Butkus, Nitschke, and Karras...the best 3 middle linebackers in the history of the game.
Loud mouth.
Denverites still WAITING for him to walk back to Detroit ! ! Wings don’t count in this game.
Guess he could never admit his mouth overruled his ability.
That was when Hall of Famer Floyd Little was rookie member on first AFL team to defeat an NFL team and changed the game forever.
Hmmmm... Karras wasn't a linebacker. He was a Defensive Tackle.
Now you could have added Joe Schmitt, who played MLB for the Lions during Karras' career, to your list.
Anyway... RIP to Alex.
... except Mr. Karras was a tackle, not a linebacker. The guy right behind him, the middle linebacker, was another great, Joe Schmidt.
Linebackers? How about Mike Curtis.
Funny. Those were the exact same three I thought of.
Wow, those names bring back memories.
Karras played Mongo, but he also memorably played the bodyguard in Victor/Victoria, a great, great movie. The scene where James Garner tells him to handle Lesley Ann Warren as she rams a pike through the door at them was hysterical.
RIP, Alex.