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‘Same Concepts We Used To Do In Pittsburgh’: Rod Woodson’s Steelers Defense Helped Build Ravens’ Super Bowl Champions

While losing out on Hall of Fame quarterbacks like Dan Marino and Johnny Unitas likely take the cake, some of the biggest regrets for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their history are tied to the players they allowed to finish their careers elsewhere. Franco Harris is right up there, but so is Rod Woodson, who ended up having a very successful post-Steelers career, particularly with the Baltimore Ravens—but not without a little Steel City assistance.

Woodson spent four seasons in Baltimore from 1998 through 2001 and helped them win their first Super Bowl in 2000. But as he told former Steelers cornerback Bryant McFadden on the All Things Covered podcast, that defense—run by former Steelers assistant Marvin Lewis—looked a lot like what they were doing in western Pennsylvania.