I love Dick Butkus' era of football. It really brings out the inner nature of the game. No matter how hard people try to make football a less dangerous sport, theres always going to be those nasty players and mean players that just cause chaos out there.
Can't believe some folks here are smack talking about Butkus, pro and con. What mattered was how he played when he played. Comparing him to today? You might as well be talking about apples and oranges. Butkus was a monster linebacker, not the only one, but a credit to the position.
Man, I actually gotta meet Butkus and I was so nervous, I didn't know what to say to him, but if you ever get a chance to meet him you should he's an awesome guy
@ke1mc2 Hey idiot the game is constantly evolving. Everyone is bigger,faster,and stronger now. Look at the bench reps,40 times,vertical jumps, & physiques of even college football players vs the NFL players of that era and get back at me. Not to metion the speed of game is WAY faster. Butkis a be lucky to make the practice squad today.
His 9 year career stands out as the single most sustained work of devastation ever committed on football field by anyone, anywhere anytime. To talk about him is to drain the vocabulary superlatives.
@spud2ooo yea because clothelines,tripping,diving for players knees,helmet to helmet hits,horsecollar,grabbing facemasks is REAL football is more important than player safety. SMDH
@135BigJ Yes you can moron. If you are considered the greatest at your position then that means you can play in any era. Butkus couldnt see Ray Lewis on his worse day. Hell, Urlacher is better than Butkus. Like I said Butkus was an overrated cracker that played in a huge market. He would get owned now and days if he played today. If Lewis played in Butkus era Lewis would've been so far ahead,his stats would have untouchable. Ray Lewis and Urlacher > Butkus
Moron! Shut the fuck up. Butkus playing today, would be just as dominate! He would have adapted to modern day year round training, and just been a bigger, stonger, faster... and just as scary Dick Butkus!! He still knew how to play football fool! Ray Lewis would think your a fuckin' fool too. Because you are the idiot in the future who would say, " Ray Lewis was too slow by today's standards." "He would have never made it, in today's league". What a dolt.
hey gb6710 dick butkus was better than nitschke he had only 20 less tackles, 1 less fumble recoveries, and more safeties then ray and he played three less years so stick that in your pipe and smoke it
Ray Nitschke was better. There is a reason he was the starting middle linebacker on the 50th Anniversary team and Butkus wasn't; and that reason is because Nitschke was the better linebacker.
@gb6710 dick butkus was better than nitschke he had only 20 less tackles, 1 less fumble recoveries, and more safeties then ray and he played three less years so stick that in your pipe and smoke it
@DELTAFORCE662 and you hardly see Lewis,Urlacher,Harrison crash the line because today's linemen are 300lbs+ and athletic plus the league is more pass happy unlike Butkus day when lineman was around 250 so course he did more. Who cares rather a player shows up in a limo or pickup?Namath,Hollywood Henderson,John Riggins was all flashy outside of football but I guess they are soft and fake too. SMH
@hitek9wittafulclip Fuck Namath,he wears womens underwear,overrated player.You are lost.Todays NFL is so soft! No more 2 a days.Only 1 pad practice a week.Way overrpaid to play pussy ball!Brady and Manning wear skirts! Both would suck in 1980's or 1990's.More safety rules in 1980's then Butkus played but at least you can still HIT!Goodell sucks!NFL is rigged,soft,and fake players like Brady
@DELTAFORCE662 Not true.Its much harder to play in the NFL today:year around traning,the speed of the game is much faster,constant coaching changes which mean new schemes to learn,bigger stronger faster players,salary cap,quick player releases,more teams,etc.Its foolish to think that today era is soft when player safety is the #1 concern.Clotheslines,grabbing facemasks,tripping,headslaps,helmet to helmet hits isnt real football.Look at the health problems from the players of the 60s/70s.
@hitek9wittafulclip actually the only difference in strength in the nfl today is about 55 pounds related to bench press and strength is not the measure of a player. I play football and am not the strongest d lineman but i do have the most tackles and sacks. also linemean back then were faster because they were smaller and in better shape so it's not harder to play today as opposed to 1985
Today you have unproven players like QB Bradford coming to games in damn flashy limo.Todays NFL is all show and all bullshit.Even QB Bradshaw came to games in a pickup truck.Blue collar and REAL.Now its all fake
Butkus was great in his era, but he got away with a lot, too...look at what James Harrison is up against. Butkus wasn't the NFL-marked man Harrison is.
I have a hard time believing Butkus was any better than Ray Lewis, Wilbur Marshall, or Bill Romanowski.
@bobnnate Butkis never won a championship,never went to the playoffs,never had a top ten defense,never went up 300+ linemen,never had to tackle 250lbs runningbacks,cover big,athletic tightends,played in an lesser,played much less years than Lewis unathletic era and hes better than Ray Lewis? Its some real idiots posting comments or lack Football IQ. Many experts ranked Lewis as the undisputed leader and greatest MLB or LB ever. Lewis > Butkis.
@hitek9wittafulclip you cant compare two different eras dumbass it was a different time if lewis had access to only the same equipment as dick dick would chew lewis up and shit him out like a fucking turkey. and IQ stands for intelligence quotient which means how much you're capable of learning not how much you know dumbfuck
anyone talking about ray lewis here, gtfo, he's over rated. nfl analysts have even said it. have you ever noticed how ray lewis only makes big plays when no one touches him? or how about the fact that lewis plays in a time where the nfl isnt as physically demanding as it was back in the 60s. i dont think butkus shot anyone either..
