The New England Patriots are hosting cornerback Malcolm Butler on a free agency visit on Monday, according to the Boston Globe’s Ben Volin.
Butler is, of course, a Super Bowl hero for New England. He recorded the game-winning interception of Russell Wilson on the goal line in Super Bowl XLIX. He did not play, however, in Super Bowl LII after Bill Belichick inexplicably benched the cornerback. Butler spent time in retirement in 2021 after joining the Arizona Cardinals in free agency that year. He didn’t play a game for them.
Butler entered the NFL out of West Alabama as an undrafted free agent and steadily made his way up the Patriots depth chart in his rookie season in 2014. By his second season, he was a starting cornerback, often taking the opponent’s best receiver in coverage.