In Pittsburgh, he’s the greatest of all-time. In football history, he’s right near the top. Joe Greene’s dominant career is one well-known in Western PA and one not lost on football historians. In Sports Illustrated All-Time NFL mock draft, Mean Joe was selected second overall by Ron Wolf.
Wolf, if you remember, served as the Green Bay Packers’ GM for over a decade. The only player selected ahead of Greene was linebacker Lawrence Taylor.
Greene, not that I need to remind you, transformed the Steelers’ franchise, alongside Chuck Noll.