Wouldn't you change that when it didn't work in the first half?Maybe the Eagles were taping all our practices and Bill tried to throw in a wrinkle and it backfired.
Wouldn't you change that when it didn't work in the first half?Maybe the Eagles were taping all our practices and Bill tried to throw in a wrinkle and it backfired.
Are you fucking serious, they got crushed that game at home, a garbage time TD doesn't change the narrative no matter how much you wish cast, look at the box scoreYou were wrong. Just own it.
This is my point of view as well, I assume Malcolm must have done something because no one can possibly think that Bademosi is better than him.I am a “trust BB” guy to the end. It just doesn’t add up that Butler couldn’t get on the field at all the entire night.
I think you're wrong. They only needed to make a couple of plays, and Butler is the better player. Otherwise, why did he play almost every snap all season?Well, maybe it isn't enough for some people but its enough for me. BB has earned that, to say the least. Butler's absence wasn't the reason the Patriots lost this game. It was the absence of the entire defense. They needed stops and didn't get them. Maybe Butler changes that and maybe he doesn't. Given how he has played this season, I am not sure him playing would have made a difference.
Odd. That doesn’t change anything, though. Why did they give up on him? It sounds like they gave up on him suddenly.This is fucking weird
Just caught up with a very emotional Malcolm Butler, alongside Adam Schefter. "They gave up on me. F—. It is what it is," Butler told us.
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Fine but this is his last game a a patriot and you gave up 41 points to a back up QB. Everyone is worried about Brady hitting the cliff, what about Bill?I think all we can piece together is that Butler did something and BB and/or the coaching staff told him he wasn't playing regular defensive snaps before the game. What he did is the question but he clearly crossed a big line. Furthermore, it appears it was a big enough deal that Belichick felt that he needed to make an example out of Butler. To me, it suggests something that clearly wasn't trivial (foot jokes in a presser for example).
Not everyone questioning the call is calling fir him to get fired or anything. It was a weird call. It's ok to question it. I enjoyed that game. I was on the edge of my seat the whole game. I was really impressed by how the Eagles played, and I'm actually genuinely happy for them.“What have you done for me lately?”
He said it wasn’t disciplinary, though.This is my point of view as well, I assume Malcolm must have done something because no one can possibly think that Bademosi is better than him.
He played 98% of the snaps, practiced all week with the 1’s, then is completely benched? The explanations do not add up.Odd. That doesn’t change anything, though. Why did they give up on him? It sounds like they gave up on him suddenly.
Yep and I think he is lying.He said it wasn’t disciplinary, though.
This is fucking embarrassing.
Hahahahaha stop it with this.
Right!Let’s say BB really did think Butler was a bad matchup against Philly coming into the game. That’s all well and good but when he doesn’t see the field all game and you litterally never stop them, then shame on you for not aleast making an adjustment and giving him a chance.
That being said, this for sure feels like decipline to me. Just because none of it makes at all. Something happened and we may never get the story.
They’re going to love this crap in Detroit.
Hahahahaha stop it with this.
I guess BB, the master of making in game adjustments, then couldn't figure out Butler had to be back in there when his replacements were getting lit up? That's dumber than opinions you're calling high.Yes that guy. You think he's going to hold Butler out of the fucking entire Super Bowl? You're high. I'm assuming it was a matchup concern, but who knows. I do know I'm not going to assume that the greatest coach in NFL history suddenly became an idiot overnight.
First you claimed that Welker was benched for a half. That was incorrect. Then you claimed that the Pats lost by double digits. Also incorrect.Are you fucking serious, they got crushed that game at home, a garbage time TD doesn't change the narrative no matter how much you wish cast, look at the box score
Especially considering how the reason Butler was in position to make a game changing pick in Super Bowl 49 in the first place is because he was brought in to replace Arrington, who was struggling to cover 6'5 Chris Matthews. Unless he murdered a member of Bill's immediate family, it's ridiculous that he wasn't given a chance to step in.Right!
Call it a football decision and the best you can say is that you are braindead during the game because you are getting torched all night and don't, you know, run the guy out there and see what he can do.
This is obviously bull shit that is was a 'football decision.'
