Everyone wants to know why Bill Belichick benched former Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler at the 2018 Eagles Patriot Super Bowl. The former cornerback is still inexplicable.
According to the focus of the pro football, Butler, who was the second-highest rated cornerback in New England, denied being on the bench to party for the Super Bowl, and his mysterious He called the lack of playing time a “coach decision.”
He mainly agreed that none of the people involved would talk about the issue and dispelled some rumors while interviewing Mike Felger and Tony Masalotti at the Super Bowl 2025 Radio Row. did.
“Man, that's just loyalty,” Butler told Sportshub on 98.5. “No one is embarrassed. That's the reality. Respect. Honor.”
After the 2018 Super Bowl, the Patriots allowed 41 points and lost despite not punting, Belichick was also known as the sitting butler “Coaching decision.”
The theory of plot is what to upset his coach to the point where Butler had played all the regular season and postseason games before the biggest game of the season, but had put his coach on the bench. I've been rolling around for years about how I could.
And especially after he became a New England hero due to intercepting in a match against the Seahawks at Super Bowl 2015.
One particularly strange rumor is that Butler took part in a wrestling match with assistant coach Steve Belichick.
“A wrestling match? It's not even a match,” Butler added.
Another theory came to mind that he missed the curfew and essentially won a Super Bowl pause. Butler also denied it.
“No, I think the ring is more important than the party. I can do it for the rest of my life. In fact, I did it last night,” Butler said. “We're grown men. We got the time to work and make sure we don't get messed up.”
Felger and Massalotti added that there were some photos of him partying that week, but Butler denied that it had something to do with his bench.
The attitude that no one is embarrassed is a bit strange, as fans in eight years are still asking him if he's on the bench and sacrifice the Patriots for a Super Bowl Ring is still a matter of fact It's there.
As his former teammate told reporters in the 2024 “The Dynasty” documentary, “Even his teammates felt that the moment was taken away.
“'I felt like I put my body down, everything's on the line for this,” the anonymous player said. “And to not even explain at the time why this decision was made, “it feels like we've been a bit tricked,” he says. ”
ESPN Reporter Seth Wickersham The Butler, published in his 2021 book, was actually benched for a match he cried out with defensive coordinator Matt Patricia.
Butler won two championships in 2020 after signing a big deal in the 2018 offseason, finishing his career with the Titans in 2020.