@bobnnate I also noticed Butkus pulling jersey's and making helmet-helmet contact on many of his tackles. I doubt they had challenges or many of the rules player abide by today. You can't compare the two, you can't say butkus was better or Lewis was better, so it's best to just respect them in their own era.
FYI, even if he did commit a crime in the 60's against a black man, because he's white, they'd let him go. So the whole "shot anyone" argument is invalid.
@Reiuss23 Ray Lewis:13x Pro Bowl(record for a MLB),2xAP NFL Defensive Player Of Year,SB XXXV champion\MVP,most games started at MLB,20 Sack/20Int club,2000 decade team. A leader that turned a old Browns team around. Yep thats overrated. Lol Get the hell out of with that foolishness. Butkus that doesnt compare.
@reiuss23 You clearly have don't any idea what you're talking about. Butkus one of the fastest?Umm no. Butkus was slow as hell. Butkus dominated against 200lbs scrub RBs of the 60s,went against 250lbs linemans,and didnt cover any type of receiving tightend such of the ones. Of course he shed blocks and got alot of tackles,he was the biggest person outhere.Plus teams were run oriented back then.Hes just played in big market Chitown. Hes very overrated!
@bdiddy77777 Yes you can idiot. If a player is considered to be the greatest at his position(which Butkus is not) then that mean he should and could be able to play in any era. If not then ppl should just say he was greatest for his era then.
Lewis and LT are the real debate for #1. But Butkus,Lambert,Niecksche,etc? Lol get the hell out of here went those old school LBs. You all know they are incapable of playing todays game. Butkus was good in his time but he wouldnt make the lineup now. But put Lewis back in Butkus day and he would be so ahead it'll be insane. Ray would've ran over those undersized linemen.
lol @ Butkus being the Greatest LB. How many times he went to the SB?0 Playoffs?0 Top 10 D?None Speed?Slow as molasses Coverage Skills?Below Average Longetivity?Average. Ray has all of the above and then some. Look it up. Plus he played in a WAY more advanced league;330Lbs linemen,receiving tightends,bigger,stronger,players,etc.
@hitek9wittafulclip You're obviously retarded. Playing for a shit team that can't get to playoffs and such doesn't mean he's bad. He's a middle linebacker, not a QB. He can't completely carry an entire team, and nor does Ray Lewis. Given the Raven's offense blows asshole and the defense is the only thing that lets them win any games.
@hitek9wittafulclip Besides that, it's noted he was one of the fastest guys out there. Also, he played 9 years and went to the pro-bowl 8 times. He didn't go his last year, mostly because he played so hard he blew his knees out. Ray Lewis is an overrated, hyped little faggot, and you have no idea what you're talking about.
@WatchVenusSpa despite the presence of butkus and gale sayers, the bears were garbage in that time period. two years before they drafted him, they won the NFL title, but were on a big decline.
@burrFTK If anything the game is even more violent today. There is less that's allowed granted, but the collisions are more violent. As far as the league caring, it should care for a variety of reasons which should be obvious.
The NFL knows though that Joe fan has a blood lust so it's conflicted. Make the game safer but don't eliminate the pain for the rest of your life hits. It's impossible to do..
"His 9 year career stands apart, as the single, most sustained work of devastation, EVER commited on a football field, by ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME!!!!!" HOLY SHIT!!! THATS FUCKEN EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nah Butkus wasn't shit. That is why all these Hall of fame players are saying he wasn't that good... oh wait they did say he was that mean, nasty and crazy. I think i will just take their word for it instead of some guy behind a keyboard. There was a coach who told his Tight end he wasn't throwing to him over the middle when they played the bears because of Butkus. that coach was Vince Lombardi. You may have heard of him.
Stats-wise this guy seems tougher than ray nitschke, but I'd rather be on the field with this lil guy than that monster ray nitschke. Mike ditka said he took a hit by nitschke so hard that his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he was unconscious for a couple minutes. Every time ray nitschke hits you, he doesn't try to put you in a hospital, or a cemetery, he DOES put you in hell.
When I played, this man was my God. I tried to be him. I had a lot of fun and left my heart on those fields. Never made it anywhere past college, I wasnt good enough. But I sure had a lot of fun
@ElCuloChulo Yeah, your the guy that said Butkus is overrated. I agree. They hyped him up like hollywood Bruce Lee. Both way overrated. That center from Green Bay gets corny about Butkus on NFL films."Apoligize to Mr. Butkus". I don't believe that shit. Is he really better than Bobby Bell? Levon Kirkland? Pepper Johnson? Cox? Speilman? Joyner? Yeah over hyped. Ray Lewis is best MLB. I know NFL got soft but from 1996-2005 he was dominant.Still there cuz its so soft. He's not Lewis.
@WOLFGANG5520 There out be a law forbidding stupid people on Youtube. Dick Butkus overated? He dominated his era like no other linebacker. Yes he was better than Bobby Bell who had the benefit of playing on a talented defense. The Bears in the
1960's were horrible. It's the players themselves who built the legend his legend not the press. He's stats and highlights speak for themselves. No hype required.
@andrewr62 No you stupid.NFL films overrated him.You media influenced fool! Not better Bell.No way! Butkus played with DE Atkins.Good player.Sayers RB.Good player.Kid did you see him play? I doubt it.I don't mean NFL films.That Packer and Colts Center is a paid bullshit artist.Easy to see
@ElCuloChulo Even though all of the greats in football call him the best. Even though he had many interceptions against the pass. Even though the toughest in the sport feared him you, at 18 years of age, are trying to throw doubt on his skills and dominance? There's a reason college football has a BUTKUS award!
