THE REAL REASON MALCOLM BUTLER WAS BENCHED
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- In this video, we’re going to take it back to Super Bowl 52. We’ll go over how bizarre Malcolm Butler’s benching was, and we’ll talk about the theories surrounding the benching, including one involving Steve Belichick backed by well-connected CBS analyst and former NFL MVP Boomer Esiason.
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If your QB throws for over 500 yards, and you still lose, that's on the coach!
Na, it’s on the owner for under minding the coach and trading his qb.
@@ryanwilliams560 ?
@@davidhoekstra8671 Kraft traded Garoppolo cuz he preferred Brady
@@jordyalmonte42 Which was obviously a great decision. However I was talking about the Super Bowl against the Eagles, when Tom had the greatest game any QB ever had and still lost. That to me is on the Coach. Specifically BB never put his best Defense out there. And even when his defense was getting absolutely torched, he stubbornly refused to change his mind.
@William Lacombe Agree. Disgusting. I lost a lot of respect for Bill after he did that. There is a time and place for everything for to discipline Butler by sitting him out of the Super Bowl? Bill put himself ahead of the team right then and there. Cut the guy afterwards.. fine him if you want, whatever but the Patriot secondary was dog shit in that game. It was embarrassing.
I'm biased, i think the Pats win if Butler played. One or two stops would have made a world of difference, and Brady was playing out of his mind. People like to give Brady shit for that game but his stats were ridiculous.
I am a long time Pats fan since 1988 and I agree.I believe Belichick screwed up.
Brady did his job to the extreme, but couldn't keep up with his defense giving up more points. Pats should have won that game.
I agree Butler could've made a stop or two that Rowe didn't
I agree with you..the plan wasn't working..the should have put Butler in after the 1st possession..they lost that one due to Bellicheks ego..wtf Brady was lights out that whole playoffs..look all season long Butler was making turnovers..slapping at the ball..definitely could have made a stop..
That sb biggest ax on it because roger got involved .
Wait sb change league rules
"Rowe should've benched himself like Ryan Gosling did for Petey in 'Remember The Titans'" 🤣🤣🤣
indeed lol but the real reason is that belishick wanted to lose that SB and the key was the deff and Malcolm B if he was on the field the pats would of won easy no doubt about it....also the offensive of line left tackle allow for that strip sack to happen on brady in that play
The worst move i have ever seen in football Bill blew the superbowl , you could accuse him of throwing the game .
Bellichick was on an ego trip throughout the game
He had reason. Six rings
@@mja91352 He stole Brady's Superbowl win, he would have eight now....
Until the end 😂
Yup, as great as he is he's a ***thole at times.. I'm from MA and love my Pats but Belichick thinks he's a God.
Pretty sad one man to have all that power.
@@johnr7365 Really should be 9 rings.
The entire team got distracted by him being benched! It was obvious, 1, he was crying 2, he was benched 3, the entire team was fixated, distracted on the why was he benched.
Good point!!
@@robinkuruda5249 This point is plausible. However I'm not sure it hangs together. I also don't think bad mouthing other ball players (the presenter that is) is a very good idea. The coach is notorious for his will, and his will to win especially. If Butler help the team win, he's in.
Brady left, Gronk left, Malcolm benched, Brady's trainer kicked out. I would sum up all these incidents to Belichick having an ego problem, lack of communication, warmth, and respect for his players. He wanted to be right, to be the king, to be the captain, even if the ship is going down. I would rather play for Andy Reid.
I think Brady was more impactful in the dynasty than Belichick, but you're acting like they only made 1 Super Bowl run and it was over. Brady is 43. He was with the Patriots for 20 years. Belichick isn't perfect, but it is undeniable his system got results.
Not me! Give the rings! You have a whole other half of life to live after football!
@@Jackaroo. i can almost definitely say brady was more impactful now
It’s all because Brady and Robert Kraft wanted Belichick to trade Jimmy G and keep Brady, but belichick wanted to trade Brady. Kraft chose Brady’s descision over Belichicks and Belichick was mad and went out of his way to sabotage Brady
Brady partly got the blame for the game against the eagles even though he had one of the best super bowls of all time
Bill threw that game let's be realistic
They scored 33 points and Brady threw for 500 yards. Not exactly a “throw the game” performance
@@pts5217 defensively bro, defensively.
