Mike Zimmer smirks now, when told Darren Woodson has brought out the Michael Irvin story again — "He likes to tell that story all the time," Zimmer said this week — and the details have gotten a little fuzzy in Woodson's many recollections of it.
The impression Zimmer made on Woodson that day in Candlestick Park is as sharp now, almost 25 years later, as the day Zimmer went toe-to-toe with Irvin.
The Cowboys and 49ers were playing during the peak of their rivalry in 1994; Woodson believes (though not with complete certainty) it was during their regular-season game that November rather than the NFC Championship Game.