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Cheese Curds, 11/21: Can LeRoy Butler gain traction as a Hall of Fame candidate?

Fans of the Green Bay Packers in the 1990s might think of Brett Favre or Reggie White first when looking back on the Ron Wolf-era teams, but one player consistently shows up in the minds of fans of the team despite getting little attention outside of the Green Bay community. Safety LeRoy Butler was truly a dominant player, a Swiss-Army Knife for defensive coordinator Fritz Shurmur.

Butler was equally as adept in blitzing the quarterback as he was in run support and pass coverage, and his numbers bear that out. A four-time first-team All-Pro player, Butler actually started his career as a corner before moving to safety, where he was free to affect offenses in myriad ways.