And why exactly would anyone “throw” a Super Bowl?? Why even make it to the Super Bowl then if you don’t want to win it? Makes zero sense and that theory is complete horseshit. I would have benched Butler’s ass too if he put a finger on my son. Super Bowl or not. I’m sure Bill still had faith in the team to win.
Nope. Eagles offense balled all over the Patriots face. Malcolm Butler wasn't going to stop the train running down their throats.
@@PSUIVERSON looks like we found the Eagles fan lol.
For a defensive guru, this was an odd choice during the biggest game of the year. One that they could have easily won! Brady was epic in this game and I don’t even like him! Just can’t deny his greatness!
I hate Tom Brady but he went the fuck off this game it is what is
As a Lifelong Pats fan, all these theories have been discussed, but either way, the only way we’ll ever find out, is if Malcolm tells us someday. I truly believe if he played, they win. 1 pass defense on 3rd down, and
Brady has 7 Rings in New England. That sucks, and there’s a good chance, he finishes his career where he should have.
SO there were not other players on the Pats?
If Malcom knew, why would he not tell us now? Maybe because the true reason had something to do with his behavior.
@@ppumpkin3282 I don’t disagree, but it shows even more about Bill that if his behavior was the reason that he kept it to himself this long. He didn’t trash Malcolm after he left, and neither has
any other member of the Pats since.
Malcolm says he wasn't told. He was late to an OTA and was suspended for a week. On Super Bowl week, his flight was delayed or cancelled, and he was late. I sure as heck wouldn't bench him from a SB and punish my fans, players, and coaches.
@@Zerox_Prime He was late because he was sick, supposedly. I’ve heard them all, guess it will be in his book someday.
By pulling Butler for the entire game, BB confused his own defense which was used to him being out there. Tom Curren and a lot of Patriot writers agreed after the game that the Patriots would have won with Butler. He was one of their best tacklers in the open field. The defense was missing tackles all game. And Butler was used sometimes as a corner Blitzer and he would get home often when used like that. BB blew the game.
Ofc curran say pats will win. That's literally the only thing he says throughout his career
and he wouldn't admit his mistake at halftime because he is F*&%ing Bill F&%$ing Belichick. Man, ego is seriously the reason this planet is gonna burn up.
This is all on BB. He lost this SB!
tough one to argue, the whole game i could remember saying; all the Pats have to do is make ONE stop! never happened
Payback in 2020' 15 players left because of money and SICK of Bill's Shit !!!
This year maybe 8-8 !!! Pats fan since 1967' .... Go Tampa Bay !!!!
I Added on this after the SB.... Super Bowl Champs Tampa Bay !! And 7 Rings for Brady, wrong again Bill for letting your VG & Great players go !!! : D
@pete mitchell Lol, ALL my friends thought I was crazy, they listen to the radio crap in Boston. I really looked at the players on Tampa and said to them. "Hey Tom can win the SB with this team" !! They laughed at me not knowing any players on Tampa !
Well they haven't been laughing this past month and most got on the Bandwagon late. And most Still owe me Money $$$ Lol : D
@@ronniefarnsworth6465 Bill has been riding Tom's coattails for many years now. He is a good coach but not the best. Tom covered up a lot of coaching mistakes. Not anymore. Bill is on his own and after Brady winning his seventh.. everyone now points to Bill and says well.. can he answer??
@@solidarnosc9663 Yes, Brady was the key !
@@ronniefarnsworth6465 well, i did think they put too much blame on Brady in his last season, when the only above receivers he had was Edelman and the RB White.
In Tb, he had a real receiver corps.
@@demonkingbadger6689 Yes, I think you might see James White join Brady in Tampa ? I watched all of their games and a weak ling for them was a great receiving RB !! Fournette and especially RoJo can really have Stone hands at the worst times !! Lol
I would Love to see White play his last 2 yrs or so in Tampa and win another SB !! : )
Remember that year bb wanted to keep jimmy g and get rid of brady until brady went to kraft..maybe bb wanted to lose
@@stephenraftery6407 lets see how bill does without brady before you go blowing him that hard.
@@stephenraftery6407 excuses and brady was the reason bill could make the shit draft picks he made. The shitty trades for players. The mediocre offense he gave brady every year. Bill just about got canned if it wasn't for brady stepping in.
Read my speaks up top we agree. It is a lot deeper Than just thinking and losing on purpose. maybe this week we don't do all things we can do and just stick to a certian method, that will surely lose the game. It looks like they playing but even the players don;t know they playing to the strength of the opposition.
