Cardinals sign Malcolm Butler

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Another well-known veteran is signing with the Cardinals.

This time it’s cornerback Malcolm Butler, who agreed to terms with the Cardinals on a one-year contract.

Butler was cut by the Titans, who saved more than $10 million off their salary cap with the move, this month. Last season Butler started all 16 games in Tennessee.

Originally an undrafted free agent with the Patriots, Butler spent four years in New England and three in Tennessee. A two-time Pro Bowler, he’s best known for his game-clinching interception in Super Bowl XLIX, and for the Patriots’ baffling decision to bench him in Super Bowl LII.

Among the players Butler will join in Arizona are J.J. Watt and A.J. Green, as the Cardinals have made a concerted effort to get better by signing big-name players.

43 responses to “Cardinals sign Malcolm Butler

  1. Well, AZ is a great state for retirement, looks like the Cards are doing their part by signing a few old geezers

  2. When the history of the Super Bowl is written, Malcolm Butler’s interception in Super Bowl XLIX will reign as the greatest defensive play of all time.

  3. He also just picked off PFT’s daily Watson article, leaving the front page wide open for decent football related news

  4. mhouser1922 says:
    March 25, 2021 at 1:53 pm
    When the history of the Super Bowl is written, Malcolm Butler’s interception in Super Bowl XLIX will reign as the greatest defensive play of all time
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    James Harrison’s 100 yrd pick six in the SB vs the Cards was a better defensive play IMO,but I do agree that Butler’s pick was one of the most clutch defensive plays of all time.

  5. What the Cards are trying to sign is mostly veteran leardership and good character guys who have a few years left.

  6. Butler can be better with a good pass rush which the Cards should have with Watt and Jones …

  7. He literally gifted the Patriots that Super Bowl, and look at how BB thanked him for it. I’m glad that the Cards signed him. The guy is in the NFL history books.

  8. If only BB would have set his ego aside and put Butler in the game against the Eagles…. What a complete waste of Brady’s 505 yard passing performance

  9. Can he tackle…??? CB’s who wimp out on tackling really chap my hide. He had 100+ last year. With Malcolm & Budda Baker, the Cardinals secondary will be good to go.

  10. When the history of the Super Bowl is written, Malcolm Butler’s interception in Super Bowl XLIX will reign as the greatest defensive play of all time.
    ……………

    James Harrison would like a word with you

  11. @nhpats2011
    Yeah, no one will ever know why BB sat him in that Superbowl, but had the strip sack not happened to Brady, was there any doubt in your mind that Brady was taking them for another winning TD drive? Had that strip sack not happened, in all likelihood the Pats are 7x SB Champs and Brady 8x. Woulda, shoulda, coulda. I hear ya though.

  12. Had a good year last year, 100 tackles 4 picks. Only 31 years old. Great signing. He had a much better year last year than Patrick Peterson.

  13. Looks like the Cardinals are swinging for the fences this year. I’m sure their fans are excited.

  14. nhpats2011 says:
    March 25, 2021 at 2:27 pm
    If only BB would have set his ego aside and put Butler in the game against the Eagles…. What a complete waste of Brady’s 505 yard passing performance

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    Yes, otherworldy Butler who had the flu, the entire defense lost faith in, showed up late and then told the coaches to “shut the eff up” on arrival.
    Yeah, that guy. Sweet analysis, child.

    Malcolm Bulter wouldnn’t have done jack squat after being dusted down the stretch from Corey Davis to whoever else. He sucked. Totally checked out just like Crybaby Brady in 2019 who sabotaged the team. He couldn’t be trusted either. Selfish. See the pattern?

    Try night school and maybe you can get a career for yourself instead of looking like a complete idiot drooling another man in your Brady underoos with your hair plugs.

    Who cares about total yards anyway? Means little. Go ask Drew Brees or Manning about their yards.

    Brady choked. He dropped a pass, wide open to extend a drive while shunning others who may drop one once in a while, and then fumbled on the last drive. He had every opportunity to still make key plays and choked the key plays down line he had in other Super Bowls.