@ElCuloChulo lol you know NOTHING about football at all. dick butkus is the best middle linebacker of all time and he was as big as offensive lineman at the time well he was an offensive lineman in college bet you didnt know that.
@ElCuloChulo ur a fucking idiot i repeated what you said and said how he was a lineman in college. you know nothing about football at all you probably never even played organized ball.
@ElCuloChulo Gotta disagree here. Butkus played in an era when the run was the way to go. Today, linebackers are sitting back, looking for the pass. Defenses react to offenses. According to Paul Zimmerman, Butkus had better coverage skills than he got credit for. He did intercept 22 passes in 9 years. I don't think he's overrated, certainly not much. He played in a different era. He played his guts out for a lousy team.
@ElCuloChulo Also, his contemporaries all respect him. They can judge him better because they played against him. We're talking about a guy who last played in 1973. I think Butkus was one of the great ones. Is there room for debate? Sure. The guy only played nine years. But I think that, when his career is looked at in context, it's pretty darned impressive.
@ElCuloChuloBaltimore is one of, if not the, most football-crazed cities in America. There's a reason their stadium was known as the greatest outdoor insane asylum. Also, saying the 85 Bears are 'universally' considered the best defense ever is putting it pretty strong. Now the Ravens did boast a better statistical unit, in many ways. I think the Bears get more credit because they allowed 10 points in three playoff games, while the Ravens gave up 23 in four.
Every tackle made by Butkus on that clip made me either cringe or wince...you can actually see him load up before he laid the wood on those poor souls...he even knocked out his teammates on a couple of those hits!
@andross51 It was Charlie Sanders who was the Lions Tight End during that time, Sanders said he didn't feel anything since he got knocked out,, ironically, Sanders is in the Pro Football HOF, got in a few years back!!
Guys like Butkus and Nischtke hit hard and got back in line. None of this namby pamby pussy ass Ray Lewis dance after every tackle. Yes, you're supposed to tackle, way to do what your job says. Dance around some more.
Way to go Butkus, if you weren't such a beast, then they wouldn't have all these baby rules today. To be fair though, I only saw about 3-4 helmet to helmet hits in this video, the rest were just hard hits.
2:29 That was not Butkus with that hit. That was from the 1963 NFL Title Game vs the Giants. Butkus wasn't even a Bear yet. You'd think NFL Films would have enough footage of Butkus sending running backs into the earth's magma to not have to do that.
Butkus vs. Ray Lewis in their primes in an Oklahoma drill. If that ever happened, the resulting earthquakes and volcanoes would destroy the earth's crust.
@TheStevekid yea it is funny. LT revolutionized the position. ranked #3 PLAYER of all time behind Jerry Rice and Jim Brown. and has 2 rings. you have no arguument.
@griffmundo Only Black QBs get lunged hit in weak 2000's ERA. Ok there is Roethlisberger, he only gets nailed cuz of his off the field crime. LB Harrison could KILL Brady. But never does or any white QB cuz they are more protected. Look at Garrard and McNabb getting lunged hit last year. But Brady boy never. NFL is all fucked up now
what a beast!
warrior4641 3 days ago
@TheFrozenjay u clearly just watched the video I did
CDNISKELLY48 6 days ago
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
If you had any sense you would keep Butkus away from you.
TheFrozenjay 1 week ago
I used to think that Ray Lewis was better than Butkus this video changed my mind
cunit4055 1 week ago
3:04 lieing like a motherfucker
lordvoldemort578 1 week ago
@lordvoldemort578 lying*...asshole
JGtheDOG 1 week ago
@JGtheDOG "Asshole"? You blow your father with that mouth?
lordvoldemort578 1 week ago
@lordvoldemort578 ok harry potter let's cool it don't want any magic casted on me
JGtheDOG 5 days ago
Dick was an animal
AroundTheCorner1 2 weeks ago
Thats when they got dirty back then
pimpface125 2 weeks ago
I love Dick Butkus' era of football. It really brings out the inner nature of the game. No matter how hard people try to make football a less dangerous sport, theres always going to be those nasty players and mean players that just cause chaos out there.
bootysweat44 2 weeks ago
Moby Dick in a goldfish bowl !!!
DrVegasIII 3 weeks ago
Can't believe some folks here are smack talking about Butkus, pro and con. What mattered was how he played when he played. Comparing him to today? You might as well be talking about apples and oranges. Butkus was a monster linebacker, not the only one, but a credit to the position.
Johnhoulgate 3 weeks ago
personalty of a fried lobster, and thats coming from your room mate wow.
1967cbd 3 weeks ago
Chuck Norris once made fun of Dick Butkus name.... Silly Chuck.
9am8it 3 weeks ago
Man, I actually gotta meet Butkus and I was so nervous, I didn't know what to say to him, but if you ever get a chance to meet him you should he's an awesome guy
dyslexiaman15 3 weeks ago in playlist Football Stuff
I liked it most, when Deacon Jones said "if you have ANY sense, you keep Butkus away from you".
tumppu1975 3 weeks ago
@ke1mc2 Hey idiot the game is constantly evolving. Everyone is bigger,faster,and stronger now. Look at the bench reps,40 times,vertical jumps, & physiques of even college football players vs the NFL players of that era and get back at me. Not to metion the speed of game is WAY faster. Butkis a be lucky to make the practice squad today.
hitek9wittafulclip 3 weeks ago
John Facenda is awesome.
