Malcolm Butler’s ex-teammate hints that weed, curfew led to benching
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2/6/2018 5:53:00 AM
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Malcom Butler’s former Patriots teammate, Brandon Browner, followed up his social media post ripping Bill Belichick for benching the cornerback in their Super Bowl LII loss to the Eagles with another making vague reference to Butler’s recent disciplinary history, Hannah Withiam of the New York Post reports.
In the edited Instagram video, Browner alludes to Belichick’s reasoning Monday that “a lot of things” went into the decision, citing marijuana possession and breaking curfew as two factors that kept Butler out of the game. Browner, who was on the field for Butler’s late interception that sealed the Patriots’ win over the Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX, also shares insight into Belichick’s disciplinary system, which he says offers players “second chances” unless they’re not a “favorite.”
“For weed? For curfew? Man, do y’all history,” Browner says in the video. “Patriots [are] a team that give guys second chances. I know players that they used to let [their] wives sleep in the bed with them on away games. I ain’t gonna say no names.
“Like every job, there’s always favorites, and lil’ bro wasn’t a favorite. He was a favorite for us for what he can do, but … it probably felt like they can use him, like he was a pawn, a piece of this game.”
Butler’s no-show in the game Sunday night hurt the Patriots on the field, with fill-in cornerback Eric Rowe getting scorched in the first quarter on a 34-yard touchdown pass, and gave Belichick plenty to answer for afterward. Belichick called the benching a “football decision” after the game, before acknowledging there may have been more to the story on a conference call with reporters the next day.
“I appreciate the question, but it would be a much longer discussion,” Belichick said Monday. “There are a lot of things that go into that. In the end, the final decision is what I said it was.”
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Feb
6
2/6/2018 5:53:00 AM
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Malcom Butler’s former Patriots teammate, Brandon Browner, followed up his social media post ripping Bill Belichick for benching the cornerback in their Super Bowl LII loss to the Eagles with another making vague reference to Butler’s recent disciplinary history, Hannah Withiam of the New York Post reports.
In the edited Instagram video, Browner alludes to Belichick’s reasoning Monday that “a lot of things” went into the decision, citing marijuana possession and breaking curfew as two factors that kept Butler out of the game. Browner, who was on the field for Butler’s late interception that sealed the Patriots’ win over the Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX, also shares insight into Belichick’s disciplinary system, which he says offers players “second chances” unless they’re not a “favorite.”
“For weed? For curfew? Man, do y’all history,” Browner says in the video. “Patriots [are] a team that give guys second chances. I know players that they used to let [their] wives sleep in the bed with them on away games. I ain’t gonna say no names.
“Like every job, there’s always favorites, and lil’ bro wasn’t a favorite. He was a favorite for us for what he can do, but … it probably felt like they can use him, like he was a pawn, a piece of this game.”
Butler’s no-show in the game Sunday night hurt the Patriots on the field, with fill-in cornerback Eric Rowe getting scorched in the first quarter on a 34-yard touchdown pass, and gave Belichick plenty to answer for afterward. Belichick called the benching a “football decision” after the game, before acknowledging there may have been more to the story on a conference call with reporters the next day.
“I appreciate the question, but it would be a much longer discussion,” Belichick said Monday. “There are a lot of things that go into that. In the end, the final decision is what I said it was.”
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