Packers legend LeRoy Butler understands the Chiefs' sacrifices to return to the Super Bowl
Packers legend LeRoy Butler understands the Chiefs' sacrifices to return to the Super Bowl
This week, Chiefs Wire's Ed Easton Jr. spoke to Pro Football Hall of Famer and Green Bay Packers legend LeRoy Butler for his take on teams attempting to win multiple Super Bowls and the effects of the grind that makes it difficult, as in the case of the Kansas City Chiefs' recent pursuit of a three-peat.
Butler will be one of the many notable figures at the Taste of the Draft on Wednesday, April 23rd, from 4:00 PM—7:00 PM CT at Schreiber Food Headquarters, 400 N. Washington Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin. The event will support the battle against student hunger in collaboration with GENYOUth.
"The team ain't the same. You don't have everybody; no team will have all 53 players every year. You keep the core guys, but you don't keep everybody. If we had kept that entire team, we (already) won Super Bowl XXXI. We could've won two more Super Bowls," said Butler, regarding maintaining a championship team. "Things change, and philosophies change. It was fun, though, to go to the Super Bowl again; it really was. It's hard even to get back to, but we played in three straight NFC Championship games."
The Packers defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI and lost to the Denver Broncos the following year. Ironically, he was with Chiefs head coach Andy Reid in Green Bay when he was the offensive coordinator during their back-to-back attempt.
"Once you get to that top, you can't pay everybody, coaches, leave, players leave; now, you gotta start all over."
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