Dick Butkus started a campaign in mid-January making his case to get verified on Twitter. On Friday, the Chicago Bears legend finally got the blue checkmark next to his name.
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Former Chicago Bears player Dick Butkus cheers before the NFC Wild Card Playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Field on January 06, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
After getting verified, Butkus immediately went after Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and threatened to kick him off the social media site.
“Now that I have the blue mark I can kick people off of the platform right,” Butkus wrote. “You hear me @AaronRodgers12.”
Rodgers obviously didn’t take the time out of his busy schedule to respond to Butkus. The last time the Packers signal-caller sent out a tweet was back on Jan. 7, when he tweeted about the video game “Halo Infinite.” Rodgers’ focus is on Saturday’s playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers.
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Hall of Famer Dick Butkus is seen during the Illinois Fighting Illini and Michigan Wolverines game at Memorial Stadium on October 12, 2019 in Champaign, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
After Butkus received some feedback from Packers fans, he appeared to sarcastically apologize.
“Sorry you are still trapped in a kids body,” Butkus wrote in one tweet.
“I’ll try not to disappoint any of you but if I do it’s too damn bad,” he wrote in a second one.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) is shown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
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Butkus, who played nine seasons in the NFL, made eight Pro Bowls and was named to five All-Pro teams during his career with the Bears. The star linebacker was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979, and his No. 51 jersey was retired by the Bears.
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