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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Inside the Green Bay locker room at halftime, Charles Woodson was too choked up to say more than a few words. The former NFL Defensive Player of the Year and leader extraordinaire had a broken collarbone and would not finish Super Bowl XLV against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
"I couldn't do it," Woodson said. "I was just too emotional."
As if the sight of a speechless Woodson, 34, wrapped in a sling wasn't deflating enough for the second-youngest team in the NFL, across the locker room was wideout Donald Driver, the club's all-time leader in receptions and an offensive stalwart, hobbled and done for the night with a high ankle sprain.
"It started to get crazy in there," Driver said. "But we knew we had a bunch of young guys who would be ready when called on."
In other words, why should their Super Bowl have been any different than the rest of the season?
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Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2011/02/07/one-last-time-gritty-packers-overcome-unexpected-adversity/
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