    He would disappear for entire qtrs in Super Bowls, thankfully bailing himself out.

    BB told Butler what was coming and got Butler a ring and millions and bailed Brady out yet again of an uneven performance. What Butler did, essentiallt trying to cause a mutiny in the locker room, will never be tolerated, thankfully so. And guess who enabled that? Your buddy Tommy Boy and his contract demands because of ego.

    Good thing the D shut the door and made key plays after Brady’s unbelevably awful pick 6 vs Atlanta before half. It’s like you people think no one else can do anything good on the field like it’s golf or tennis.

    The guy throws 5 INTs going into this year’s SB and his Ds won the last 2 SBs for him as welll and you creepy people still act like he does it all and refuse to hold him accountable when he screws up royally. And he was gifted 14 points before half in thiis year’s SB on phantom penalties, yet somehow he is infallible.

    It’s exacly why BB walked. Egos, uncoachability and a bloated opinion on one’s overall impact thinking the world revolves around them, when it doesn’t. Team sport.

    Tell us, has Brady built another TB12 facility yet and written another book or designed another cute hat to cover his hair plugs? Hmm? Mouth kissed his son lately? Hmm?

    BB won’t have self absorbed people on his teams. Get over it.

    In a very selfish and disgusting world, I applaud it. No tolerance for drama and selfishness. Thank you BB. For everything. These players owe their millions to him right on down to Brian Flores in Miami.

    Give me 11 Edelmans all day or 11 Justin Herrons over primadonna Brady or Butlers.

    And give me one BB over everyone else as GM and Coach.

    Good day, little one.

  15. wintercoates87 says:
    March 25, 2021 at 2:56 pm
    @nhpats2011
    Yeah, no one will ever know why BB sat him in that Superbowl, but had the strip sack not happened to Brady, was there any doubt in your mind that Brady was taking them for another winning TD drive? Had that strip sack not happened, in all likelihood the Pats are 7x SB Champs and Brady 8x. Woulda, shoulda, coulda. I hear ya though.

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    No one will ever know why? He faked his flu after they designed a gameplan that didn’t feature his poor play the last 3-4 games of the year because he was butthurt he wasn’t about to be overpaid which is why BB paid Gilmore. Get it? He couldn’t over he wasn’t worth 12 million per. All because BB told him a play was coming vs Seattle in SB49.

    The he showed up a week late by himself and told the def coaches to “shut the eff up”.

    As McCourty and Chung said “he knew why he couldn’t be trusted”.

    Some of us know people who know people in the organization.

  16. bradygirl12 says:
    March 25, 2021 at 2:25 pm
    He literally gifted the Patriots that Super Bowl, and look at how BB thanked him for it. I’m glad that the Cards signed him. The guy is in the NFL history books.

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    What?!

    BB told him it would be coming!! Don’t you morons know facts and history.

    Some Pats fans are morons. It’s embarrassing.

  17. I think he’s still got a few good years left in him. Look at his stats from last season @ age 31. Not bad at all…

  18. March 25, 2021 at 2:02 pm
    Interesting how a one hit wonder could be elected to Two Pro Bowla

    I hate to tell you but pro bowls mean nothing.

  19. Brandon Browner told him to watch for that play and he did. That moment will be hard to reproduce, the explosion of emotion in every bar and living room in New England has reverberated for years. Seattle has never gotten over it. For a Patriots fan, it was the greatest thing ever and always will be no matter what.

  20. packerfan99 says:
    March 25, 2021 at 3:22 pm
    March 25, 2021 at 2:02 pm
    Interesting how a one hit wonder could be elected to Two Pro Bowla

    I hate to tell you but pro bowls mean nothing.

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    According the uber knowledgeable (bawahah!) “NHBackwoodsPatsfan”, it is the main barometer of a quality player.

    It’s hilarious how uneducated somw fans are. All Pro nods and PFF metrics mean more than “pro bowls”. All real fans know that.

