RIP Dave Butz

" Dave, my name is Joe Greene, my hat goes off to you, you and Daryl Grant have played the 4-3 better than anybody I've ever seen in my life" ..

Coming from Joe Greene that is some pretty good shit.

He sure did. And Pat Summerall used to refer to him as "Big Dave Butz." Those teams were so great -- the golden age for this team for sure. As a kid, I didn't realize how spoiled we were to have those teams. But I sure do now.

Seriously that was when the NFL was at it's best. 80's and early 90's. Free agency has ruined the league but it is better for the players. You had guys like Butz and Grant who were just anchors for years and years.

I wish the league would have some kind of rule where you could go over the cap to re-sign your own guys.

This is sad news. Brings back memories of the 80s teams.😩

" Dave, my name is Joe Greene, my hat goes off to you, you and Daryl Grant have played the 4-3 better than anybody I've ever seen in my life" ..

Coming from Joe Greene that is some pretty good shit.

So true. They could eat up some oline, absolutely destroy a trap and let the LB's and De's have some fun. Kaufman, Milot, Butz have passed and maybe some others idk know about. I feel very honored to have been so devoted to the Skins when they were so good. Such a classy fun group.

Reading this thread makes me happy and sad. Sad to have lost Butz. But happy for the memories.

I appreciate all the fans we have here at the Warpath but there's just something about hearing the 40+ among us talking about how these guys played in the good old days.

The Joe Greene quote is awesome, sf69. It's shit like that that keeps the 80s and 90s teams from fading away from memory too much. Do we have a forum section just for reminiscing about those glory years? I could read some of this stuff for days.

RIP Dave Butz