Will we ever get an answer as to why then-New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler was benched against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 52?
It’s one of the great mysteries of the universe, right up there next to questions like: is there life in outer space, and does Bigfoot actually exist? To this day, no one but Bill Belichick seemingly knows why Butler didn’t take the field during that all-important game.
The Patriots, of course, lost to the Eagles 41-33. In a game in which the New England defense – Belichick’s specialty – could not contain backup quarterback Nick Foles and the Philly offense, many think a player as talented as Butler could have proved himself very useful.