Makes no sense because they won the Superbowl the very next year and I didn't see Belichick blowing that one.
That's exactly what happened. As usual, I watched everything on TV leading up to the SB. I could not believe it, when Belichick was shown "courtside" at a NBA game during SB week when you would think all the hatches would have been battened down. He was courtside days before the SB with his gf watching a worthless game. I wondered, don't tell me he's not going to go full out for this SB because Kraft made him trade Jimmy G? And then during the national anthem I noticed Malcolm was upset and thought, he can't be this emotional for the song? I thought something else (maybe something happened to a family member). Instead, I get my answer about 10 minutes into the game when I notice he is not on the field. If I was Kraft, I would have fired Belichick after that game. He let his arrogance get in the way of the team. Same when he wanted to show everyone how great he was when he wanted to get rid of Tom earlier that year. Same when it happened earlier this year. You think he knew POS Newton was going to be available. He lucked out, but in the end, Newton ain't the answer. It will end badly for BB.
The eagles never punted, I'm positive butler would have made a few 3rd down stops.
Exactly, there are a bunch of these guys in the comments saying he wouldn't have made a difference cuz he was avg and had a bad year. Even though he was one hit wonder,
you have to be on drugs to think he wouldn't get at least one big stop in the entire game.
Wrong. Eagles punted early in the 2nd quarter. . that was the only punt.
Litterly the patriots just needed 1 or 2 defensive stops & they could’ve easily won that game. Brady was playing out his mind but his defense just couldn’t catch up. Bill’s ego cost them that one .
Maybe butler should've kept his hands to himself. Maybe Brady shouldn't have pulked a power play with BB. Maybe the defense should've practiced tackling better.
Who knows.....
The thing is that nobody was stopping the Eagles, let alone Nick Foles. The Vikings had the #1 defense and look what happened to them
It comes down to bill belicheks ego! He knew he needed to put malcom in throughout the game but his ego kept him from it.
Bill is a professional. Malcolm is a “baller”...when you act as such you get treated as such, no exceptions. Or, go toMike Tomlinson team and put up with AB and LeVeon.
marcus laker and cost yourself a Super Bowl. Bills ego the best of him.
@@saycheese6773
Didn't know Butler was the whole team.
Michael Jackson they needed him on defense that night, they got torched.
@WildBrit777 Cymru lol yeah, 6 rings, 2nd most wins ever, “fucked his own legacy” literally won the next season by holding the Rams to 3 points in the SB
If I'm Belichick's son, I wouldn't care if he punched me in the face. He needs to be a man, not a pampered assistant coach who only has the job because of his dad.
@wilhelm zang These days, they tell their dads. I guess?
@wilhelm zang Well, I don't advocate violence, but sometimes it's good to just get the anger out, especially since they were always in contention for a super bowl.
the key word is "assistant"
Lol no that would ruin the team chemistry
And it was after this game that Brady decided he was ready to leave the Patriots
Yep, that's when Brady restructured his contract and put a no trade and no franchise tag clause on his contract. He had enough of Belichick's B.S and was planning his exit.
Didnt Brady play 2 more years with the Pats. What a dumb answer .
@@ram0666 it was his last dance with the pats, giving them full opportunity to build weapons around him, or restructure his deal.
Butler playing the entire season and "removed" for the SB changed the entire dynamic. Maybe they needed to take Belichick out instead!
they won a super bowl the next season. So what is there to complain?
@@maritimezhang Ha Ha, No complain here, Belichick is going to be taken out soon enough, it would be "interesting" to go back in time and see the game re-played with all the same players with Malcom Butler. Hey, maybe the Eagles would have won by twice as much!
Who you gunna replace him with LMAO
@@maritimezhang Doesn't change the fact it was self defeating sitting your most effective DB who was a proven big game player.
@@UpChuckTheBoogie Hello again Andy, with Brady 219-64 without 60-71 One more losing season, maybe two and it's not going to fly with rub & tug. Josh will be gone(not that he's the answer) they will be left to spin the wheel of coaching destiny, the same Quaterback wheel they are spinning now
Whatever the reason, if they didn't bench him, the Pats would have won that SB.
Nope
Na bro butler is overrated. Made one good play and was praised as the best CB in the league and look at him now he is trash
@@Juiceman18036 Ya pal he was so over-rated a dozen teams vied for his signing when he was a free agent and The Titans just decided to throw 65 million away *LOL* . To an absolute 100% certainty The Pats win that game if Butler is in the lineup. If The Eagles are stopped even once on 3rd and 10 *Because of a Butler knockdown, or tackle (which The Pats couldn't do) the entire dynamic of that game changes. He maybe the game of football just doesn't resonate with you - ever think of taking up women's synchronized swimming perhaps
You want more???
