Andre' Woodson miffed by Giant drop

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Andre' Woodson miffed by Giant drop
Published 5/12/2008 by Jim Jacobs at Giant Football Blog
One year ago, Andre' Woodson was discussed as a Heisman Trophy contender. He was considered to be one of the top quarterbacks in the country. Then he went out and had a good senior year. So how was he still sitting there for the Giants near in the sixth round of the NFL draft? Don't bother asking him."I really don't know," Woodson said over the weekend at the Giants' rookie mini-camp. "I think a lot of people still to this day don't really know why I dropped as much as I did." Continue

NFL Monday: T.O.’s Acting Debut; Favre to FOX?
Published 5/12/2008 by Joel 'DiG' DiGiacomo at Football for Breakfast
NFC News Giants: Andre’ Woodson Miffed by Giant Drop (Daily News) Cowboys: T.O. Makes Sitcom Acting Debut (AP) Cowboys: Roy’s Loss of Heart Leaves Him a Misfit with the Cowboys (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Eagles: Kearse, ‘a Joke in Philly,’ Blames Eagles (Philadelphia Daily News) Panthers: Fox Hope D-Line Changes Means More Pressure on QB (Gaston Gazette) Falcons: ...

WOODSON THOUGHT HE’D BE A SECOND-ROUNDER
Published 5/12/2008 by Michael David Smith at ProFootballTalk.com
... they’ll be drafted. But quarterback Andre Woodson, whom the Giants selected out of Kentucky in the sixth round, might have had the least realistic assessment of his own draft position of any player chosen this year. Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News reports that Woodson was off by four rounds: He thought he was going to be a second-round pick. And he still can’t understand what happened to make him fall all the way to the latter portion of the second day of the draft.“ I really don’t know ,” Woodson said. “I think a lot of people still to this day don’t really know ...

Woodson to Daily News: Draft was tough to swallow
Published 5/12/2008 by jclay@herald-leader.com at Sidelines
... release: "Some of the things I did in the SEC, you have to be pretty good to do that. But unfortunately that's something I have to try to clean up and work with (quarterbacks coach Chris) Palmer to see what I can do to make that better." If the name Chris Palmer sounds familiar, it should. Palmer was head coach of Cleveland when the Browns made another ex-UK quarterback, Tim Couch, the No. 1 pick in the 1999 draft. You can read the entire story here.

Andre' Woodson Was Very Surprised He Wasn't Drafted Until the Sixth Round
Published 5/12/2008 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
... Woodson had a pedestrian performance there, and was unable to participate at the NFL Combine, and by the time his Pro Day rolled around, his fate was apparently already determined. To everybody but Woodson, anyway. ...

Report: Joe Horn has trade value
Published 5/13/2008 at Goal-Line Stand
... . The accused shooter -- and likely the only one who prosecutors might have pushed such a sentence on -- was only 17 when the incident took place, and therefore can only receive life in prison for his crimes. • Apparently Giants’ rookie quarterback Andre Woodson read what analysts were saying about him during the college season but neglected to follow up in the off-season. The sixth-rounder told the New York Daily News he was sure he’d go no later than the second round .