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it was in the 70sHas anybody calculated the yards per Richards number? I bet it it is high, real high.
All I know is that the Eagles looked at film of Malcolm Butler for the 2 weeks before the SB, and their reaction when seeing he was not in was that Christmas had come in February.
This isn’t meant to be a defense of Belichick’s choices — only an explanation of what he was thinking from a schematic standpoint.
The Eagles assistants were reported to have said it right after the game. They could not believe he was not in. They said they went at Rowe because they knew all about him from his Philly days. NESN reported it Monday - the word the Eagles used was “crazy”.
I rated this useful, but I wish we had one of those crying emojis to insert here...The Eagles assistants were reported to have said it right after the game. They could not believe he was not in. They said they went at Rowe because they knew all about him from his Philly days. NESN reported it Monday - the word the Eagles used was “crazy”.
Benching Malcolm Butler was another stroke of genius from Bill Belichick ... in theory
It is a pretty interesting theory that smells like it might be going into the right direction. The most important sentence in there is this:
In short the author explains on a schematic level that this was almost the inverse gameplan that BB is famous for with the Giants. He wanted to avoid the Eagles gashing them slowly on the ground, grinding the game out leaving Brady on the sideline.
Go and read it if you have time.. it gives an interesting perspective into what might have been the motivation for this weird gameplan.
I would please ask anyone to stay on topic and dont turn this into another Butler thread. This thread is for the discussion of that potential gameplan and not to whine about BB stealing a title from you.
The other thing that gets pointed out again is that while Rowe said that he didnt know about the Butler benching until before the kickoff we know now not only that the captains knew days ahead that Butlers role got minimized:
And this article points out that Rowe even practiced with the first team defense instead of Butler the entire time:
So can we at least stop propagating this the team got shocked before kickoff narrative ?
So can we at least stop propagating this the team got shocked before kickoff narrative ?
I refuse to believe that Belichick is that stupid, sorry.
Benching Malcolm Butler was another stroke of genius from Bill Belichick ... in theory
It is a pretty interesting theory that smells like it might be going into the right direction. The most important sentence in there is this:
In short the author explains on a schematic level that this was almost the inverse gameplan that BB is famous for with the Giants. He wanted to avoid the Eagles gashing them slowly on the ground, grinding the game out leaving Brady on the sideline.
Go and read it if you have time.. it gives an interesting perspective into what might have been the motivation for this weird gameplan.
I would please ask anyone to stay on topic and dont turn this into another Butler thread. This thread is for the discussion of that potential gameplan and not to whine about BB stealing a title from you.
The other thing that gets pointed out again is that while Rowe said that he didnt know about the Butler benching until before the kickoff we know now not only that the captains knew days ahead that Butlers role got minimized:
And this article points out that Rowe even practiced with the first team defense instead of Butler the entire time:
So can we at least stop propagating this the team got shocked before kickoff narrative ?
Is that what people after the game against the Bills would have said if the FG went in instead ?
Thanks for posting this. I fear, though, that the discussion will be dominated by whining and know-it-all posturing.