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Originally Posted by August
It was our defense that cost us the game. No way should the birds have been able to score 41 points.
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When a top defensive player is benched and the Eagles QB goes against his replacements scoring eight (8) times out of ten (10) with the football ... it comes down to why?
Could it be the flu (I don't think so)
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/p...uper_bowl_loss
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Butler did have a challenging week. He went to the hospital in Boston two Sundays ago to get treated for flu symptoms and wasn’t well enough the next day to fly with the team to Minneapolis, so he arrived Tuesday. Butler said he finally began to feel like himself by Thursday, so his practice snaps were limited on the previous days.
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Could it be contract negotiations?
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Two weeks ago, Butler openly reflected on his personal journey and admitted that it crossed his mind Super Bowl LII could be his last game with the Patriots. Could Belichick have viewed that as a sign Butler was thinking about himself ahead of the team? Or was the public benching the culmination of a drawn-out bout of contentious contract negotiations, or lack thereof?
Everyone has been left to guess. Belichick informed Butler before kickoff that he wouldn’t play, but the reason wasn’t given, according to a source.
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