Former Raider Charles Woodson on Marshawn Lynch's No. 24: 'Didn't Take Long'

Charles Woodson spent 11 years—his first eight and last three—wearing No. 24 for the Oakland Raiders.

The 40-year-old retired after the team's 2015 campaign, and the franchise wasted little time in finding a new owner for his old number. Running back Marshawn Lynch, who came out of retirement this offseason to sign a two-year deal with Oakland, will be rocking Woodson's former number in 2017.

Woodson stumbled across a Beast Mode jersey Monday and commented, "Well, that didn't take long" with a pair of eye emojis on his Twitter account.

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The former shutdown corner isn't actually mad about Lynch getting his old number, though. On Friday, he told ESPN.com's Paul Gutierrez that Beast Mode, who wore No. 24 with the Seattle Seahawks, deserves it.

"That number 24, that's something special with the Raiders," Woodson said. "I don't think there's anybody more worthy than Marshawn to wear that number."

Update: Monday, May 29 at 2:45 p.m. ET

Lynch caught wind of Woodson’s tweet and asked if the future Hall of Famer wanted to have the number back:

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