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Malcolm Butler opens up about Super Bowl benching
Former Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler, who signed with the Titans today, discussed a wide range of topics with the Boston Herald, including his Super Bowl LI benching against the Eagles.
Butler never got an explanation for the benching and hasn’t spoken with Bill Belichick since the Patriots departed Minnesota. But he did surmise why he didn’t take the field on defense.
“I never got a reason,” Butler told the Herald. "I feel like this was the reason: I got kind of sick. I went to the hospital. They probably thought I was kind of late on the game plan; I wasn’t as locked in as I should be and could have been a matchup deal. It could have been anything. But Bill Belichick has been doing this for a very long time. He took a veteran out of Super Bowl XLIX (against the Seahawks) and put in a first-year rookie, and that turned out right, so you could never question his decision. It didn’t work out right (against the Eagles). It didn’t work out the best for me or him or the New England Patriots. But I can say he won more than he lost, so it is what it is. I always have love for New England, Bill Belichick, Mr. Kraft, all those guys. Life just goes on.”
Former Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler, who signed with the Titans today, discussed a wide range of topics with the Boston Herald, including his Super Bowl LI benching against the Eagles.
Butler never got an explanation for the benching and hasn’t spoken with Bill Belichick since the Patriots departed Minnesota. But he did surmise why he didn’t take the field on defense.
“I never got a reason,” Butler told the Herald. "I feel like this was the reason: I got kind of sick. I went to the hospital. They probably thought I was kind of late on the game plan; I wasn’t as locked in as I should be and could have been a matchup deal. It could have been anything. But Bill Belichick has been doing this for a very long time. He took a veteran out of Super Bowl XLIX (against the Seahawks) and put in a first-year rookie, and that turned out right, so you could never question his decision. It didn’t work out right (against the Eagles). It didn’t work out the best for me or him or the New England Patriots. But I can say he won more than he lost, so it is what it is. I always have love for New England, Bill Belichick, Mr. Kraft, all those guys. Life just goes on.”