Dan McNeil

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356 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 9 Jul

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Rahimi & Grote Show · Dan McNeil talks Bears past, present & future | Take The North · 9 Jul 2026 podcast

There was almost nothing he couldn't do on a football field, and especially with the ball in his hands.

And I saw him turn so many games around and will that team to victories.

The game against the Cardinals in 0-6 on Monday Night Football, man, when they turned that sure loss into a win via Hester, Mike Brown, and Erlacher.

Yeah, Brian did it in an era where it was much more difficult to, and I always get into this debate with the Butkus fans of the world.

I'm sorry, the game changed when artificial surfaces and black running backs became more apparent.

Now, if you want to say that Butkus was as badass as anybody because he threw around Dave Osborne and Bill Brown of the Vikings, two lumbering white guys have at it.

And maybe Butkus could have played in any era.

And Butkus was a mean son of a bitch.

No one's going to deny that.

He sold the game.

As a defensive player, a defensive fan, I appreciate that.

But the game changed radically when we got to the mid-70s and artificial surfaces and faster football became part of it.

And the AFL's influence on the NFC finally took hold.

They started throwing the ball a little bit finally.

And that's another thing George Halas loved.

He loved to hate the AFL because it challenged his position.

It threatened how he earned a living.

It was something new, and he did not want to learn anything new after he turned 50.

Yeah.

See if Bruce Levine still has his Marantz cassette recorder he can borrow.

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