NFL Rumors: Here’s Simple Reason Why Malcolm Butler Was Benched For Super Bowl

The Malcolm Butler conspiracy theorists may need to move on. Bill Belichick famously benched Butler in Super Bowl LII, and it appears New England’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles was Butler’s last in a Patriots uniform, as the free agent cornerback reportedly will sign with the Tennessee Titans. But those who believe Butler’s benching was caused by any off-field missteps or rifts with the coaching staff are reading too much into it, Peter King of the MMQB reported Wednesday. “Someone inside the Patriots told me recently there’s nothing deep and dark and secret about what happened to him at the Super Bowl,� King wrote of Butler. “He’d simply been playing like crap in practice and Bill Belichick