Inside Malcolm Butler’s Journey from ‘Reject’ Prospect to Revis Replacement

December 16, 2015   ·   Dan Pompei   ·   Jump to comments

There Malcolm Butler is, leaping in the end zone to break up a potential Nate Washington touchdown in a Patriots victory over the Texans.  
And there he was, hobnobbing with Taylor Swift backstage at the Grammy Awards in February. Oh, and with Jay Z, Jamie Foxx, Nicki Minaj and John Legend.
And there he goes, driving the big, beautiful black truck that Tom Brady won as Super Bowl MVP. Brady gave it to Butler after Butler intercepted Russell Wilson on the goal line to win the game.
He's driving in Foxborough, Massachusetts, which is about 1,300 miles from West Alabama, the Division II school he was enrolled at just a year-and-a-half ago. It might as well be 1,300 light-years away.
Can you think of another planet where Malcolm Butler could have happened? And not like Jakku or Tatooine.
No, it can only happen on Planet Patriot, where Bill Belichick presides and transcendence is an assumption. And when it does, it isn't always fully appreciated. Other Patriots...

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