According to Garic, Butler turned down higher offers to get another chance to play for RR.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Saints">#Saints</a> LB V. Butler had other offers. Turned down more money elsewhere to reunite with R. Ryan <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23familiarity">#familiarity</a></p>— Kristian Garic (@KristianGaric1) <a href="https://twitter.com/KristianGaric1/status/317411459510456320">March 28, 2013</a></blockquote>
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