Cushing and Butkus

I have spent time this past week watching YouTube videos of Brian Cushing highlights.  He is by far underrated.  The more of his highlights I watch, the more I realize that I have seen his playing style before.

In this journal a few years ago, I compared Ndamukong Suh to Dick Butkus, but this past weekend, I can no longer stand by that comparison.

I realized that I never blogged about Cushing, for reasons I can never understand.

When you see this picture of Cushing, you realize the sort of player he is.

This image is from 2012 (and made me realize that I had not blogged about it...which is what made me think about starting this blog up again).

It's the most iconic picture of the linebacker. He headbutted another player. It is this sort of passion that's missing from the game.

Was it smart? No. Even he said it, but there's a chip on his shoulders that would make the greatest linebacker to have ever played game proud.

Same intense look. Same style of intimidation.

When I see the Texans linebacker play and with the intensity in which he does, I can ONLY think to compare him to Dick Butkus.