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Butler not playing AT ALL wasnt due to scheme.RW -
I am giving BB some benefit of the doubt. I accept that the game plan could have been to go big nickel and leave Bulter out because "it was best for the scheme" and nothing personal.
But- 30 minutes of Philly having their way with us should have prompted MP or BB or make SOME change. And yes, Butler is up there with Harmon in terms of aggressive tackling.
It doesn't have to be all or nothing, does it? I love my parents but I sometimes disagree with them...doesn't mean I want new parents or am ready to move into the neighbors house (I'm on the wrong side of 40 so that would be really weird).
Another aside: How much do I respect Butler's tackling? I think he made the 2 biggest plays to get us the #1 seed:
1. I think Tampa goes down and scores unless Butler rips down Desean Jackson and knocks him out of the game on that final drive.
2. I think the NYJ could have upset us if it weren't for Butler stripping Austin Sefaris-Jenkins at the pylon.
People are getting things all twisted around here.
The relevance of scheme is when people say their was a domino effect. If butler was truly in the mix, based upon the scheme the game plan was built on he would have played maybe 15-20 snaps. So scheme says it was Rowe or butler not a domino effect.
My opinion, based upon EVERYTHING we saw or heard was that butler struggled badly in practice and wasn’t getting the gane plan. That led to the decision to go into the gane with him at cb3. That happened a few days before the game.
It’s very possible he could have split time with rowe or that we used more regular nickel I’d he was available than we did with Bademosi.
But at some point something else happened. I’m sure not practicing with the 1s all week created a reaction in butler hence the rumors of attitude and fighting with coaches.
There are also rumors of weed or curfew which on top of demotion and a negative attitude toward it mean even more.
Then there was what we saw on tv. A guy who looked liked he was melting down.
For all those reasons as an example we can’t put this guy in the field if there is any way to avoid it comes into play.
Finally if you decided it was bad for the team to play him why would you later just throw him in there? I don’t get that logic.