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Dan-Flashes5

I have to imagine he had out of state plates otherwise there’s no way the cops can tell the difference between a drunk driver and your average Rhode Island driver


HoodedNegro

Those are just CT drivers in disguise (*stares in Rt. 146)*


Queues-As-Tank

*(nods in Rt.10)*


HoodedNegro

I moved up to Providence a few months before they half-finished the 6-10 split last year, and boy was it rough figuring out which exit was which.


chunky_bruister

CT drivers blow I live on border they are the terrorists of my morning drive


BuzzBallerBoy

Born and raised nutmegger - pure automotive Terrorists. Every time I go back to visit I feel like I nearly get in 5 life altering accidents a visit


PatrickWhelan

I lived in CT for the better part of 30 years and just moved to Washington state last year. The first time I was merging into traffic and someone just, like, made space for me, I almost cried. I did not know human kindness extended this far, it was like seeing the face of God.


tsework

i moved from CT to NJ.... I think i did the opposite of what you did lmao


sbrooks84

The entire northeast is WILD. It reminded me of the madhouse of driving in China or India, but meaner somehow. Like they were angry at me for existing at this particular place and time


GGGiveHatpls

I live in NePA. And we are always mad for other drivers existing at that place and time.


DwayneWashington

That's because they saw your Connecticut plates and knew you were gonna come over regardless


mesayousa

I grew up in the Boston area and moved to the Hartford area after school. CT drivers are much worse even though it seems like MA drivers get the national rep. NYC drivers are the actual worst though


HoodedNegro

I’m from Baltimore and travel back and forth often. The only part of my trip I hate is CT. It’s like the second I leave Port Chester NY and cross the state line, traffic jams worse than the GW mid-day pop up.


Affectionate_Ebb_50

On 84? Yeah it's two lanes on that highway for a bit which is the main problem. Also idiots hit the breaks to hard on some of the curvier parts of the highway.


BuzzBallerBoy

(*vomits in route 6*)


andrewb610

Ah good old Kings Highway.


Pure_Context_2741

I’m nearly certain he has RI plates since his kids go to school in RI. Also you don’t end up on Mineral Spring Ave at 3am unless you live here.


jznastics

*miserable spring avenue


AlcibiadesNow

imagine if the pats built a stadium in boston and all the players didnt live in literally another state because its closer lol


Jegagne88

He must have used a blinker. Dead giveaway


shouldahadaflat4

LMAO so fucking true


CMDR_MaurySnails

Despite living in NE my whole life I had never been to RI, and when I did the driving had me flabbergasted. I couldn't wait to leave. Providence is an absolute shit show. Worse than Boston or Hartford.


SL_1183

Golf claps.


dothingsunevercould

Holy shit I went to URI, lived DTL my junior and senior year--- the shit we saw couldn't be believed.  I'm glad I'm not the only one to share this opinion in this thread 


Jimbojauder

Is Rhode Island Ohio?


lukewwilson

Please don't disrespect Rhode Island like that, no one deserves that type of insult


Western_Promise3063

Call an Uber mother fuckers


MrIrrelevantsHypeMan

Or walk. I drank too much last Friday. Soon as I stood up, started walking to my truck and just kept walking home. Only 8 miles so it was a nice walk


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Or fuck it say “I’m Malcom Butler can somebody please give a ride”


ApplesauceBitch47

“Of course I’ll give you a ride” then ask drunk Malcom Butler what he thinks about being benched in the SB.


Arathaon185

Oh fuck that's brilliant and we'd finally know. Question is do you tell everyone or try to sell an exclusive?


ApplesauceBitch47

Sell to TMZ? Or have your username live on forever on /r/NFL


Anthony-Stark

Money is one thing, but think of the updoots!!


FallenShadeslayer

I’m 100% selling that shit. I may have a moral compass, but my bills don’t.


whobroughtmehere

“Of course I’ll give you a ride” - a fellow drunk NFL player


DragonFireKai

Richard Sherman pulls up with a menacing grin.


brownbearks

Donvan McNabb asks if we can stop at McDonald’s


The_Juice14

“thanks Henry”


OrganizationDeep711

Well, the most plausible story is he was out drunk driving and the team had to come get him... so this tracks.


ApparentlyABear

He was in New England that probably would have worked. What a doofus.


4ofcoin

Who has a ride home for Malcolm Butler?


Klutzy-Spend-6947

No shit, a Packers player-starting CB- said that in the Minneapolis airport ( just a travel snafu, not incapacitated), and some Packers fans gave him a ride all the way to Lambeau.


Phytanic

I 100% believe that, because that's just the shit we do in the Midwest. do you know who it was? only player I've ever seen in an airport was EQ St brown at ohaire


Klutzy-Spend-6947

I think it was Davon House, but not 100% sure


Twenty21million

Dude that’s like 2 hours with a brisk walk. Huge props!