His 9 year career stands out as the single most sustained work of devastation ever committed on football field by anyone, anywhere anytime. To talk about him is to drain the vocabulary superlatives.
Love it!
easyscore 1 month ago
@spud2ooo yea because clothelines,tripping,diving for players knees,helmet to helmet hits,horsecollar,grabbing facemasks is REAL football is more important than player safety. SMDH
hitek9wittafulclip 1 month ago
this is the way the nfl is supposed to be played and not like the nfl today
spud2ooo 1 month ago
@135BigJ Yes you can moron. If you are considered the greatest at your position then that means you can play in any era. Butkus couldnt see Ray Lewis on his worse day. Hell, Urlacher is better than Butkus. Like I said Butkus was an overrated cracker that played in a huge market. He would get owned now and days if he played today. If Lewis played in Butkus era Lewis would've been so far ahead,his stats would have untouchable. Ray Lewis and Urlacher > Butkus
hitek9wittafulclip 1 month ago
@hitek9wittafulclip
Moron! Shut the fuck up. Butkus playing today, would be just as dominate! He would have adapted to modern day year round training, and just been a bigger, stonger, faster... and just as scary Dick Butkus!! He still knew how to play football fool! Ray Lewis would think your a fuckin' fool too. Because you are the idiot in the future who would say, " Ray Lewis was too slow by today's standards." "He would have never made it, in today's league". What a dolt.
ke1mc2 4 weeks ago
hey gb6710 dick butkus was better than nitschke he had only 20 less tackles, 1 less fumble recoveries, and more safeties then ray and he played three less years so stick that in your pipe and smoke it
135Bigj 1 month ago
Ray Nitschke was better. There is a reason he was the starting middle linebacker on the 50th Anniversary team and Butkus wasn't; and that reason is because Nitschke was the better linebacker.
gb6710 1 month ago
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@gb6710 dick butkus was better than nitschke he had only 20 less tackles, 1 less fumble recoveries, and more safeties then ray and he played three less years so stick that in your pipe and smoke it
135Bigj 1 month ago
was Teddy Roosevelt had to step in and force some rules after 19 players died in one year...so some rule changes for safety sake are nothing new
rosskstar 1 month ago
oh if only today's game was like how our father's father watched em. today's football looks like it's a game for tampon-users.
Juanfire 1 month ago
@DELTAFORCE662 and you hardly see Lewis,Urlacher,Harrison crash the line because today's linemen are 300lbs+ and athletic plus the league is more pass happy unlike Butkus day when lineman was around 250 so course he did more. Who cares rather a player shows up in a limo or pickup?Namath,Hollywood Henderson,John Riggins was all flashy outside of football but I guess they are soft and fake too. SMH
hitek9wittafulclip 1 month ago
@hitek9wittafulclip Fuck Namath,he wears womens underwear,overrated player.You are lost.Todays NFL is so soft! No more 2 a days.Only 1 pad practice a week.Way overrpaid to play pussy ball!Brady and Manning wear skirts! Both would suck in 1980's or 1990's.More safety rules in 1980's then Butkus played but at least you can still HIT!Goodell sucks!NFL is rigged,soft,and fake players like Brady
DELTAFORCE662 1 month ago
@DELTAFORCE662 Not true.Its much harder to play in the NFL today:year around traning,the speed of the game is much faster,constant coaching changes which mean new schemes to learn,bigger stronger faster players,salary cap,quick player releases,more teams,etc.Its foolish to think that today era is soft when player safety is the #1 concern.Clotheslines,grabbing facemasks,tripping,headslaps,helmet to helmet hits isnt real football.Look at the health problems from the players of the 60s/70s.
hitek9wittafulclip 1 month ago
@hitek9wittafulclip actually the only difference in strength in the nfl today is about 55 pounds related to bench press and strength is not the measure of a player. I play football and am not the strongest d lineman but i do have the most tackles and sacks. also linemean back then were faster because they were smaller and in better shape so it's not harder to play today as opposed to 1985
135Bigj 1 month ago
Dick Butkus was the best LB to ever play in the NFL...1965-1973
beatlejim64 1 month ago
Today you have unproven players like QB Bradford coming to games in damn flashy limo.Todays NFL is all show and all bullshit.Even QB Bradshaw came to games in a pickup truck.Blue collar and REAL.Now its all fake
DELTAFORCE662 1 month ago
How often do you see Lewis,Harrison,Urlacher crash line? Hardly ever.Butkus played in the REAL NFL.No more FB.No more POWER I.SOFT NOW.Different ERA
DELTAFORCE662 1 month ago
Butkus was great in his era, but he got away with a lot, too...look at what James Harrison is up against. Butkus wasn't the NFL-marked man Harrison is.
