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Tom Brady Sr. defends Bill Belichick’s decision to bench Malcolm Butler

While many are skeptical about Bill Belichick’s “strictly football” decision to bench Malcolm Butler in Super Bowl LII, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s father has no doubts about the head coach’s controversial decision.

“He is going to put out the people he thought could win the game for him,” Tom Brady Sr. told The Boston Globe‘s Christopher Gasper. “I don’t have any questions about Belichick’s loyalty to the Patriots and desire to win the game. It’s the only way I could look at it. I don’t think he would do anything less.