Leroy Butler, HOF Finalist

@YATittle posted:

As thrilled as I was when Jerry Kramer got the call

I was happier for JK. I got to know his daughter Alicia just before the campaign got really ramped up. You want to talk about a strong person, holy crap, she willed that sucker across the finish line. Jerry had pretty much resolved it wasn't going to happen and made peace with it. But she refused to take no for an answer.

Don't get me wrong, I can't stop smiling about LeRoy, but I never felt like the time had passed. Part of me always felt he'd get in one day. I'd also resolved JK wasn't getting in...so when he did, the surprise (and joy) was greater.

Just cuz...

@Timpranillo posted:

I would pay a non-insignificant amount of money to see the video of this.

So.....significant amount of money??

So the 1990s Super Bowl (and perennial playoff) team has three guys in

Favre, Reggie, and Butler

The 2010 Super Bowl (and perennial playoff) team will have at least two guys in the HOF - Woodson and Rodgers. Will that be it?

It's pretty likely - Sitton may have the best chance of eventually getting in and his chance is very low. CM3 and Collins outstanding for 4-5 periods, but didn't sustain it long enough.

CM3 was really done as an impact player at 28

61 sacks and 5 interceptions in first 6 years, 30.5 sack and 1 int. his last 5 years

Collins was on a HOF trajectory until his neck injury. If he'd have played 4-5 years at his 2008-2010 level he may have been in (and the Packers probably win the 2011 title).

I don't think anyone else was ever even in the HOF conversation. Driver, Jennings,  Jordy, and Tramon were all Pro-Bow level guys but nothing beyond that.

Crosby was the best kicker in Packers history, one of the best kickers in NFL playoff history, and never missed a game in 15 years in Green Bay. He never made a Pro Bowl.

In the years Rodgers was a starter, the only other guy that is a sure-fire HOFer is Julius Peppers. Davante Adams has a strong chance if he has 3-4 more years at this level. Bakhtiari was on that path, but the ACL tear may have ended that.

whoever created the thread, can we rename it to THE HOF'er

It's ok to just refer to him as @Fedya

I'm sure he's been called worse.

@Chongo posted:

I was happier for JK. I got to know his daughter Alicia just before the campaign got really ramped up. You want to talk about a strong person, holy crap, she willed that sucker across the finish line. Jerry had pretty much resolved it wasn't going to happen and made peace with it. But she refused to take no for an answer.

Don't get me wrong, I can't stop smiling about LeRoy, but I never felt like the time had passed. Part of me always felt he'd get in one day. I'd also resolved JK wasn't getting in...so when he did, the surprise (and joy) was greater.

Yeah, I was friends with her on Social media, writing letters to the committee at her direction, buying autographed prints of her dad on the sweep to raise money. I think you're right--she MADE it happen.

@PackerHawk posted:

It's ok to just refer to him as @Fedya

I'm sure he's been called worse.

Surprisingly enough, I've never been called @PackerHawk.

I'll never forget the turning point where he went from repeatedly dropping INT's to finally being a complete S.  He saw an opthomalogist in the off-season and was fitted with contacts. 

So the Packers should send everyone on ST to an ophthalmologist?

Proctologist.

https://journaltimes.com/news/...cMUxzbc9Xqnyi5cu-N_U

Here's the Woodson/Butler video.

Must be allergy season. 

Leroy wears a mask in his house? 

Well, you never know when someone might show up with a HOF jacket. 

I thought the same but maybe he heard the door bell and put the mask on before answering it.  I mean he came outside in his socks!

OK, but his wife didn't have one on and neither did Woodson.

From the site/link bvan posted.  Looks like Young is about to cry:

@bvan posted:

OK, but his wife didn't have one on and neither did Woodson.

You make it seem like Leroy and I are the only ones who sit around at home lounging in nothing but a facemask and a food stained t-shirt. I give Leroy so much credit for putting on his pants first. I wouldn't have.

Anybody remember when Wisconsin State Journal printed Packer posters? Here is one of LeRoy.

Hall of Famer @CharlesWoodson visited fellow defensive back and @packers great, @leap36, to inform him that he had been elected to the Class of 2022.

Read the full story behind Butler's Knock: https://t.co/ex8pjRQNIJ#PFHOF22 | #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/r0t3FvpFD7

— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) February 18, 2022

The best 76 seconds you will watch all day!

Keel romancing wifey?

Butler has selected his HoF presenters: his wife, and his locker neighbor Gravedigger Brown.

I'm interested to see what kind of shape Gilbert is in these days...

Damn...Grave Digger got svelte!

Quite the contrast to the days of The Gilbert Burger.

@Chongo posted:

Damn...Grave Digger got svelte!

SVELTE?!?!?!?

Love to be in Canton to see Gilbert induct Leap Roy into his Gold Jacket!

Call up Tooner. He'd go with you.

Is Canton where Tooner’s locked up?

Thought I'd beat YaYa to it.

https://www.packers.com/news/l...Av8Uhsi91O0vbpgd0ae4

YaYa has no interest in that article, that’s not about some no name camp fodder

@YooperPackfan posted:

YaYa has no interest in that article, that’s not about some no name camp fodder

Loser