Keith Butler took a long draw of his cigar, looked out longingly to the sun, and replied.
“Run defense? Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a looooong time.”
Ok, so absolutely *none* of that happened when Butler spoke to the media Thursday afternoon. But Butler has an old-school philosophy in a new-school world. Something he freely admits and knows is a different approach to defense than his head coach. Butler talked about the two mindsets with the media.
“I’m an old linebacker who doesn’t like anybody to run on it,” Butler said in audio provided by the team.