*I'll Wait*
@@trevmac8362 yeah the titans did throw 65 mill away to a 2nd to third string cb he is literally a byron Maxwell 2.0 only good when backed up by cb or safety
You think one player would change everything🤣🤣 nah but ill still take the superbowl I guess
There's film of Patricia screaming in Belichick's ear THERE'S TOO MUCH SPACE, meaning the coverage was wrong. Belichick just nodded and did NOTHING. HE STABBED HIS OWN TEAM IN THE BACK!!!!
Where's this film??
@@diceflawless9115 Yes, I'd like to see that too
Never take advice from mattricia.
Belicheeck was the one that said that
@@odmtruckrepair there's a clip of Patricia shouting in Bill's ear during the game.
I wish I had been aware Belichick was going to throw the game. Could have really cleaned up. Butler plays, Pats win.
You should have checked with the office that runs the league. It’s in Las Vegas.
Nicely put together! Well done!
Thank you!
I think BB wanted to lose to force Brady to leave
No way, cause he won the next season
@@KJ3113 Belichick wanted Brady to lose the Super Bowl. And wanted to prove Brady was not the reason they won Titles.
He took away all of Bradys weapons, and so he could Win a Defensive Super Bowl.
It could have been 31-3 verses the Rams.
But Coach Hoodies ego didn't want that.
Yeah, he wanted to lose. Uh-huh.
I hope that Belichek wasn’t counting on having 7 Super Bowl rings.
What a stupid, narcissistic decision to make.
Causal shouldn’t talk with that much attitude
He has 8 rings btw
@@Pineapple26594 Ass rings don't count
Well done! Glad to finally understand what actually happened. Very hard to take back when it happened! Keep up the great work!!
ill never get over this bill took a super bowl away from boston period point blank
Absolutely!!!
@@davidhoekstra8671 Because he had to trade away Jimmy G plain and simple!!!!! So this is late
@@cvzombie he could come back. with jimmyg either being traded to the pats or through free agency. that are what the rumors are saying.
low key felt like Bill was trying to sabotage Brady, because he was already trying to get Brady out of town, but it just so happens, Brady played his heart out and the egg was on BILLS face
I firmly believe that Bill Belichick was still pissed because Mr Kraft made him trade jimmy G . Therefore to get back at the organization he cost them a Super Bowl. He wanted to prove a point that he’s the main reason this dynasty and not Brady.
Now that is the correct and real answer, great job!
Billy nothing but free riding off of Brady
@@Super1general1 Patriots winning games again
@@Blackout.1644 what season are you watching?
If that is true and I do believe that it is, then look for Jimmy G. to be the quarterback next season.
My personal opinion I still think it was the dumbest decision by Bill Belichick because outside of Gilmore the other corners and safeties were getting beaten and at that point you should have played him in the second half
100% agree.
Loved this video! Also box chats getting defensive made my day
People need to know that playoff butler would be playing not regular season that man is clutch and great in the playoffs.
As a pats fan I disagree that Seahawks game was the last of his magic. Did you not see him get embarrassed against the falcons in that superbowl?
@@KingDoz91 couldn’t be worse than Johnson bademosi who isn’t even an average cornerback
and i always thought malcolm butler got caught with bill belichicks girlfriend in the shower before the game.
This makes sense.
Yes, “Malcolm in the middle” of Coach Belichick’s girlfriend might be a benchable offense.
LMAO...no.
While there are many great arguments for BB being the GOAT of coaches, this incident is enough to refute that for me. Oh and also, he has a losing record as a HC when Brady was not starting for him.
He also won 6 Super Bowls. If that doesn't make you greatest coach ever, what does?
@@mja91352 Easy if you have the greatest QB of all time. His record as a HC without Brady is well under 500.
@@davidhoekstra8671 what is Brady record without bill,
@@lilwilliams581 15-5. Bill's record without Brady however, is a losing one.
@@davidhoekstra8671 they only been apart from each other 1 year I bet that'll change
Don’t @ me, but Kraft (as the owner) should have stepped-in during warm-ups and made BB play him. This is a one time only deal. That’s what an owner does: control personalities and then de-escalate the situation. Allow BB to Trade or release Butler after the game, but no way do you bench a starter one-hour before SB when emotions are at a peak and both players and coaches can get carried away. My two cents...
