Cheesey, I'm glad so many other teams felt the way you did.

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It's pretty cool to hear all of your stories. I wasn't watching football back then, but it sounds like Woodson was thought of as a bad signing, even by Packers fans at that point.

Maybe it was the first part of Ted Thompson haters coming out of their shell.

Although they've been shut up about that part quite effectively.

The only thing I never liked about Woodson is that he played for Michigan!

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Me too Traxx....me too! LOL!

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IIRC I was just happy because they finally signed a free agent.

I don't recall thinking anything particularly happy or unhappy that it was Woodson.

I probably grumbled something like "and why not an OL, Ted?" of course.

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drivel, why did you bump a 3+ week old thread if you think it's beating a dead horse? :facepalm: ::wink:

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maybe he likes that kind of thing.

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I wonder where that phrase comes from. It's not like people beat up living horses, so why beat up dead ones?

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First, from www.phrases.org.uk:

flog (or beat) a dead horse. Though he supported the measure, British politician and orator John Bright thought the Reform Bill of 1867, which called for more democratic representation, would never be passed by Parliament. Trying to rouse Parliament from its apathy on the issue, he said in a speech, would be like trying to 'flog a dead horse' to make it pull a load. This is the first recorded use of the expression, which is still common for 'trying to revive interest in an apparently hopeless issue.' Bright's silver tongue is also responsible for 'England is the mother of Parliament,' and 'Force is not a remedy,' among other memorable quotations. He was wrong about the Reform Bill of 1867, however. Parliament 'carried' it, as the British say." From the "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997.)
UsingEnglish.com defines "beating a dead horse" the same way, with an actual dead horse.