I have a hard time believing Butkus was any better than Ray Lewis, Wilbur Marshall, or Bill Romanowski.
x1a0053 1 month ago
@x1a0053 thats because you don't know what you're talking about
135Bigj 1 month ago
Dick Butkus vs. Jack Lambery hmmmmmmm
fart2525255 1 month ago
@bobnnate Butkis never won a championship,never went to the playoffs,never had a top ten defense,never went up 300+ linemen,never had to tackle 250lbs runningbacks,cover big,athletic tightends,played in an lesser,played much less years than Lewis unathletic era and hes better than Ray Lewis? Its some real idiots posting comments or lack Football IQ. Many experts ranked Lewis as the undisputed leader and greatest MLB or LB ever. Lewis > Butkis.
hitek9wittafulclip 1 month ago
@hitek9wittafulclip you cant compare two different eras dumbass it was a different time if lewis had access to only the same equipment as dick dick would chew lewis up and shit him out like a fucking turkey. and IQ stands for intelligence quotient which means how much you're capable of learning not how much you know dumbfuck
135Bigj 1 month ago
back then when dick butkus played people used to hit hard and have no fear but now football is ruined in the nfl because nobody can hit hard
centralsharks80 1 month ago
anyone talking about ray lewis here, gtfo, he's over rated. nfl analysts have even said it. have you ever noticed how ray lewis only makes big plays when no one touches him? or how about the fact that lewis plays in a time where the nfl isnt as physically demanding as it was back in the 60s. i dont think butkus shot anyone either..
bobnnate 1 month ago
@bobnnate I also noticed Butkus pulling jersey's and making helmet-helmet contact on many of his tackles. I doubt they had challenges or many of the rules player abide by today. You can't compare the two, you can't say butkus was better or Lewis was better, so it's best to just respect them in their own era.
FYI, even if he did commit a crime in the 60's against a black man, because he's white, they'd let him go. So the whole "shot anyone" argument is invalid.
ImSeriousification 1 month ago
@Reiuss23 Ray Lewis:13x Pro Bowl(record for a MLB),2xAP NFL Defensive Player Of Year,SB XXXV champion\MVP,most games started at MLB,20 Sack/20Int club,2000 decade team. A leader that turned a old Browns team around. Yep thats overrated. Lol Get the hell out of with that foolishness. Butkus that doesnt compare.
hitek9wittafulclip 1 month ago
@reiuss23 You clearly have don't any idea what you're talking about. Butkus one of the fastest?Umm no. Butkus was slow as hell. Butkus dominated against 200lbs scrub RBs of the 60s,went against 250lbs linemans,and didnt cover any type of receiving tightend such of the ones. Of course he shed blocks and got alot of tackles,he was the biggest person outhere.Plus teams were run oriented back then.Hes just played in big market Chitown. Hes very overrated!
hitek9wittafulclip 1 month ago
@bdiddy77777 Yes you can idiot. If a player is considered to be the greatest at his position(which Butkus is not) then that mean he should and could be able to play in any era. If not then ppl should just say he was greatest for his era then.
hitek9wittafulclip 1 month ago
If Butkus was to go man to man with Jimmy Graham,Rob Gronkowski,or Veron Davis. Butkus would get flat out burned!
hitek9wittafulclip 1 month ago
Lewis and LT are the real debate for #1. But Butkus,Lambert,Niecksche,etc? Lol get the hell out of here went those old school LBs. You all know they are incapable of playing todays game. Butkus was good in his time but he wouldnt make the lineup now. But put Lewis back in Butkus day and he would be so ahead it'll be insane. Ray would've ran over those undersized linemen.
hitek9wittafulclip 1 month ago
@hitek9wittafulclip you can't compare two totally different eras moron..
bdiddy77777 1 month ago 7
lol @ Butkus being the Greatest LB. How many times he went to the SB?0 Playoffs?0 Top 10 D?None Speed?Slow as molasses Coverage Skills?Below Average Longetivity?Average. Ray has all of the above and then some. Look it up. Plus he played in a WAY more advanced league;330Lbs linemen,receiving tightends,bigger,stronger,players,etc.
hitek9wittafulclip 1 month ago
@hitek9wittafulclip You're obviously retarded. Playing for a shit team that can't get to playoffs and such doesn't mean he's bad. He's a middle linebacker, not a QB. He can't completely carry an entire team, and nor does Ray Lewis. Given the Raven's offense blows asshole and the defense is the only thing that lets them win any games.
reiuss23 1 month ago
@hitek9wittafulclip Besides that, it's noted he was one of the fastest guys out there. Also, he played 9 years and went to the pro-bowl 8 times. He didn't go his last year, mostly because he played so hard he blew his knees out. Ray Lewis is an overrated, hyped little faggot, and you have no idea what you're talking about.
reiuss23 1 month ago
Butkus > Everyone else, including Ray Lewis
spazmansimmons 1 month ago
Ray Lewis > Dick Butkus
hitek9wittafulclip 1 month ago
what the FUCK are you smoking? crack?
TheJedimaster6788 1 month ago
Oddly enough, Butkus never once played in a playoff game.
WatchVenusSpa 1 month ago
@WatchVenusSpa despite the presence of butkus and gale sayers, the bears were garbage in that time period. two years before they drafted him, they won the NFL title, but were on a big decline.
xSoccerxCorex 1 month ago
I'd rather try and block an alligator.
RomeinKnome44 1 month ago
this is back before the NFL cared about if its players and turned them all into vaginas
burrFTK 1 month ago 24
@burrFTK If anything the game is even more violent today. There is less that's allowed granted, but the collisions are more violent. As far as the league caring, it should care for a variety of reasons which should be obvious.
The NFL knows though that Joe fan has a blood lust so it's conflicted. Make the game safer but don't eliminate the pain for the rest of your life hits. It's impossible to do..
readmore2008 1 week ago
@readmore2008 i agree
burrFTK 1 week ago
@burrFTK Some people out there actually would get their jollies on another Darryl Stingley situation.
readmore2008 1 week ago
@readmore2008 well no, that's a bit much, but some of the fun has been taken out of the game.
tranurse 6 days ago
@burrFTK And back when NFL players didn't care about the money.