Belichick should have been fired for that. dude really tried to prove his defense was the main reason for all those superbowls instead of some QB named Brady
Amen. Belichick went against that "Patriot Way" Mantra of Team First. Rather than be a HC, Belichick became a Tyrant.
Well that proves it was his defense then.
Sounds like Belichik benched Butler to protect his son. It's strange how nepotism rarely works in the long run. I wonder what the skirmish was all about.
i bet that story is B.S ....belichick didnt like kraft telling him not to trade BRADY
They would of won that SuperBowl & Tom Brady would still be in New England.
um probably not but if Butler had started it certainly wouldn't have been worse then the terrible secondary they fielded that day. So i guess anything could have happened.
literally anybody would have been a better option than Jordan Richards...
Tom Brady still would have left but the Pats would have likely won.
Agree
@@STMARTIN009 I'm not sure about that. Being the only non-Packer ever to 3peat, would've been something else.
Patriots fans lost a lot of respect for BB over this. He could have at least put Butler in for the second half but instead he stubbornly stood pat and let the game slip away, punishing the rest of the hard working team for his ego.
Thanks for this. One or two positive plays in the right spot by the secondary could have changed the outcome. Malcolm always presented as very easy going and humble. If he laid hands on the son was most certainly provoked. A real leader would sit both young men down, listen to both stories, and if discipline was necessary for the player, do it in such a way that you don't compromise your chances of winning the Big One. This story is the only one that makes any sense. It reveals the insecurity of a man whose record as a coach without Tom Brady stands at 56-67.
this needs more views
Bill threw a tantrum and cost them a SB! Brady did everything under the sun to win that game with his own head coach working against him!!!
Malcolm not being on the field was a bad decision. Philly was on point that whole game. So smooth. As a Pats fan I will say Philly looked great out there. Timing was impeccable.
Butler had been declining in 2016 and 2017 and Belichick got tired of giving him chances he didn’t deserve anymore.
@@STP43FAN1 bingo people love to forget that or just dont know he was bad that season
First time Bill did not but the best team on the field.
I also could not understand why Malcom Butler did not play. New England paid a price for not playing Butler.
Butler had a history of occasionally making a big play. The pats weren't getting that from his replacements, he might have pulled one out of the bag. Sitting out for the 1st half I can understand. But he would have been very motivated to do his best if BB had put him in the 2nd half.
makes me think of WAR. wins above replacement. Those 3 or 4 tackles that we are all 100% sure he would make (and I'm an eagles fan) would have changed the entire course of the game in small but crucial ways. It sucks that we lost with Mcnabb and even with a win, we still have this Butler *asterisk*.
Just 1 of 5 more Super Bowl titles Belly pissed away (06,07,11,15,17)
Really interesting comment. I always thought Belichick screwed the Pats out of championships, mainly b/c of his ego. I’m really curious what you think he did those 5 years that pissed away SB titles? I’m guessing ‘06 getting rid of Dion Branch for no reason? ‘07 maybe not kicking a fg against the Giants in the SB on 4th & 13? Not sure ‘11 maybe letting the Giants score in SB 46? Was ‘15 the year Belichick decided to kick off to start OT against the Jets & the Jets scored a TD, the loss cost the Pats the #1 seed & they had to play in Denver in the AFC championship game instead of having a home game?
@@kaqueburlington4278 you know your stuff...2017 is obvious, with the petty Butler benching they couldn't force a single punt against Nick Foles with Richards, Rowe, and Bademosi...Butler played 99% of the snaps that year (did one of the sons provoke him into an incident the day before the game that got him benched?)...2015 - I've never seen anyone so proactively give away a 1 seed in sports history, to the point where I thought something very fishy was going on (still do)...fielding a rookie punt returner in Denver in the snow blows the game, Ebner onsides kicking in the Philly game blown, choosing to kickoff in OT in ny, picking steven jackson up off the street to feature in and give away the season finale in Miami...go to Denver and lose the afc title game by a missed extra point (despite brady and gronk trying their asses off)...should have hosted and won it all...2011 - directly on Welker (drop with 2 hands clutching the ball), but that defense sucked, should have given up the intentional td earlier...worst defense to ever be carried to a sb (31st)...2007 - gostkowski can't try a 48 yd fg in his 2nd season with no weather? Fg would have made a huge difference...also, did not adjust play calling early enough when he saw his o-line problems...2006 - yes, 1 receiver short (branch)...but what most people don't mention is that was another seeding home game giveaway year (3 v 4) at indy by tiebreaker...dropped late season games to inferior jets and dolphins to give that away...at home they win that afc title, then beat the bears
I can only hope Tampa Bay plays new england next year , and wipes them off the map for Brady.
