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Malcolm Butler's response to his benching

Mr. Scot

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I don't think that move made a huge difference.  Malcolm Butler is a decent corner, but I never felt that he was the kind of gamechanger that some made him out to be.  If it weren't for his game winning INT, he wouldn't have ever been a big name as a corner.  Someone is gonna overpay for him in the offseason, I hope it's not us.

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Question is whether or not Butler is a fit for CAR? Not sure that he is...I’ve never thought he was more than a system guy. Their D even with him this year was Swiss cheese. It would be very Marty hurney to break the bank ala Ken Lucas. He isn’t that good tho...

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From Tom Curran...

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You know it, I know it, the country knows it -- and most importantly, the Patriots themselves know it -- that keeping Malcolm Butler on the bench cost them Super Bowl 52.

Butler benching was a maddening capper to a weird year

I won't argue that Belichick's system works, but if his ego took physical form, it would be big enough to knock the Earth off its axis.

People like that sometimes get in their own way. I'd say Belichick definitely did that yesterday.

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3 hours ago, Carolina Cajun said:

I don't think that move made a huge difference.  Malcolm Butler is a decent corner, but I never felt that he was the kind of gamechanger that some made him out to be.  If it weren't for his game winning INT, he wouldn't have ever been a big name as a corner.  Someone is gonna overpay for him in the offseason, I hope it's not us.

LOL

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Patriots definitely made what I thought were some ill advised decisions on defense.  They waited until after halftime to put Gilmore on Jeffrey, and benching Butler didn't help things because I certainly think he's a better player than Rowe.   Belichick makes decisions like this sometimes and when it works he looks like a genius, but this time it backfired.

Butler's a fighter though.  I'd like to have him on our defense.  He'd bring a little attitude to the table, which we need.

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43 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

LOL

I get the irony, but would you make the argument that David Tyree is a game changer?  Just because someone has a big play in the super bowl, that doesn't make them a game changer.  Malcolm Butler had zero effect on the 2017 super bowl they won.  Also, he has 1 playoff INT in 11 games, not exactly "game changing"...in fact that screams more of someone that opposing teams would pick on, but that's just me.

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The way the eagles guys were running free a knife suggest that they picked on most of the backfield. Butler may ot have done much in the regular season but in a important game like this he should have played having SB experience he was the difference maker against Searle and might would have been in this one.. The only person that played well in the secondary was Chung and gillmore. He should have played.

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