And Butler allowed league worst in yards and TD’s allowed by a CB… teams picked on him.
They also had Stephon Gilmore as a stud on one side so that mitigated Butlers horrid play. If Eric Rowe wasn’t injured and available until late in the season there’s a strong possibility Butler would have been replaced sooner.
There’s defense gave up a historically awful Super Bowl performance because Hightower, Alan Branch, Jon Jones and Patrick Chung (in game) missed the Super Bowl with injuries.
Football is won in the trenches… a CB who sucked all that season and for the next three years before retiring wasn’t helping.