They are scheduled to play each other next season at Foxboro, by the way.
They do
I guarantee the fans will be rooting for Brady.
@3:04 that answers everything. Belicheck is far from dumb, hes possibly the Greatest NFL Head Coach of all time. He knew the Eagirls would pick Rowe and he left him in the game bcuz he also knew Malcom Butler is the kind of game changing CB that cldve won them that Super Bowl. The answer is simple , Belichecks ego was hit hard after he was forced to give Brady another contract. Ppl say it was bcuz of the Jimmy G trade but Belicheck already had Jimmy G for a single 2nd round pick bcuz Kyle Shannonhan let Belicheck win the Super Bowl vs Atlanta.
He’s dumb!! Stats prove it , never won with out Brady
Players took a cut in pay for playing with Brady
Not dumb shit BILL
I thought there might have been something in Belichick, that might have been payback to Kraft, to show him he should have kept JG.
The problem was Bill Belichick. There was no other problem. Bill is arrogant, now he has been humbled. Bill needs to learn from this.
I totally believe this story. Bill throws a likely SB W away for his idiot son.
So you'll blame a coach for a disciplinary action instead of blaming an animal for putting his hands on a coach?
@@TheJimmyClip Wish I had more information on the incident, all I can tell ya.
If u read the most Recent book “the dynasty” Brady asked to b released right after that super bowl
For real?
@@clintwilson6380 yes said him and his wife went into Krafts office and asked to b released and Kraft said no
Damn...
Damn I have the book too I need to read it!
Belichick shoulda been fired for that. You don't piss on every other player, coach, and executive who worked their butts off to help the team reach a Super Bowl. You punish Butler later, but he plays and helps them win. Belichick is a joke, he would rather let his entire crew drown at sea and go down with the ship, as long as they all call him Captain on the way down. I'm glad he's exposed now with Brady gone.
That's the day when I lost all respect for Bill Bellichick..
By the way, thank you for not sounding like a dork. So many of these football videos are narrated by guys who just don't have the requisite speaking skills (tone, meter, cadence) and it fucking ruins it.
Excellent video all around. Subbed
Thank you!
"Yea, with Malcom benched 500 yards ain't going to cut it Tom...we'll need more..." lol
I heard that Steve belichick walked into malcolm's hotel room night before the superbowl malcom had a girl in there and Steve started screaming at him, butler grabbed him threw him up against the wall and said the only reason you got a job is cause you're daddy and threw him out the room, not sure if it's true but makes sense why he was pulled
🤣
The Eagles reminded me of the 2002 Angels or the 2011 Dallas Mavs. They had SOME elite talent, but come Playoff time, some of their average players turned in to elite-level talent for a few weeks.
Pats definitely win if Butler plays!!!!!
Yep
If Butler, Edelman, and Brandin Cooks then it would've been very different
Anybody over jordan Richard's for sure
yep my patriots woulda won
Agreed
It’s not just about making a play. The secondary would have to worry about if the new guy needs help or not if butler was in. The secondary who’s played together for a long time would be more used to butler’s ability so they would know when to help or not.
I think the comparison to Ryan Gosling benching himself in remember the Titans would've won another Super Bowl for the Pats! Still don't think we know the answer? WHY All Butler would have to do is break up one pass and we would've won the game and he certainly had done that before to win the Super Bowl
Also consider the minds of the defense distracted by the benching of their teammate... It had an effect. Hard to tell if the outcome would be different... We'll take our 6 titles and be happy...
I'll never get over it... 😔😔😑
I don’t know for sure, however another stop would’ve helped. I can think of one specific stop that might have helped. After coming out of halftime 10 points down Tom Brady led the Pats on a methodical drive closing the gap to 22-19. In that first ensuing series the Eagles faced a 3rd and 5 at their own 30. Foles hit Agolar for 2 yards and he squirmed away from Bademosi to gain the needed yardage. Had Butler been in, ( he made the team and eventually started due to his sure tackling ability), he stops Agolar short and Philly goes 3 and out and their tired defense faces a hot Brady! After that play Philly went down the field scored a TD putting them up 10 again!
