It’s a line of questioning we’ve heard quite a bit in New England since the final whistle blew on Feb. 4. How hard was it watching and not playing? Do you think you could have made a difference in the game?
This time it wasn’t Malcolm Butler being asked to answer. Adrian Clayborn, the Patriots new defensive tackle, suffered a torn biceps muscle in the 2017 divisional and missed the rest of the playoffs for the Falcons. He was on the sidelines as the Patriots scored 35 unanswered points in Super Bowl LI.
On a conference call Wednesday, Clayborn was asked if he felt he could have changed the outcome of that game.