|
"You can't think like that," he said. "My decision was made to come back and play for the Oakland Raiders and all of my energy and focus have been on trying to make this team better and trying to help turn this organization around."
Manning also praised Woodson's longevity and current level of play.
"Can it be a good thing? Yeah,Cheap Jerseys From China, if you respond," Manning said. "You'd like not to get slapped in the face to get refocused. You would like to be focused every single week. If it happens, it's about trying not to repeat it, trying to improve. And that's what we're trying to do. We're trying to learn from it and be better for it."
The Broncos have typically bounced back from disheartening losses. They haven't lost consecutive games with Manning around since his second and third games in a Broncos uniform in 2012.
Since then, the Raiders are 4-20 and the Broncos 21-6.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Only three players drafted in 1998 are still in the NFL, and two of them — Peyton Manning and Charles Woodson — meet this weekend when the Denver Broncos visit the winless Oakland Raiders.
Neither are the Broncos (6-2).
Woodson famously beat out Manning for the 1997 Heisman Trophy. A few months later, Manning was the No. 1 overall draft pick and Woodson was fourth.
The Raiders' task isn't just bouncing back from one bad game but a season's worth of blown opportunities.
Up close,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, added Woodson, not so much.
So is Manning, who nearly teamed up with Woodson in 2013. Woodson, however, choose Oakland over Denver following his departure from Green Bay.
Backing up Andrew Luck in Indianapolis.
"We're not allowing our record to dictate how we come in and approach the game," he said.
Still, Woodson swears he has no regrets.
Tight end Julius Thomas,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, who leads the league with 10 TD catches, said the Broncos are a resilient bunch and "we're not going to let one night of things not going our way set us off of what we've been working toward."
"The Oakland Raiders, I get tired of saying it, but the records don't matter," Tamme added. "You look at their front seven on defense, they're as good as anybody."
"We both have a great deal of respect for what each other has done in this game," Woodson said Wednesday. "And for both of us to still be playing 17 years later says a lot about both players and what the game means to us. He's done some incredible things. He's still doing incredible things in this league. ... It's fun to watch him from afar."
Woodson said despite their 0-8 record, the Raiders remain optimistic.
"Charles, to be playing as well as he is as a defensive/secondary guy is pretty impressive," Manning said. "He's making plays with his cover skills and kind of his ranging/roving skills, but I see him sticking his nose and shoulders in there and making tackles like he did when he was 23, 24 years old."
"A signature moment," he said.
"Son of a gun," Woodson said. "Where is Matt Hasselbeck?"
The only other survivor from the class of '98 is sixth-rounder Matt Hasselbeck,Cheap Jerseys Online.
Woodson knows just the tonic.
A win over the heavily favored Broncos this weekend would certainly qualify.
"There's only three of us,Jerseys Cheap NFL, huh? Well, you know what, it's a blessing to have played this long and to be one of only three from the '98 class," Woodson said. "I'm proud of that."
"What I see is how we played last week, which is not our best,Cheap Jerseys From China," tight end Jacob Tamme said of Denver's surprisingly decisive loss at New England. "We take a long, hard look at it. We all know that we need to be better and that's what we're focused on.
Notes: RB Montee Ball said he's lost 12 pounds and is down to 212 as he works his way back from a strained groin that's sidelined him for a month. He said he realizes he's lost his starting job to Ronnie Hillman but vowed he'll fight to win it back and the weight loss will help him hit the holes more decisively. |
|