Charles Woodson Talks Michigan, Mahomes, Heisman & More with Rich Eisen | Full Interview

truly one of my favorite human beings on planet Earth Super Bowl champion Pro Football Hall of Famer and courtesy of the big game sipping event that is tomorrow Friday here at Mandalay Bay hosted by sibl skoles none other than the great Charles Woodson good to see you Charles great to see you rich well you know Charles I don't know if you feel the same way as I do um but these days the air is cleaner the sun is brighter the sky is Bluer yeah um I don't know food tastes better every everything has been enhanced this year with a little bit of uh a little bit of Amazing Blue sprinkled on it everything has a little Amazing Blue uh aura about it days it just is it just just life feels a little different yeah it just feels good it it just feels good that's like our this is like our Trading Places moment you know looking good feeling good looking good feeling good yeah man what a what a year right right what a year and you were you were out there on the front lines front lines front lines you and Desmond were out there on the front lines just every every day hearing it every weekend just just taking Strays from everybody and it didn't matter because that's our school and that's what we do that's what we that's what we do well we hadn't done it since you you know and this was unbelievable incredible we we we talked the other night and we just talked about all of the the things that were thrown at this team thrown at those young men all season and every game they just went out there and they just wore it they wore it every game and went out there and produced and and they they delivered the greatest season in Michigan football history this past year now you saying that is a is quite a statement 100% to to to go through it the way that they did to lose your coach twice you know to to have to go through the playoffs to have to go through Alabama you know um and then to play a Washington team that was hot in the finale and just get it done and in the fashion in which they were able to go out there and beat our biggest rival to end the season mhm unbelievable you know and the biggest rival has spent nothing but their every waking hour yeah and and a lot and a lot of money too they're spending yeah a lot of money they're around these days I've heard that story but they have done nothing but try and keep kids and load up and and come on back and my response every time is well listen even if somehow someway the result doesn't go our way in the Horseshoe next year there's 12 playoff teams this time around you know like the the elimination game between Michigan Ohio State at least we won the last one and then I correct myself exact we won the last three you're right see hey the old belly L feeling good oh this is great oh man this is great wow we sound the same don't we yeah you these guys are sick of it they are so sick of it they are so sick but it's Okay We're The Champ so it doesn't matter I'd like to see you happy Rich it's cool I mean I would love to argue but when you're the Champs you're the Champs you know what I'm saying it doesn't matter it doesn't matter what they think doesn't matter just enjoy the show hey I'm I'm okay with wood I you know I'm cool I like seeing Rich happy cuz for years he came in after that at Buckeye game and he was down and the show wasn't as good right the show was not as good the sun wasn't as bright no and then he start you start winning I told him start saying with your chest and he did and now our show is Emy nominated every year and it's great it's all because of Michigan it's all because of Michigan man I agree and and and and and in good spirit you guys even though you guys what do you have all right hey what's and W what and whiskey hat I mean I like the spirits wood okay there you go you and I believe uh in the guest chair to your your grab you take a seat so we can hear you I'm sorry no no no it's all good it's all good it's all good good we need glasses we got it's all good on cloud n from that Championship I'm sorry it's all good yeah man what do you have there oh man well this is uh Woodson whiskey this is our commemorative bottle so we have a a partnership with the Raiders so with the official um whiskey of the Las Vegas Raiders and this is uh that announced this year right during early this year and uh here's our newest project a sparkling oh yeah intercept sparkling intercept sparkling how about that hey I I told you again the other night when when we saw each other um your intercept wine is awesome and it and the the the wine and the price point right is outstanding right it really it's an it's an affordable wine that tastes like it's not affordable and and and you know what Rich that came from it came from the people uh because I I had been into you know in the wine game for a while and I had a a higher priced wine when I first started and a lot of fans and people that came up to me were like hey man we love what you're doing love your product but it's a little pricey we we would love for you to have something that's more affordable but still having that quality of that we appreciate and that's where intercept was born so I have nothing um I have to give a big thanks to just fans of myself fans of wine uh they were the Catalyst for intercept well it it works great in your whiskey it's it's got the Raiders logo on it huh yeah yeah yeah look at that 1998 Defensive Rookie of the Year commemorative batttle commitment to Excell to Excellence you already know it yeah you already know it that's how we do that's how we do rich defensive player make plays man we just we just make plays I know that's it will you tell the uh the uh Story I Heard the other night about the night you won the Heisman and you weren't I guess ready to receive the award correct no no no I I uh I already knew who was winning the award you know and that's that's kind of the way I approached that weekend you know to go out go to New York and uh have a good time hang out with with Randy and uh pton and and and Ryan and all of those guys but we knew Payton was winning the award and so I didn't have anything prepared by way of a speech at all not even not even thinking about it nothing and so when they called you know when they called my name they opened that envelope it was shock for one and I always tell people I always remember Randy was sitting over to my right and he he gave me a nudge you know with it with his elbow like man get up I'm like cuz you were so shocked Randy Moss had a elbow you if you go go back and watch the tape you'll see him give me the little nud he's like get up like Dam this really happened so when I got up there on the stage man I was just winging it I don't even I don't even remember what I said it was like an out of- body experience I I have no clue wow yeah unbelievable I got to look at that footage I'm looking it up right now just to see the the elbow cuz you thought pton was going to take that thing 100% 100% like going into the season it was I think um he had an opportunity to leave the year prior right uh and he came back and so cuz he didn't want to go to the Jets probably probably I believe that's you know I don't think he would he would say that publicly but right pretty much yep um but the way it was uh portrayed was that he was coming back you know for his university to try to win a championship and to win the Heisman and so it was basically his trophy to lose right so to speak so and it was your