Malcolm Butler

[kskboys]

Yeah, the Pats lack of depth this year was exposed on the biggest stage. Lost too many role players and starters on the defense this season. However, you gotta play with who's on the roster. The eagles can say the same thing, so the injury issue is a non-starter in my book.

The thing we will be left wondering is if Malcolm could have made a difference. He didn't need to make a pick. The one thing the defense desperately needed and only managed once was an "out". Given how badly burned the Pats DBs were, one has to wonder if he could have helped with just one stop.... but we will never know. Butler is not going to be part of the team moving forward. So it really doesn't matter anymore.

I guess the term of the day is "On to 2018".

Yup. Losing Sheard and Ninkovich and Ealy not working out was just too much to overcome.

 

[Dorsett33]

When Lewis turns out to be our best outside CB, I'm going to laugh at you guys who insist on putting him in the slot due strictly to height. Lewis is the best outside CB on our team. Putting him strictly in the slot would be a major waste of talent.

Lewis is better than Byron at outside CB, and it's not close.

First of all, I never said that Jordan should play slot because of his height. And secondly, playing a good slot corner has to be a very talented corner. And in today's game, teams are running mostly 3 receiver sets. If you can lock down a teams slot receiver, than you have a good game plan. And lastly, how do you know Jordan is that much better than Byron? From one season? Byron hasn't had the opportunity, so I don't know how you could say that. I wasn't saying one was better than the other. I just think his talent is better served as slot corner. Not a bad thing....lol.