MrSnackization 2 days ago
@burrFTK
Or made them wear "pink ribbons" and fined them for "touching" too hard...
ironroad18 2 hours ago
9gag army my friends
Marjers 1 month ago
9gag :)
ulilianeth808 1 month ago
"His 9 year career stands apart, as the single, most sustained work of devastation, EVER commited on a football field, by ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME!!!!!" HOLY SHIT!!! THATS FUCKEN EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Budgetbomber 1 month ago
"He was Moby Dick in a goldfish bowl." - the greatest metaphor in human history
Playahatakroom 1 month ago
Butkus fucked them all up Daaaaamn! 1 on 1 with this Maniac? You gotta Testify
DancingDavyJones 2 months ago
2:31 .......omagawd.
ajGDL 2 months ago
a true chicago original
WorldChampion1 2 months ago
Hes a boss
Sm0kinSweeTs 2 months ago
Nah Butkus wasn't shit. That is why all these Hall of fame players are saying he wasn't that good... oh wait they did say he was that mean, nasty and crazy. I think i will just take their word for it instead of some guy behind a keyboard. There was a coach who told his Tight end he wasn't throwing to him over the middle when they played the bears because of Butkus. that coach was Vince Lombardi. You may have heard of him.
Maxkillian 2 months ago
anus kiss
comickrew 2 months ago
Ray Lewis my ass...this is the best ML who ever played the game...
beatlejim64 2 months ago
I'd rather go 1-on-1 with a grizzly bear.
Sharkfin710 2 months ago
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Dick Butkus>Ray Lewis
Tezbaby10124 2 months ago
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Tezbaby10124 2 months ago
hes the only man i know that can single handedly blow up a screen
MrMonkayy13 2 months ago
he was a bear that looked like a human being
MrChibears23 2 months ago
nonetheless, butkus still deserves to be in the top ten, he's a great player
owenmotion 2 months ago
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owenmotion 2 months ago
Stats-wise this guy seems tougher than ray nitschke, but I'd rather be on the field with this lil guy than that monster ray nitschke. Mike ditka said he took a hit by nitschke so hard that his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he was unconscious for a couple minutes. Every time ray nitschke hits you, he doesn't try to put you in a hospital, or a cemetery, he DOES put you in hell.
owenmotion 2 months ago
When you reduce one of the most fearsome d-linemen in the game to poetry...
confrizzby 2 months ago
When I played, this man was my God. I tried to be him. I had a lot of fun and left my heart on those fields. Never made it anywhere past college, I wasnt good enough. But I sure had a lot of fun
NorthsideBill 2 months ago
Scary to think he played in the day when helmet to helmet hits, horse collars, head slaps, chop and crack back blocks were all perfectly legal.
zenmachinefilms 2 months ago
0:29 ... be afraid
Gervig91 2 months ago
This man was not human.
Seaverful 2 months ago
Oh my god! I had always heard of this guy, and never quite knew what was so great about him (I'm young, sorry)
And the fact that I'm #51 also, I think I have more motivation to be a mean motherf..
RorschachGregory 2 months ago
@RorschachGregory You're coaches probaly know the symbolism of #51, think about it.
oneputtsteven 2 months ago
he actualy looks like a bear
29krazyk 2 months ago
He was Moby Dick in a fish bowl!
brandonsk8uc 2 months ago
The fans in Baltimore are great, but I wasn't talking about the fanfare.
No one looks at Baltimore as a strategic media market. As a matter of fact, it's not even the biggest market of it's region, that would be D.C.
There's a reason the Baltimore Colts bailed for Indianapolis.
Look what Chicago has done for Urlacher who has a had a very good career, but is by no means dominant (even in his prime).
The NFL and the media are joined by the hip.
ElCuloChulo 2 months ago
@ElCuloChulo Yeah, your the guy that said Butkus is overrated. I agree. They hyped him up like hollywood Bruce Lee. Both way overrated. That center from Green Bay gets corny about Butkus on NFL films."Apoligize to Mr. Butkus". I don't believe that shit. Is he really better than Bobby Bell? Levon Kirkland? Pepper Johnson? Cox? Speilman? Joyner? Yeah over hyped. Ray Lewis is best MLB. I know NFL got soft but from 1996-2005 he was dominant.Still there cuz its so soft. He's not Lewis.
WOLFGANG5520 2 months ago
@WOLFGANG5520 There out be a law forbidding stupid people on Youtube. Dick Butkus overated? He dominated his era like no other linebacker. Yes he was better than Bobby Bell who had the benefit of playing on a talented defense. The Bears in the
1960's were horrible. It's the players themselves who built the legend his legend not the press. He's stats and highlights speak for themselves. No hype required.
andrewr62 1 month ago
@andrewr62 No you stupid.NFL films overrated him.You media influenced fool! Not better Bell.No way! Butkus played with DE Atkins.Good player.Sayers RB.Good player.Kid did you see him play? I doubt it.I don't mean NFL films.That Packer and Colts Center is a paid bullshit artist.Easy to see
WOLFGANG5520 1 month ago
If this doesn't fire you up, NOTHING will.
triathtony1 2 months ago
For my money, old DB is the best football player to ever touch the gridiron.
bisquik3006 3 months ago
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Kevkowski5 3 months ago
Today's his 69th birthday...
playram1 3 months ago
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1. "he was as big as offensive lineman at the time well he was an offensive lineman in college bet you didnt know that."
Then you said...
