Manning, Woodson still great

While watching Thursday night's preseason game between the Packers and the Colts, I couldn't help but notice that Peyton Manning and Charles Woodson are still the best at what they do. Manning and Woodson have been consistantly great in a strikenly similar way. Both were born in 1976. Both finished the 1997 college football season as the best two players at their position, Manning as quarterback for the University of Tennessee and Woodson as a corner back and return specialist for Michigan. Woodson untimately won the heisman and national championship, but the race between he and Manning was so close it was deemed an "upset" by most. Both were drafted in the top five of the 1998 NFL draft. Manning was named first team all rookie and Woodson was the defensive rookie of the year. Both have been to multiple pro bowls throughout their careers, and both are at the top of their game today. Manning enters the 2010 season as the reigning mvp and Woodson enters as the reigning defensive player of the year. I am growing to appreciate their careers now more than ever. I hope they retire together and enter the hall of fame together.