re: Michael Lombardi reporting that NE want #11 for Butler

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You stroke out for a second?

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Lol, no.
Butler was great but not thier best Corner.

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Rowe provides a smaller sample size but has been the Patriots’ best cornerback this season. Butler allows bigger plays but also gets his hands on the football on over 20 percent of targets. Ryan only is allowing 6.4 yards per pass attempt. Jonathan Jones, an undrafted free agent, has come on recently as the Patriots’ No. 4 cornerback option. He’s been better than second-round pick Cyrus Jones.

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[quote]Outside of Talib, there really hasn’t been a corner that has been consistently “shutdown,” but Malcolm Butler has had a fine season, outside of a couple of lapses. Against Miami back in Week 2, he surrendered 157 receiving yards, and he coughed up another 94 against Pittsburgh; beyond those games, he has given up 35 yards or fewer on six of his eight outings, and over the entire season, has allowed just 52.9 percent of passes into his coverage to be caught, despite occasionally being asked to track elite receivers.

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Occasionally...
and (2015 analysis)

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.... The one knock on Butler at this point is that he didn’t always cover the opposing team’s top receiver. That job was often left to Logan Ryan, while Butler covered the team’s second option. It worked out great for the Patriots, but it didn’t completely prove that Butler can handle the duty as a shutdown corner. That’s not to say he can’t; he just needs to prove it in 2016 — and he will. Butler is going to be around for a long, long time in this league and the Patriots will need to pay him accordingly sooner rather than later.

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He didn't in 16 either. He played the left side, see the middle quote, edit...Link not quote...