GREEN BAY, Wis. – Crezdon Butler was sitting in his Marietta, Georgia, home watching the NFL on television a week ago, just like the rest of America.
At the time, all Butler could do was hope. He was hoping for another team to give him a chance, to take him from being a spectator to a participant in professional football again. So to understand how one of the most unlikely victories in Detroit Lions history came down to the hand of its newest player, start in Georgia with a dad trying to avoid running errands with his kids.