No doubt, this is a peak “offseason content” article. We are very close to the start of the season, I promise. But props to Touchdown Wire for a cool angle to get us through the last two weeks, compiling a list of the 101 greatest nicknames in NFL history.
Three Steelers made the list. Coming in at #75 was Mean Joe Greene. Which honestly, feels a little low, but I’m a biased narrator here. Here’s what author Thomas Neumann wrote:
“There’s nothing fancy about Joe Greene’s nickname. It’s simply a classic. The moniker came from the student section when Greene was a collegiate standout at North Texas.