Especially since they had him active. Either he is too sick to be active, or you run him out at some point in the 30 fucking drives where you are getting lit up.
Bill said it was a football decision. Butler said he has zero idea why. Safe to say it was a football decision to me. Butler wouldn’t claim ignorance if he did something2 options here
1. This was disciplinary. In which case I guess you have to withhold judgement without knowing the facts.
2. Football decision. In which case it’s fair to criticize given the defensive performance tonight.
Agree 100%. The blind devotion to B.B. here is embarrassing. Great coach. May have cost the pats the super bowl here.Despite what a few apologists here will claim, it was absolute gross negligence on BB’s part to keep Butler on the sideline while the D, And especially his replacements, showed no ability to stop the eagles. If u are willing to try Bademosi over 3 year, non hurt effective starter, I’m not sure what there is to say.
Butler is probably the surest tackler of all the cornerbacks as well
This is a great point. Malcolm Butler should be a hero in NE. Very sad.Why dress him if he’s not going to play? And how does Bademosi get on the field before Butler?
I don’t know. I have to imagine that is the end for Butler in New England and honestly it ending that way is one of the sadder parts of tonight’s loss. The beginning of Malcom Butler’s story in New England was amazing, I hate to see it end with him stapled to the bench for unknown reasons.
Setting aside the decision not to play Butler, in what world are we expecting a thorough explanation of why they did it - from BB or Patricia or anyone else in the organization? Its almost as if people haven't been following this team closely but I know you/others have.Embarrassing response from Patricia.
Well they scored a garbage TD in that Jets game as it was essentially a 2 score game.First you claimed that Welker was benched for a half. That was incorrect. Then you claimed that the Pats lost by double digits. Also incorrect.
Own it.
This team doesn't owe me anything. I know that with the way that press vultures around them and the way the league has been at times, they are going to be guarded and tight lipped.
Hahahahaha stop it with this.
Not really. His one job is to back his bosses decision and work through it. That’s the mentality of a football coach, and whining from entitled fans isn’t going to change it.Embarrassing response from Patricia.
I think there is something fishy going on, but this is the dumbest take of the night in which people have posted a lot of dumb takes.It's the money. It's always the money. Bill wanted to prove he could win without him and it backfired.
We have a long storied tradition here on the board of calling people out for incorrect information. It's been done to me many times. Just carrying on the usual tradition here.Well they scored a garbage TD in that Jets game as it was essentially a 2 score game.
Come on they've been fighting over money for two years. Have you ever been in a workplace with a contract dispute? This happens all the time.I think there is something fishy going on, but this is the dumbest take of the night in which people have posted a lot of dumb takes.
Weird thing is that the Pats never punted while the Eagles only punted once. Both defenses were crap. The numbers breaks worked out in favor of the Eagles by the end. Their turnover was deep in Pats territory, unfortunately the one Pats turnover led to the crucial 3 extra points.All the patriots needed was perhaps 1 stop on the seemingly hundred 3rd and 7s they gave up, especially late. Butler 100% could have helped
It was 2td lead until 30 seconds left, semantics be damnedFirst you claimed that Welker was benched for a half. That was incorrect. Then you claimed that the Pats lost by double digits. Also incorrect.
Own it.
You have no idea if this is true. Zero.Look. This guy played on the defense for the whole fucking year. He struggled, sure. But Belichick has had the option of moving Bademosi and Jordan Richards ahead of him on the depth chart for literally months now, and he never did it.
Belichick will spout his bullshit about how the best thing for the football team was for Butler to play 99% of the defensive snaps for a whole fucking season until the SB, and then to get 0% in the SB, but still to be dressed for the game, thus wasting a roster spot. It is absolute bullshit.
Belichick just lost a SB, beaten by his own fucking ego. What an embarrasment.
No one deserves the goat horns more than BB over this one.
Next time write your post more clearly then. You stated something factually incorrect.It was 2td lead until 30 seconds left, semantics be damned
Butler isn't playing for the Pats next year, what do they care what he is paid?Come on they've been fighting over money for two years. Have you ever been in a workplace with a contract dispute? This happens all the time.