Yep remembered that play,and for sure butler would've made the stop.
Thank you
If nothing else, Butler was fresh and put in late in the game, he would have potentially had the energy to stick with the receivers and provided a different look. Could have easily made a difference.
I enjoyed your video. Great job. There is the expression, "Cut your nose off, to spite your face," or whatever. I think the benching of Butler by Belichick was definitely some of that. Belichick wanted to make a point as to who was in charge, so he was going to punish the best tackler on the team, during the biggest game, even if it harms the team's effort to win the Super Bowl. Whatever the infraction was, I still think Belichick could have benched him for a quarter and not the entire game, when it was obvious, that the defense was struggling. Anyway, do the Pats win if Butler is in the game? That is pure speculation. IMO, the loss of LB Donte' Hightower was the biggest detriment to the Pats' chances of winning the SB. He was lost with a season-ending injury against the Falcons in Week 4 or 5 of that season. That is one of the reasons why the pass-rush suffered. Hightower makes that defense way better. The benching of Butler definitely divided the team and I think that hurt their chances of winning as well.
It was a football coaching decision just like waiting until after The Star Spangled Banner was played and then tell him instead of letting him know a week or two before the game thus allowing the Patriots to be beat by a backup qb in spite of the efforts of TB12.
Bill threw this SB smh
Brady really has 8 rings
Come on! After 3 yrs. no-one from the Pats has gone on record of what really happened??
what if the seahawks ran the ball though
But they didnt
Idiots
Then statistically they would have been stopped. Their stats that year in short yardage were horrible, and that’s why they didn’t run it. Carrol said so himself.
They would of won
@@brianjungen4059 the only reason Lynch didn’t get a touchdown the play before the Butler pick was because Hightower threw aside a 300 lb lineman blocking him and tripped up Lynch
They would have won it because they had the best running back in the league(Lynch)!
I'm torn.. as a pats fan I feel like he could of been the peice that would of made the difference. He was probably the best tackler on the team. He might let u catch the ball but you wouldn't get far after the fact. Probably still would of lost but I mean.. all the superbowls were so close... maybe.. just maybe.. lol
He certainly could've been the piece. It'll remain one of the biggest "What If" scenarios in NFL history.
Exactly!!! But Pat's def would of won that game brady put them ahead and had that last drive to just stop the eagles and game over..I believe they converted third and longs on thier last drive ...secondly rowe got ate up all game long
@@ChaseChats rowe got smoked all game long ...and especially on the eagles winning drive after brady put the pats up and the third and longs coverted by eagles butler would of stepped up then or would have made some of those stops rowe couldn't...
I definitely feel like the pats would’ve won no doubt 97% of all year reps over a guy that had 30% Butler was a beast and has that clutch factor in him too
The pats would have won with Butler. Belichick made a bad decision. I will defend him on this one. It was total nonsense to completely shut him out of the game like that.Rowe got torched that game.
Belichick should have watched Star Trek III, the needs of the one (the coach)outweigh the needs many (the team)!!!
Nope, Kraft undermined bill when Belichick tried to trade Brady earlier in the season. Craft gave bill all the power in the world however when Bill tried to trade krafts baby boy he did not like it. Bill thought Jimmy Garoppolo was his best quarterback, kraft traded Garoppolo for basically nothing, so he couldn’t start Jimmy over Tom. In Bill’s eyes he said you underminded me and you took away my best player therefore I’m going to take away your best player. Bill says I am in charge of this team and you are not that is the way it is always been and that is the way it’s going to be. Bill had to teach Robert Kraft a lesson by benching Malcolm butler and losing the Super Bowl. By doing this bill gets to keep all the power in the world. Most NFL fans have no idea that the most important player on any team is the owner. If the owner undermines one of the greatest coaches of all time this is the result that you will get.
Jimmy Garoppolo for Brady was a good decision? You are out of your mind! Intentionally throwing the most important game for whatever reason disqualifies BB as GOAT coach, not even an ethical and professional coach.
Without Brady, Belichick was an average coach at most. Without Belichick, Brady is still a champion.
If this is a “punishment” for Butler, then BB is the biggest idiot. No that he doesn’t have Brady to carry him with regular 300 yard and 4th comebacks, we will see if he’s really any good. So far it does not look promising.
Had I known Butler wasn't going to play, I wouldn't have bet on NE. Still pissed.
Talk about SB highs and lows for Malcom Butler
Waited a long time to watch any video or read about benching of Butler. It is July 2020.
