Bill Belichick is unquestionably a legendary football coach, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t facing some questions regarding his curious decision to bench starting cornerback Malcolm Butler last night. The former Super Bowl hero was noticeably absent as Nick Foles swung his considerable Johnson for four hours against a hapless New England defense to the tune of 373 yards and three touchdowns on his way to becoming Super Bowl MVP.

Predictably, Belichick rebuffed questions regarding Butler’s benching both after the game and during his day after press conference this morning.

“We put the players and game plan out there that we thought would be the best, like we always do,” he said.

Personally, I thought it was a great decision. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was, however, a curious move given Butler was on the field for nearly 98 percent of the defensive snaps this season and also because his replacements, Eric Rowe and a guy named Johnson Bademosi, were both consistently cooked last night by Eagles backs and receivers.

Former Patriot Brandon Browner, for one, thought Belichick did Butler wrong and shredded his old boss in a serious of aggressive Instagram posts.

There HAS to be more to this story. There just has to be…and there is!

I’m not sure how well-sourced this guy is, but his tweet gained extra traction when Browner again took to Instagram this afternoon and further went in on Belichick for his bullshit, citing the coach’s ego and double standards.

https://instagram.com/p/Be01NX5Dic2/

Players eating Popeye’s chicken after curfew? A divided locker room? A former player who’s still in tune with the locker room throwing shade at the coach? We have Patriots turmoil!

Now, do I care about Belichick or Butler? Of course not, but I do love reading Boston sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy(who, by the way, looks like a poodle) eviscerate Belichick for being a repulsive and arrogant dick bag after Doug Pederson owned him on the big stage last night. This is the shit I’m here for:

Good luck with this one, Bill. The questions are not going away. Nobody thinks this was a football decision. And it’s starting to feel like that much-discussed dysfunction at the top of the Patriot pyramid we heard so much about just might be real.

That’s right. Tom Brady will have old man balls in two years, Belichick’s act is wearing thin with his players, Rob Gronkowski is subtly hinting at retirement and the Patriots’ infrastructure is crumbling just as the Eagles arrive. Let us all point and laugh.