2. "UR THE ONE WHO SAID HE WAS AS BIG AS LINEMAN AT THE TIME"
-You claimed something (1) and then you said that I was the one who said it (2).
-----> You're a fucking retard, take come classes before trying to argue with that kind of logic.
ElCuloChulo 3 months ago
this man couldn't play in today's game sadly,,,he would be fined way to much like James Harrison.
EpicWin1812 3 months ago
@EpicWin1812 if you look at his tackles theres not many helmet to helmet tackles he just hits hard and wraps up
panthers7775 3 months ago
"are trying to throw doubt on his skills and dominance?"
I actually bother to watch some tape and make a decision instead of just listening to all the folklore the media has to say about him.
If I was like the rest of America, I would still be baking cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve.
Butkus was a great tough player, no doubt.
But to call him "the most feared" or "greatest player ever" is outrageous.
That's why he's overrated.
ElCuloChulo 3 months ago
Butkus is the most overrated football player in NFL history.
People are in love with his myth because the media makes him out to be this ferocious, God-like figure.
Being a white linebacker that made huge hits in the running game is what made him.
Here's the truth:
-He sold out to get after the run
-He had no coverage responsibilities
-He was just as big as offensive linemen at the time
No wonder he made "vicious hits".
Look at his highlights, no plays vs. the pass. Not a complete player.
ElCuloChulo 3 months ago
@ElCuloChulo Even though all of the greats in football call him the best. Even though he had many interceptions against the pass. Even though the toughest in the sport feared him you, at 18 years of age, are trying to throw doubt on his skills and dominance? There's a reason college football has a BUTKUS award!
Tralman1965 3 months ago
@ElCuloChulo lol you know NOTHING about football at all. dick butkus is the best middle linebacker of all time and he was as big as offensive lineman at the time well he was an offensive lineman in college bet you didnt know that.
panthers7775 3 months ago
@panthers7775
"he was as big as offensive lineman at the time"
Exactly, if he played against today's +320 linemen he wouldn't be so "dominant".
Congratulations for contradicting your own argument.
-Hopefully you're not a lawyer, fucking idiot.
ElCuloChulo 3 months ago
@ElCuloChulo UR THE ONE WHO SAID HE WAS AS BIG AS LINEMAN AT THE TIME YOU FUCK HEAD
panthers7775 3 months ago
@panthers7775
So you repeat what I said, and that's your argument??? LMAO
Go take some basic classes on logic dumbass.
ElCuloChulo 3 months ago
@ElCuloChulo ur a fucking idiot i repeated what you said and said how he was a lineman in college. you know nothing about football at all you probably never even played organized ball.
panthers7775 3 months ago
@ElCuloChulo Gotta disagree here. Butkus played in an era when the run was the way to go. Today, linebackers are sitting back, looking for the pass. Defenses react to offenses. According to Paul Zimmerman, Butkus had better coverage skills than he got credit for. He did intercept 22 passes in 9 years. I don't think he's overrated, certainly not much. He played in a different era. He played his guts out for a lousy team.
DanVelinski 2 months ago
@ElCuloChulo Also, his contemporaries all respect him. They can judge him better because they played against him. We're talking about a guy who last played in 1973. I think Butkus was one of the great ones. Is there room for debate? Sure. The guy only played nine years. But I think that, when his career is looked at in context, it's pretty darned impressive.
DanVelinski 2 months ago
@DanVelinski
"I think Butkus was one of the great ones. Is there room for debate? Sure."
He was, no doubt about that.
The problem is his myth has surpassed his impact/skills as a football player.
It would be foolish to deny playing for Chicago (one of THE largest media markets) did not help increase his myth.
There's a reason the '85 Bears are universally considered the "greatest defense ever" despite the fact the 2000 Ravens were statistically better.
ElCuloChulo 2 months ago
@ElCuloChuloBaltimore is one of, if not the, most football-crazed cities in America. There's a reason their stadium was known as the greatest outdoor insane asylum. Also, saying the 85 Bears are 'universally' considered the best defense ever is putting it pretty strong. Now the Ravens did boast a better statistical unit, in many ways. I think the Bears get more credit because they allowed 10 points in three playoff games, while the Ravens gave up 23 in four.
DanVelinski 2 months ago
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@DanVelinski
The fans in Baltimore are great, but I wasn't talking about the fanfare.
No one looks at Baltimore as a strategic media market. As a matter of fact, it's not even the biggest market of it's region, that would be D.C.
There's a reason the Baltimore Colts bailed for Indianapolis.
Look what Chicago has done for Urlacher who has a had a very good career, but is by no means dominant (even in his prime).
The NFL and the media are joined by the hip.
ElCuloChulo 2 months ago
@ElCuloChulo "Being a white linebacker......."
Hmmm.....I think I see what the problem is now. Anyone see what I see?
possumtail 1 month ago
Beast Mode ...
AkatsukiNames 3 months ago
Before QB's wore skirts there was Dick Butkus.
JSD808 3 months ago
If Deacon Jones calls you a maniac...
killingseason777 3 months ago 45
Every tackle made by Butkus on that clip made me either cringe or wince...you can actually see him load up before he laid the wood on those poor souls...he even knocked out his teammates on a couple of those hits!
dexblack1 3 months ago
if dick played today hed be racking up fines with how pussy this sport has gone
travis8352 3 months ago
Ray Lewis much better .
