The Malcolm Butler benching from Super Bowl LII has been given some more context.
In Friday's episodes of The Dynasty: New England Patriots, the Patriots 41-33 loss to the Eagles was examined, and this included Bill Belichick's controversial benching of the cornerback. Patriots owner Robert Kraft spoke about the incident and revealed that it wasn't a "football-related" decision.
"What has been told to me is that there was something personal going on between Bill and Malcolm, that was not football related," Kraft said. "I always felt that every decision Bill had made had been to put what was in the best interests of the team first, and put emotion aside.