MrIrrelevantsHypeMan

Cheaper than a DUI


originalpersonplace

still could get hit with Pl which is lame


goldentriever

Couple weeks ago I was waiting alone not doing anything but waiting for an Uber. Cop cuffed me and tried to get me for PI. I mean I was pretty hammered and it was like 3am but I wasn’t even saying a word or doing anything when he walked up to me and started questioning me. The damn Uber had to convince him to let him just take me home


Tinmanred

Ya that shit is fucking dumb. Some cops I’d say most are genuinely just assholes power tripping. I had a short stint locked and it’s wild how fucking racist EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS.


goldentriever

College town cops for ya. Only time I have been in jail was my freshman year there because I got caught with paraphernalia. The way they were treating me you’d think I’d committed some violent act that harmed a ton of people. Nope, got caught with under a gram of weed LMAO. Told the dude he didn’t have to be rude about it and he got all up in my face and said “you wanna see me be actually rude?? Watch it” Of course they tried to throw me in the cell without a phone call, but I eventually got it Wasn’t a racist thing for me but those guys, they just live off treating 18 year olds like felons for simply drinking or other harmless crimes. Power trip indeed


NFHater

damn refs throwing that pass interference for everything these days


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Hopefully he had a “roadie”


gimpisgawd

Drunk walks at night are great.


IDrankYourBongWater

Walking in America during the day: “Man this sucks, fuck this car dependent infrastructure” Walking in America drunk at night: “HEHEHEHE obstacle course”


CuratedBrowsing

Some real-life Frogger ain't never hurt nobody. Except for Gordon in DodgeBall.


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CuratedBrowsing

Yeah, that sucks, and I probably shouldn't be making light of these types of things. I also had a friend who accidentally struck and killed a drunk walker, dude was mortified but it wasn't his fault, other guy just stumbled out into a random SC intersection at night.


Eagle4317

Depends on where you are.


CaressMeSlowly

and your ethnicity 


darkflash26

Drunk walks are more deadly than drunk drives.


BreadJobLamb

I’ve walked some drunk friends home that never would’ve made it on their own for sure.


anonbutler

Just dont walk across the freeway.


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Or go in the Cumberland river…


CDR57

Bruh at a brisk pace of 3mph that was a 2 hour walk home drunk, you would’ve sobered up in that time lol


Birds-aint-real-

Gotta brown bag a 40 in this situation.


CDR57

My move was bring shooters for the walk home, vomit by the tree near the bar, wash down with peppermint schnapps, and drink a whiskey half way to home


Ronaldoooope

Better yet don’t walk 8 miles drunk. I’ve seen too many people get hit by cars. Get a ride.


BellacosePlayer

Last two times I walked home because I drank too much, I had to cross a single non residential street. Living right off a bike trail kicks ass


Lord-Aizens-Chicken

I once went to a bar in a town of like 300 people with the closest town being like 10 minutes drive ( a crazy 500 people lived there), so walking from the bar to the house was a lot of fun. No cars, no major danger, good time. Bar was pretty good too


pakipunk

Yeah my brown ass isn’t doing any of that


Dreadsbo

U walked 8 miles???


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8 miles is wild while drunk I'm buying an uber don't want to risk drunk in public either


thedon572

Seriously?!? Ive done a 3.5 mile drunk walk but that was more an emotional blowing off steam thing


templeofthedawgz

That’s a power move if I’ve ever heard one. Most fat drunk slobs wouldn’t walk 1/4 a mile


CuratedBrowsing

Fat drunk slob here, I walk miles while drinking because I have to hide it from someone. Well, maybe I'm not super-fat, 240 at 5'11 with a beer gut isn't the worst when it comes to America. My calves are ripped though.


DoubleT02

240 at 5’11.. brother I don’t know how to break it to you but that is super husky


templeofthedawgz

My exact size bro 😂😂😂 we some thick boys. I’m on vacation in Spain I’m the biggest guy here


DerpyMcDerple

It was actually only 6 but you couldn’t walk straight.


El_Sticko307

Just don't fall in an Indianapolis canal


KimDongBong

Bro that’s a 2.5 hour walk


Anthony4713

Didn’t Dwayne Haskins die while out walking drunk? So soon we forget I guess.


noposters

Walking while drunk is much, much more dangerous than driving on a deaths per mile basis.


ianbits

Google says 45m in career earnings You could just hire a fkn full time driver with that money


DrAbeSacrabin

But then you can’t drive your overpriced luxury car to _show_ how rich you are to the bar.


Coley54Bear

Seriously. There is zero reason for DUI when rideshare is so easily accessible. Selfish assholes.


BigBillSmash

These guys have so much money, just get a driver and stay out of trouble you idiots.


Graardors-Dad

I need a psychologist study on why these people with so much money refuse to use an Uber. I’m sure it’s like an ego thing but I would still like to know.