AkJohn74 3 months ago
@AkJohn74 pfftt..I mean, I love Ray...but much better?!
dabearcub 3 months ago
At 2:45 who was the detroit lions player butkus completely owned? I think I heard that guy had a heart attack after that hit, is that true?
andross51 3 months ago
@andross51 It was Charlie Sanders who was the Lions Tight End during that time, Sanders said he didn't feel anything since he got knocked out,, ironically, Sanders is in the Pro Football HOF, got in a few years back!!
crcracker1 3 months ago
@andross51 there's a vid I saw on youtube where this guy said he didn't even feel the hit cuz it was so hard i.e. it must've numbed him.
If the guy talked about getting hit by butkus, then he must've survived it
mrstanyoo 3 months ago
@mrstanyoo ok thanks guys, no wonder butkus was 1970's "most feared man in the game".
andross51 3 months ago
10 people need to get hit real hard by Butkus!!
crcracker1 3 months ago
Guys like Butkus and Nischtke hit hard and got back in line. None of this namby pamby pussy ass Ray Lewis dance after every tackle. Yes, you're supposed to tackle, way to do what your job says. Dance around some more.
porterwake 3 months ago
2:25 best form tackle ever
griffmundo 3 months ago
Way to go Butkus, if you weren't such a beast, then they wouldn't have all these baby rules today. To be fair though, I only saw about 3-4 helmet to helmet hits in this video, the rest were just hard hits.
JollyJoshums 3 months ago
@JollyJoshums. That is because he used his shoulder to make hits.
Ariamaluum 3 months ago
you gotta love what bill curry says at 4:42
akdons3 3 months ago in playlist akdons3's favorites
He was the best MLB in pro history no doubt about it!!!!
adtbobby 3 months ago
Watching this, it's ridiculous how soft the NFL is becoming now.
bkim7690 3 months ago
with a name like Dick Butkus you know he's gonna be tough
stocker104 3 months ago
He was a well conditioned animal. Every time he hit you, he tried to put you in a cemetery not a hospital. Thumbs up if u agree
daripper4u 3 months ago 41
Great, now we can watch players get paid millions, not to hit each other! Yippeee.
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weibernipple 3 months ago 2
Monster!
SOLDIER3473 3 months ago
back when men were men
jhaul21 3 months ago
i love butkus because he played football for the game, not for any frivolous things but because he loved it
kershaw95beast 4 months ago
He's Lithuanian!!!
SpartaKoma 4 months ago
Butkus was awsome he was the best MLB of NFL history
adtbobby 4 months ago
im a butkus im has cousin
imabee75 4 months ago in playlist More videos from ButkusFoundation
2:29 That was not Butkus with that hit. That was from the 1963 NFL Title Game vs the Giants. Butkus wasn't even a Bear yet. You'd think NFL Films would have enough footage of Butkus sending running backs into the earth's magma to not have to do that.
marquettefootball 4 months ago
@marquettefootball how did you know that?
BellSouthSucks 4 months ago
Dick Butkus has put more people to sleep than the Sandman
ar83es 4 months ago
Butkus vs. Ray Lewis in their primes in an Oklahoma drill. If that ever happened, the resulting earthquakes and volcanoes would destroy the earth's crust.
marquettefootball 4 months ago
Moby dick in a fish bowl!!!!
donnibrasko1 4 months ago
1. Lawrence Taylor
2. Dick Butkus
3. Ray Lewis
mikeoconn 4 months ago
@mikeoconn LT better than Butkus or Lewis? now that is funny
TheStevekid 4 months ago
@TheStevekid yea it is funny. LT revolutionized the position. ranked #3 PLAYER of all time behind Jerry Rice and Jim Brown. and has 2 rings. you have no arguument.
mikeoconn 4 months ago
@mikeoconn lol go tell that to butkus :)
StaleSwishersFTL 4 months ago
@StaleSwishersFTL umm id have no problem telling him that. #3 all-time is still legendary.
mikeoconn 4 months ago
@StaleSwishersFTL and he's 68 now too. i'd probably call him a fat old man too.
mikeoconn 4 months ago
@mikeoconn revolutionized outside lineback not middle linebacker.
andrewr62 3 months ago
Man, he would be fined a lot if he played today. lmao
facefacts911 4 months ago
Best LB who ever lived...period.
beatlejim64 4 months ago
05:45 love that flying leap...and 05:53 puts the kibosh on his own teammate. ;)
matikalyere 4 months ago
RilwenRoesone u dumd idiot payton and butkus did not play with each other
protectyaneck1012 4 months ago
your an idiot butkus and walter payton didnt play at the same time
protectyaneck1012 4 months ago
He's good but he's no Bobby Booshay aka waterboy
unknownbillionaire 4 months ago
"To talk about him is to drain the vocabulary of superlatives." - classic NFL Films.
RilwenRoesone 4 months ago
walter payton i the best because he had this chasen him around at practice the whole time
znickell 4 months ago
like if you tried to find skywalker comment
dcvets 4 months ago
Simply the best MLB in history! I always tried to invision myself hitting like he did when I played in H.S. and college. THE MAN!
veedublvr2 4 months ago
@skywalker 7327 what so you mean white qbs?
griffmundo 4 months ago
@griffmundo Only Black QBs get lunged hit in weak 2000's ERA. Ok there is Roethlisberger, he only gets nailed cuz of his off the field crime. LB Harrison could KILL Brady. But never does or any white QB cuz they are more protected. Look at Garrard and McNabb getting lunged hit last year. But Brady boy never. NFL is all fucked up now
skywalker7327 4 months ago