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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunshinepacker" data-source="post: 616281" data-attributes="member: 9033">It was in a MMQB article that Andrew Brandt wrote last year (so I think we can believe the truth of the story):A week into the 2006 free agent period we took notice that the Raiders’ Charles Woodson, a potentially elite player, was still unsigned. We debated entering a negotiation, with me asking my usual red flag question concerning lack of interest from the incumbent team: “If the Raiders, who know him best, don’t want him back, then why should we want him?” Additionally, chasing a player like Woodson was not in our DNA. John, however, pressed the issue: Woodson was available and could help us; everything else was secondary. After a month of difficult negotiations—Woodson was ambivalent about joining the Packers even though we were offering significantly more than any other team—we finally reached an agreement. John spearheaded the effort to acquire Woodson, who went on to become Defensive Player of the Year for the Packers and was one of the truly impactful free-agent signings in NFL history. <a href="http://mmqb.si.com/2014/01/29/super-bowl-48-seahawks-success/2/" target="_blank">http://mmqb.si.com/2014/01/29/super-bowl-48-seahawks-success/2/</a>I should also clarify that when I wrote that Thompson wasn't that interested, I only meant that he wasn't active in trying to get him, not that Thompson was against signing him.</blockquote>

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