Championship to take yes right yes yeah speaking in the in the keeping in the championship theme yes indeed yeah speaking of which we're sitting next to the actual Lombardi trophy that's sitting right here yeah it's beautiful when you think when you look at this what do you think what do you think of you know uh my career wouldn't have been complete without one that's what I think about when I see that you know um it's hard to do hard to get there you know it's you know we're not all fortunate enough fortunate enough like Mahomes and Brady to just kind of live in the Super Bowl and so for the rest of us mere mortals yeah you know you get very few opportunities to to you know Hoist the Lombardi and when I think about that that's what completed my career is being able to say that I'm a Super Bowl champion mean going to Green Bay to do it obviously um and your speech that you gave in the locker room after Barack Obama had said you know he's a Bears fan you know I mean and it we all knew everyone knew he's you know senator from Illinois in Chicago and but you took that as an offense right yeah yeah I did a little bit cuz I I voted for him you know what I'm saying so it's like you know don't exclude me just cuz your team's not just cuz your team's not going to be there doesn't mean you can't come support right me I voted for you you so what happened when you did finally visit his house did did some did was there an exchange between you and the and the president at the time yeah yeah he you know he got up in and and you know he uh he made a joke about you know not not going at Charles Woodson or thoring Charles Woodson's way you know he he he found out you know don't go at Charles Woodson so he made a a nice little joke about it so that was cool to be in that moment man and to be sitting there with the you know the leader of the the Free World and him singling you out uh because of something that you said uh at at the at the finale of you know the championship game so yeah man it was it was pretty cool yeah so might as well visit his house and you're used to being on an island though Charles you know yeah you used to that yeah spent a lot of time out there uhuh on the island so what do you think of Super Bowl 58 what is your two cents on this game we're seeing Sunday uh you know when I look at the two teams and when I look at Kansas City and what they've done this postseason you know having to go on the road Ro like they haven't done um but the way they've won they kind of won the way they've won all year you know defense is kind of kind of led the way for him Mahomes makes his plays him and Kelsey whenever they need it so they they've kind of won in the same fashion they've won all year and I think with San Francisco they've kind of sputtered along a little bit in the playoffs having to have some late you know second half with the Lions and then fourth quarter uh with the Packers where Packers were in the driver's seat you know for that game Lions were in the driver's seat they had to come back and win so San Francisco hasn't played a complete game yet we haven't seen San Francisco at its best and I feel like this Sunday is the time they're due to have their best game a complete game so I I like San Francisco in this game just because we haven't seen it I guess um when when would you say I mean cuz they they they lost on Christmas then they went to Washington and did what they basically needed to do before pulling some guys mcaffrey got dinged up in the game week 18 they didn't they didn't play yep so I'm trying to I'm trying to figure out I it it could be that week 13 against Philadelphia you know what I mean that that was that run where they were just crushing it they they came back from their buy they snapped their three-game losing streak they went on a run they smoked Seattle on Thanksgiving night then went to Philadelphia and just crushed him yep that's you think those ners are going to show up Sunday I think it's those ners uh when they when they had the I think the three game skid early in the season and they came out and they went to Jacksonville yeah killed it and they spank Jacksonville coming off a buy too they were sitting on it coming off a buy so this is this is two weeks in between their last game they've they they've looked at film of their last two games you know which they had to hang on and come back to win this is the equivalent of them coming off that buy regular season I think they'll be at full force I think they get the W so how how would you how would you if you had ever took on so I guess who is the most momes likee guy you ever had to defend against at quarterback yeah yeah uh who would that be well just in terms of gu movement and being able to you know scramble around around and you know manipulate the pocket and like you feared him not just throwing but running was Michael Vic like he's he's he was the guy that you you were scared of you know and you're you're out there as we talked about on the island and you're on your man you know that the play is never over and with Patrick Mahomes the play is never over like we don't talk a whole lot about Patrick Mahomes and him running the ball uhhuh but there's no more effective quarterback at scrambling in theame you take Lamar you can take anybody else nobody's more effective at scrambling and picking up first downs than Patrick Mahomes so he's he's he's the X Factor even though he's the the guy he's still also the x- factor because of what he can do with his legs as well and the one that uh that was just raising his game 10 15 20% because it's the playoffs or because he's dynastic would it would it be Brady would it be Tom would it be Tom Tom I mean times just he he's over there somewhere he just he's by himself you know what he was able to do for the amount of time he was able to do it you know for for him to you know go to to win Seven Super Bowls I think he was in 10 or 11 total to 10 like half his career he played in he's in the Super Bowl like that's that's crazy well Mahomes if Mahomes wins this right he's he's off to his start right I mean but I I keep saying then he's got to avoid he first of all Tom went 10 years without winning one but he still went back to them yep and then he played till he's 45 and it wasn't just because he was hanging on no he had one of the best quarterbacking careers of any age quarterback from 40 on momes going to have to do that too you know you you you I'm sure you've seen it he's had two Hall of Fame careers right you know wrapped up in one um so like yeah when you talk about you know Brady like I said he's kind of off in a category by himself and but Mahomes is also carving his name and history as a guy who could possibly rival what Tom did and I I haven't spoken to Tom yet about this but I'm assuming the sun is brighter for him the air is cleaner for him the food tastes better for him for everybody way for everybody even if you're not a fan of of Michigan the air is still cleaner Rich they're actually breathing the same air we are so it's I know that it's a little cleaner for those guys to we are making the world a better place thank I forgot about that thank you so before I let you go your big game sipping event is tomorrow tomorrow night yeah manderlay Bay Rhythm and Rifts okay yep big gaming.com for that and then CW intercept blinds.com for the new uh the new sparkling sparkling uh and then honestly every every every other offering that you have is is is 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