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I find that to be almost.... evil.
Deliciously evil.
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Frankly, I think for whatever reason he wasn't playing as well as Arrington or Wilhite or the extra safety in the sub. Now he seems to be.
There is A LOT more to this than his play though.
I studied his game vs the Jets because everyone was ripping him, and we have had many corners play many games much worse than that one and not lose their jobs.
Personally, I think that there was an immaturity issue. I think he was benched not for his overall play vs the Jets but because of a couple of mental mistakes.
When we dropped down the depth chart it was up to him to show he should move back up. I guarantee BB wasn't treating him any different than any other player who needed to show something to earn more playing time.
I really don't buy the common perception that BB psychoanalyzes 53 players week to week. He fields the team he thinks gives him the best chance to win, and when a player appears to be deserving of sharing time with or moving ahead of another, he gets the chance.
I thought for sure the flag was going to fly on one of Butler's plays yesterday. I thought he definitely interfered with the receiver and didn't fully turn his head until the ball was already there. Against Indy, that's a flag for sure!
i know the exact play you're talking about. i thought the flag was coming, from the replay, also. pi is so subjective. in a big spot, in a big game, against indy, that flags flying.
I'm riding the wave of enthusiasm as much as the next Pats fan,but it always amuses me how this community can be so up and down on a player from one week to the next. Butler is all of the sudden projecting to be one of the best slot corners in the game, when he can't even beat out the back up safeties and Wilhite, who this community has regularly killed, for the job. I'ts hysterical.
Hopefully they go to the best BBQ joint in the entire northeast and not to any club. The scene in Rochester is not ideal, to say the least.
Maybe only Blue Smoke in NYC was better.
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I got the feeling early in the off season that Darius was developing the dreaded I'm a lock syndrome, he and Bodden did everything in tandem including travel and partying like their pairing as LCB and RCB was a fait accompli. Tom said early on that putting in your time in the program in the off season wouldn't cut it. This team demands more. Come in early, stay late and take work home with you when you'd rather be chillin' playing video games... Never assume you have a job on a BB team or you will likely find some retread or UDFA outworking you to land it.
Don't forget though that Mike Reiss said there was no harder worker than Darius Butler right up until the regular season. Reiss went in predicting Butler would have a huge year precisely because Butler was the hardest working player in the offseason.
Not sure how you can call him a reclamation project when he's only a 2nd year player.. But, that being said, He has done a helluva job the last few weeks..
even as*holes smell pretty sometimes