for him.

 

My thing about him is that if he wouldn't get in shape for a boatload of money why would he do it for the minimum ya know? Besides, he's getting 8.5mil this year anyway right?

 

Another retarded Raider move; why sign a guy to a big deal who got fat and lazy from his last big deal? I wouldn't have wanted him for league minimum. He had his decent couple of years and that was it. When he started showing up looking like Hampton, they should have got a clue.

 

I agree w/you. I guess your hope is that seeing the end of your career possibly right in front of you may be a big motivator. If the Steelers are not a player in free agency for a pass rusher then you got to feel they may try to draft someone and that would possibly imply further interest in someone like Harrison and/or Woodley may come into play.

 

Why is this in "Steelers Talk," Hmmm?

 

I think Woodley's demise happened when the Raiders coach bought into the whole played out of position myth and allowed him to put on weight(not muscle mass) and let him play with his hand in the dirt. I think had he stayed close to his weight while a Steeler and played OLB his numbers would have been better, not steller but better. Combine that with how the Raiders mismanaged their team and brought in lots of high priced talent that didn't mesh with the system and you see the result.

 

Well, I think he was a beast and should have been able to go the distance in this league as one the truly great, Steeler greats. I guess I'm the only one that just didn't see this coming until it did.

Major disappointment with this guy for me.

 

I agree that in his prime, the Woodley/Harrison tandem was lethal. I also don't agree with Steel_in_DC that he was a one-trick pony, or at least he had all the skills to be a better all-rounder. When he was hungry, he was tremendous. Maybe he did get lazy after the contract. Maybe injuries played a part. Maybe the coaches weren't pushing him to finesse the other parts of his game. Who knows.

Like you say, the story should have gone a different way to what it did. And that's a shame.

 

Woodley largely benefited from having Harrison on the other side - once Harrison started not being the same player he was, Woodley never could step up into being the same type of marquis player. The guy was never that good against the run either, a lot of times he didn't seal the edge and his lateral movement was awful. Harrison was a way better OLB than Woodley. Woodley was good, but he wasn't very good...certainly not worth the contract he was given. A lot folks say it was injuries and that may be true, in fact it is certainly part of the story, but to me he was never going to be the guy you could anchor your defense on.

 

Agree.

He was a very good player. He could have been a legend. But, as I said before, just didn't work out that way.

 

Woodley was always productive when he was on the field, even when harrison was injured. He only had one season where he "looked" out of shape and his last year here he appeared to be in the best shape of his career. For whatever reason his body seems to be breaking down and that really sucks because he was one of my favorite players when he was here. As desperate as we are at OLB I would maybe kick the tires and give him a shot in camp.

 

Use of PEDs can do that.

 

Woodley always had this karate typw thing he did after a sack or big hit for loss.
I saw him do it in college and it looked like he hurt his self, but kept playing.
Then I saw him do it his whole career with the steelers, and even told people, "hey, did you see that, Woodley just hurt himself doing that celebration karate move", then the next play he checked out.

Guys cause themselves problems with celebrations, and team mates can too when they jump on your back and surprise you after you just ran a pick six back for a TD. AND WHEN A GUY GETS KNOCKED OUT, THEN GETS UP AND WALKS BACK TO THE SIDELINES, AND EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM SLAPS HIM ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD FOR ENCOURAGEMENT.

 

Sean Merriman hurt himself doing that "lights out" thing one time.