  21. touchback6 says:
    March 25, 2021 at 3:10 pm
    bradygirl12 says:
    March 25, 2021 at 2:25 pm
    He literally gifted the Patriots that Super Bowl, and look at how BB thanked him for it. I’m glad that the Cards signed him. The guy is in the NFL history books.

    8 7 Rate This

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    What?!

    BB told him it would be coming!! Don’t you morons know facts and history.

    Some Pats fans are morons. It’s embarrassing.

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    Hey, thanks for the compliment! What I said was they would have lost that game if not for Butler’s pick. That’s all. No need for insults.

  22. Both Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk are lickings their Chops… I got my popcorn ready!! Go 9ers..

  23. What?!

    BB told him it would be coming!! Don’t you morons know facts and history.

    Some Pats fans are morons. It’s embarrassing.————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————All sports fans are morons!

  24. >> He literally gifted the Patriots that Super Bowl…

    You are not correct. He didn’t gift them anything, he did his job. The Patriots practiced that exact defensive play with several different defensive Patriots players playing the role Butler did on the same pass that Wilson threw. The coaches deserve a lot of credit for it, though Butler executed it well. I saw a special TV program on it where they were showing the footage of the practice before the SB where they simulated the very same Seahawks play. One person on the line needed to Jam and not give ground and the other (Butler in the SB) needed to jump the receiver’s route. Amazing preparation. Excellent execution. Not a player insightfully gifting anything to anyone.

  25. Butler is a solid signing, he still is a very solid corner. If AZ can land someone CB Patrick Surtain, CB Caleb Farley or CB Jaycee Horn they will have a good secondary with Byron Murphy in the slot who’s yet to peak with All Pro Budda Baker at SS and Jalen Thompson is an excellent young FS. Arizona is going to have a very good line backing corps that can rush the passer and they’ll have one of the best pass rushing front 7s in the league and teams won’t be able to double JJ Watt or Chandler Jones when they rush giving them a huge advantage. I think Arizona is going to have an excellent top 10 defense next season with several pro bowl slash all pro players in that roster. Arizona also is going to have one of the best offenses in the NFL again which will take a ton of pressure off of their defense.

  26. bradygirl12 says:
    March 25, 2021 at 4:06 pm
    touchback6 says:
    March 25, 2021 at 3:10 pm
    bradygirl12 says:
    March 25, 2021 at 2:25 pm
    He literally gifted the Patriots that Super Bowl, and look at how BB thanked him for it. I’m glad that the Cards signed him. The guy is in the NFL history books.

    8 7 Rate This

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    What?!

    BB told him it would be coming!! Don’t you morons know facts and history.

    Some Pats fans are morons. It’s embarrassing.

    _______________________

    Hey, thanks for the compliment! What I said was they would have lost that game if not for Butler’s pick. That’s all. No need for insults.

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    Or the Chung/Hightower stick on Lynch the play before or Browner’a textbook jam to release Butler, the latter told where to set up and what to do.

    Sure, great by Butler, but a TEAM effort.

  27. Yea, he was only partially responsible for that SB victory. The other half goes to Pete Carroll for thinking it’d be a good idea to throw near the end zone with Marshawn Lunch in his prime as your RB.

  28. I feel like Belichick let his pride cheat the Patriots out of another (possible) superbowl win. I’m not saying they would’ve won if Butler had played, but they got chewed up by the RPO all night, and with the numbers Brady and the offense put up, I believe that Butler could’ve been the difference in that game.

  29. As a Titans fan, Butler is way better than Adoree Jackson and much cheaper good sign by Cards.

  30. BB won’t have self absorbed people on his team ??

    Maybe that’s because the New England Fan Base is comprised entirely of them.

  31. mrnoname says:
    March 25, 2021 at 7:42 pm
    I feel like Belichick let his pride cheat the Patriots out of another (possible) superbowl win. I’m not saying they would’ve won if Butler had played, but they got chewed up by the RPO all night, and with the numbers Brady and the offense put up, I believe that Butler could’ve been the difference in that game.

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    Yup. No matter how bad Butler might have played he could not have been any worse than what was on the field. I don’t believe the Eagles punted even once in that game. Bill’s ego was more important than the team.

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