Coaches and players. It’s hard to find top notch at both positions. But when you do, a coach whose system gels with your talent perfectly, you wind up with a lot of success.
Keith Butler isn’t in that circle – yet – as one of the top defensive coordinators in the league. Just two years in and filling some Jolly Green Giant sized shoes left by Dick LeBeau, the perfecter of the zone blitz. So much of what Butler does schematically is rooted in LeBeau but philosophically, Butler immediately put his spin on the defense.