These Are the NFL's All-Time Greatest Linebackers

Dick Butkus

“The Enforcer” carried the Bears through 8 years of serious football. Although his name was an unfortunate unlucky circumstance, his presence on the field almost seemed like he was blowing off steam from the lifetime of constant insults he was subjected to. Butkus entered the Hall of Fame in 1978, and he was granted the Butkus Award, which is an honorary award given to the most elite linebackers over all walks of football in America. 

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