How Family Impacted Rod Woodson's Career | A Football Life

[@Fireyninjadog]

People forget rod's 1992 season was Amazing for a cornerback. He had 100 tackles, and 6 sacks, plus 4 interceptions and 4 forced fumbles, for a cornerback

[@kdonovan221]

How about his full season Had 8 picks 2 he brought back for Td’s Derrick Thomas Hhad a great season and beat late 30’s safety for his DPOY

[@Kingnyfty]

Rod and his family are amazing people.

[@stevengray8663]

That's a bad man right there! Dude was a straight up beast on the field!

[@LK-bz9sk]

I am lucky enough to be old enough to have watched his career unfold The man is a spectacular athlete. I mean a world class hurdler in that body. He is one of the best to have played.

[@johnbroadway4196]

I completely understand his views. I dated a black Woman, as I am a white man. Back in the Early 90's. And we faced pressure from our families. We are still friends who talk to one another. And I still wonder if we could have made a go of it ? Yet as we both are in our Fifties, we both have lived with our wisdom in realizing that youth can be hard in these tempting situations. So kudos for they're strength in being love.

[@jorgecaballero4999]

Woodson and Polamalu are my favorite players !!!

[@Fireyninjadog]

It would be cool if they played on the same team

[@G00DFELLA]

It would be for grossly unfair if they played on the same team 😂

[@bruceleeroy8302]

Imagine prime Polamalu, Woodson, and Minkah on the same team 😮‍💨

[@jorgecaballero4999]

@@bruceleeroy8302 And Mel Blount?

[@Storm27ification]

@@bruceleeroy8302 Facts that would be crazy

[@yazpatel1762]

Love you Rod thank you for everything

[@georgegonzalez8818]

Carl Pickens made a mistake but he manned up and apologized. That's all a man could do.

[@Miller2h41]

Obviously it was a heat of the moment and being frustrated with how he was performing resulted in that gaffe. You live and you learn is all you can do in that situation.

[@navblue20]

No man doesn't talk about another man's wife either I don't care what color you are and what color she is.

[@georgegonzalez8818]

​@@navblue20 Very true. Unfortunately, humans make stupid mistakes

[@kdonovan221]

He’s so lucky Rod is God fearing man or Nose Pickens would’ve been hurt bad

[@zakobrien8764]

This. There's a really good lesson for all of us to learn from how Carl handled his actions by being honest and accountable about it. Well done.

[@Tboyyyy1]

Rod and his wife ms.Nicky are great people glad I had the opportunity to meet them 👏🏽

[@LTDANMAN44]

when a man makes a mistake, he says he sorry and he means it. its a man code

[@fredricksmith-something.2125]

My Aunt dated him in high-school. Ft Wayne kid born and bred. He wore the same Yellow and Black color scheme his entire football career. Bravo

[@peaches8986]

Who is your Aunt? I went to Snider with him?

[@fredricksmith-something.2125]

@@peaches8986 Bridgette Holman. I don't think they dated very long 😂😆

[@kartun0233]

Legend, Respect

[@williejames2911]

It’s incredible that racism continues to exist we must educate ourselves

[@jmreynoso6990]

Best Cornerback of all time, there is a lot of great ones, Rod was just a tad better than all those great ones!!!!

[@dwightlove3704]

Wow jungle fever no wonder he attacked him

[@Fireyninjadog]

Rod was mixed race. He had a relationship with a white girl. Pickens went too far. The blanket thing was a joke, the jungle fever thing was not

[@dwightlove3704]

@@Fireyninjadog Yes I know he followed in the footsteps of his parents who were interracial and they caught hell from both black and white ppl.

[@Miller2h41]

@@Fireyninjadog I think it was more out of emotion and frustration because of the way Carl was performing and was on a bad Bengals team during that era. Obviously he regretted that moment and he owned up to it and not much else he can do afterwards.

[@Miller2h41]

Heat of the moment obviously frustration boiled over for Carl and one of those moments where emotion and frustration got the better of him.

[@Fireyninjadog]

​@Miller2h41 Yeah, he manned up and apologized for what he did, and he really meant it, but still, football is a game, and some lines, like race and family, you don't cross. Pickens crossed those lines

[@christianlewis8629]

American treasure man

[@footballfarsi5549]

Good

[@TheresOnly1Stef]

Imagine being a whole ass NFL Hall of Fame player and having/had to deal with racist family & in-laws smh! Racism, bigotry, and prejudices are the weakest fabrics of life!

[@footballfarsi5549]

Nice

[@marcusanderson4652]

People couldn't and still won't understand that intimacy is uncontrollable, love cannot be bounded. It's like an exotic animal, it's free and natural. Not even you can control your own love for whoever you end up loving to the fullest.

[@icemouf7480]

I never tell women my Profession!🤣🤣🤣 Or anyone else of that manner🤣🤣 PREJUDICE Is real and still prevalent to this day😡😡😡

[@ladyruler9585]

If I were Rod, his wife's side of the family would never get a penny of my money.

[@rmraiders24]

My second favorite cornerback to Deion Sanders

[@icemouf7480]

My question my Brotha?...how did your wife find out you played for the NFL??

[@janellemaynait]

She probably found out eventually either him telling her or one way or another

[@Jermboy11]

Steelers never deserved a career from a player like this. Look at the way they dismissed him. Steelers are a garbage franchise

[@georgegonzalez8818]

I agree with you 100

[@Fireyninjadog]

They had everything to win, except wide receivers, or a good qb

[@JB-qt3wo]

As a white man living in America today i understand what it’s like to constantly be treated differently because of your race.

[@mscm4592]

Awww... poor baby - being white in America is sooo hard... (eye roll)