Given that the 2017 defense had many wholes to attack, the offense was good enough to beat everyone but the Eagles, and if Butler plays, you see far less of Rowe, very little of Bademosi, and zero of Richards. Probably enough to beat the Eagles.
Now, Belichick. I trust him. Flat out. Could/should Butler have played after sitting out a quarter? I don’t know, but the locker room mood, if accurate is a tell tale sign how the players felt.
The incident happened in private, do even the players do not know what happened.
You attack many holes, not wholes
At the very least Malcolm butler was the best tackling db on that squad. He could've made a difference.
Contract year bill did the same thing to corner Samuel back in 07 to leverage signing
This is where discipline backfired. Coach thought the other player were going to “get it done”. But the first score told you everything.
“Rules are RULES”, ...but c’mon common sense,
TELLS you don’t bench a legendary player cause he put your hands on a coach, some coaches need a punching in their face.
and not one mention in the entire video of, well, how did Belicheck and the Patriots react to this crushing Superbowl loss? They went back to the drawing board and built a great new defense, had an amazing season, won the AFC championship in a thriller over Mahomes & the Chiefs, then dismantled L.A.'s vaunted offense to win another gold ball. Got to give credit where it's due.
But you can't nowadays because apparently brady did everything and bill is overrated smh people are clueless
That is crazy they left him on the bench....that is crazy.
Butler was Benched because Belichick was angry over having to trade Jimmy G over Brady. The Owner Robert Kraft chose Brady over Belichick. In response Belichick sabatoged the Superbowl. This was Belichick giving the finger to Brady and Kraft.
McCourty said during the week the Captains were told he wasn't going to start.
Sounds suspicious for sure.
I don't give a shit if Malcolm puches Steve Belichick in the face as they're walking out the tunnel. You do not bench a guy like that before the biggest game of the season. He plays, then you burn him at the stake afterward.
I'm 150% positive that the Patriots win that game if Butler plays. We needed 1 stop and the entire rhythm of that game is changed. I remember watching the first Eagles touchdown and thinking WTF is Rowe doing in the game for Butler??? When it became apparent that Butler was not going to play, I remember knowing in my heart that game was lost. Not because Butler is so great either, if you understand football then you understand the concept of continuity and the importance of having it on defense.
The comical part is that the Pats defensive coordinator gets a head coaching job the next season.
We will never know
Figures it was one of Belichek's kids. He probably wouldn't have done it if it wasn't. I'm so glad Brady went elsewhere and showed it was HIM that made the Pat's win, not the other way around....Kraft even told TB Sr he was sorry he sided with Bill.
I find it funny how BUTLER is being accused of touching Bills son, yet everyone on the team had no clue why But;er was benched. Wouldn't you think people if something like that happened, it would of been made a big deal. You can't be serious.
Excellent point. I can't imagine Butler and Bill's son were somewhere private where no one could see them. That'd be.....weird.
@@jahras66 exactly. All these so called leaked reasons.
The captain's definently know they just won't tell the public it's been that way for years there what happens behind closed doors stays there
Bill was just sending a message to the rest of the squad. I remember earlier that season butler refuse to play until his contract get sorted. They paid him he came back and bill was like Im show you I dont need you
so he would rather show whos boss than win a SB
Yeah and it cost him a superbowl win. He cares more about "showing them who's boss" than to actually win games. Sounds like a shitty leader. No wonder players are opting out.
Seth wickershams source was actually Michael Lombardi. Not butler.
Bill Belichick is not a genius lucky to have Brady as long as he had him
Belichick definitely threw the game. He should have been investigated by the league. The sports writers are so intimidated by him they let him get away without explaining why Butler didn’t play. Belichick was bad in Cleveland, mediocre in NY and then met Brady. Suddenly BB is the greatest. Give me a break!
Mediocre in new York?? Ur joking right.
Correct. Now look at him. We'll see next year if he can salvage his "greatness" - especially with all the cap space he now has.
Obviously so the eagles could win their first Superbowl...fixed!!!
That’s Bill and his hard head no appreciation for butler winning the super bowl for the pats earlier. Bill caused them to lose that game. Now it’s shown again that Bill not appreciating Brady and now Brady wins another super bowl. This is the football Gods putting Bill in his hard head place.
Great , now i know why he was benched .
I will always Belichick saying multiple times when asked about Butler at a press conference "just trying to put the best team out there" he didnt give anything else.