It was a peaceful (albeit cold) Groundhog Day morning in the New York metropolitan area. New York Jets fans were minding their own business, enjoying their favorite offseason festivities such as scouting prospects at the Senior Bowl and mapping out their perfect offseason plan.
Then, Hall-of-Famer Dick Butkus declared war on the green-and-white faithful.
The 79-year-old Chicago Bears legend took a seemingly unprovoked shot at the Jets on Twitter by tweeting, “its groundhogs day which means the @nyjets have already been eliminated from playoff contention [sic]”.
its groundhogs day which means the @nyjets have already been eliminated from playoff contention
— Dick Butkus (@thedickbutkus) February 2, 2022
After receiving plenty of vitriol from Jets fans, Butkus doubled down and went in for seconds on Thursday morning.