frankj1
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8 years ago
...or so the old expression goes.

But Malcolm Butler didn't play one snap for the Pats on defense last night! Not one.

3 years ago as an unknown he saved the game against the Seahawks, developed into a star, had a so-so year this year but still better than 80% of cornerbacks in the league.

We may never get the scoop, but it proved to be very costly as the Eagles went at lesser players (Eric Rowe, Jordan Richards et al) all night, especially on third downs.

Sure would love to know what happened.
DrafterX
8 years ago
He prolly said somethin about Belichick's momma... 😟
cacman
8 years ago
Didn't hear a word about the traitor Harrison until the 3rd quarter either.
Just Relax
8 years ago
Reports are he was partying and missed the team flight.
Just Relax
8 years ago
Also there were other players upset about the decision pregame in the locker room.

Just passing on a report that I read on the intertubes.
SmokeMonkey
8 years ago
Butler went to college with my boys. Small school and they have nice things to say about him personally. We were disappointed he didn’t get in.
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8 years ago

Butler went to college with my boys. Small school and they have nice things to say about him personally. We were disappointed he didn’t get in.

SmokeMonkey wrote:


from day one, all the reports were about how humble he is. Studied the playbook hard as highlighted by the jump he got on the stupid pass call that saved the Superbowl vs Seahawks,

just became an unrestricted free agent...crazy time to act out. But clearly the game stats regarding passes against his replacements were mind boggling.
shaun341
8 years ago
Sometimes the punishment fits the crime and sometimes you get a fat contract just months before being arrested on murder charges...
xibbumbero
8 years ago

...or so the old expression goes.

But Malcolm Butler didn't play one snap for the Pats on defense last night! Not one.

3 years ago as an unknown he saved the game against the Seahawks, developed into a star, had a so-so year this year but still better than 80% of cornerbacks in the league.

We may never get the scoop, but it proved to be very costly as the Eagles went at lesser players (Eric Rowe, Jordan Richards et al) all night, especially on third downs.

Sure would love to know what happened.

frankj1 wrote:



Mebbe he agreed w/the comment about Brady's kid or he just P.O. Belichick. X 🤔
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8 years ago

Mebbe he agreed w/the comment about Brady's kid or he just P.O. Belichick. X 🤔

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tough to get Belichick to leak, or rather open up at all.
Local sports guy said easier to have gotten info out of East Berlin before the wall came down...

But if done for anything less than a capital offense, ego and spite played a big part in the loss.
ZRX1200
8 years ago
This might hurt his contract renegotiations.
JGKAMIN
8 years ago

Didn't hear a word about the traitor Harrison until the 3rd quarter either.

cacman wrote:


Traitor? Because he somehow wasn’t good enough to even dress for the Steelers yet played well in his time with NE? He had a couple tackles and put pressure on the QB several times, no sacks but he wasn’t invisible either.
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8 years ago

Traitor? Because he somehow wasn’t good enough to even dress for the Steelers yet played well in his time with NE? He had a couple tackles and put pressure on the QB several times, no sacks but he wasn’t invisible either.

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surprisingly he did OK for them, not amazing, but OK down the stretch run. they were very thin all year at LB/DE (they kind of hybrid the two spots) and had lots of issues with holding the edge...he was as good as anyone else they had healthy this year.

I also object to traitor calls, especially in football where very few contracts are worth the paper they are written on..what should a released player do? Retire?
frankj1
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8 years ago

This might hurt his contract renegotiations.

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negotiations for sure, sadly true. Hard to believe there'd be any renegotiations now...unless you were being funny/ironic.

Don't know the crime yet but he had been a good soldier up til now, or so we've been told.

And Coach BB just might be cold enough to have tried to hurt his value...strange but possible.
shaun341
8 years ago

negotiations for sure, sadly true. Hard to believe there'd be any renegotiations now...unless you were being funny/ironic.

Don't know the crime yet but he had been a good soldier up til now, or so we've been told.

And Coach BB just might be cold enough to have tried to hurt his value...strange but possible.

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I wouldn't doubt that he would do something like that, but I doubt that was the case here. Butler is going to get paid this offseason by someone (probably Saints).
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8 years ago

I wouldn't doubt that he would do something like that, but I doubt that was the case here. Butler is going to get paid this offseason by someone (probably Saints).

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Saints tried hard to get him this past off season. Now he's unrestricted, so it's just making the contract work, no comp to the Pats.

I always liked the kid. Didn't complain when everyone figured he was gonna get the big money as the stud corner and they instead gave the most ever to Gilmore.

NFL network just said Butler violated a team rule and was limited in practice last week due to illness...but to totally ice the kid? Harsh. Even Pink got to sing after the flu HA!

Teach him a lesson and sit his azz for a quarter or half...this move may have legs that never quit, I fear.
shaun341
8 years ago
I watched first half again last night and I do see that they targeted the corner opposite of Gilmore. Jeffries was having a field day early because of that.
frankj1
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8 years ago

I watched first half again last night and I do see that they targeted the corner opposite of Gilmore. Jeffries was having a field day early because of that.

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once they shifted Gilmore onto Jeffries, he went oh-for the rest of the game...
stats for Butler's 3 replacements were something like 12 for 15, lots of yards, but big drive saving third down conversions. Several missed or broken tackles too.

It definitely impacted the game. Perhaps Butler would have been equally ineffective, but it is what it is.

Bye Malcolm.
DrMaddVibe
8 years ago
Once he lands on his new team we'll hear all about it.

It was one helluva missing piece that factored in a rare prime time loss.

This one gets tagged on The Hoodie.
KingoftheCove
8 years ago
Weed and womens man....................weed and womens...
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