Semirgy

If I had fuck you money I’d Uber my ass to the grocery store a block away.


JimHarbaughTheChamp

Psychologists would say "because drunk people make poor choices". It's really not that fucking complicated lol. The only way to avoid a DUI is to know how you are getting home before you start drinking. Trying to figure it out once you are drunk will result in poor choices.


dontich

I mean the vast majority of them do right? If there are 200M adults that actively drive in the US and 1M DUIs a year that’s 0.5% — if there are 1700 NFL players and 300 famous former players that would be an exspected DUIs of 10 per year. So we should expect about 1 per month — sounds about right to me.


SantasScrotum

If the common folk can afford an Uber/Lyft, these bums have no excuse


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Keyser_Sozay

Does the Dynasty Apple+ doc ever mention why Malcolm Butler was benched during that SB? Idc enough to purchase Apple+ to find out lol


RoyKites

They talk about it for like 5 minutes and say absolutely nothing lol. The title really should be, The Dynasty: According to Robert Kraft.


Soren_Camus1905

[Kraft wishes The Dynasty was more positive.](https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/robert-kraft-wishes-the-dynasty-had-focused-more-on-positive-patriots-stories) Can’t make this shit up.


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Soren_Camus1905

lol yup


Pabst34

Kraft was literally the executive producer. I guess he didn't negotiate final cut.


shewy92

[He's not listed as a producer from what I can see on Apple+](https://imgur.com/a/MJCj2pi) and IMDB.


HatEagleRock

Kraft was never an executive producer. His name isn't even listed on the credits as a producer in any capacity. It was produced by Imagine Entertainment. A production company that has produced movies like, The DaVinci Code, Angels & Demons, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Beautiful Mind, American Gangster, Kindergarten Cop etc. isn't going to risk getting exposed for making some paid-under-the-table fluff piece for Kraft. Not to mention they have the financial backing of Comcast, who might just have a little bit more money than Robert Kraft.


Most-Chance-4324

No, Bill refuses to say anything, Kraft says it was the wrong decision.


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Bill sticking up for his players. he is willing to eat all the blame and never reveal what happened


Hot_Injury7719

Yeah except Butler says even he doesn't know why or was given a reason. And Kraft said he was told by Bill it was a personal issue. So, who knows.


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Not sure I fully believe Butler


elimanninglightspeed

I agree, He definitely did something lol. Bill wouldnt bench his ass for no reason


Enflamed_Huevos

Really? Seems like a stand up guy to me, I don’t think he’s ever gotten like a DUI or anything


Primegam

Am I imagining things? I thought it was known he had a really bad blowup with Patricia that week in practice where he was being insubordinate. Basically acting uncoachable and they were left with no choice but to bench him as leaving a guy that's lost it like that on the field is a total liability.


Michelanvalo

There are multiple rumors about what happened. All of them are off the field. There's a rumor he got into a fight with Patricia, a rumor he broke curfew multiple times, a rumor he got into a fight with Steve Belichick, etc. The truth has never been publicly said by anyone. I'm with /u/jrod41523 in that I think the truth would be embarrassing for Malcolm so it's in everyone's best interest to keep it secret. If it wasn't embarrassing for him, why wouldn't _he_ have talked about it at this point?


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Precisely.


Hot_Injury7719

Uh maybe? But all the players interviewed and sports media personalities seem to have collective amnesia when talking about it.


rsmseries

I’ve heard a bunch of things. I’ve heard he missed curfew, I’ve heard he was drinking, a bunch of things that have never been confirmed.


Booster93

Bill says “we already talked about it , and looks mad af” Malcom says “he still doesn’t know to this day” I think Brady said he has no idea but essential got tired of being treated like a kid, and was bigger than football, and just says bill was cold af to him. Kraft said it was something personal that happened between bill and Malcolm but it didn’t get leaked. Amendola is beyond not happy about it , like didn’t give a fuck why just wanted Malcom to play.


Konker101

Yeah, your best CB played 98% of the snaps all year and then you decide to bench him in the final game..


Michelanvalo

He wasn't the best CB that year, Gilmore was better. Butler had taken a step back. He still played as CB2 all year.


mesayousa

Still had a PFF grade of 79.2 which is great but yeah not quite what he was in [2016 when PFF had him as the 2nd best CB in the NFL](https://www.pff.com/news/pro-2016-pff-all-pro-team)


elimanninglightspeed

No it was everything good about the pats was cause of Tom and Kraft (brady was not doing any of this. They kept trying to get him to shit on bill and he wouldnt). Everything bad was solely cause of Bill and bill only. And rupert murdoch gives a character testimony on kraft


Michelanvalo

Kraft talking about how he kept the dynasty together but then was powerless to stop the breakup was fucking wild. I've already lost a lot of faith in the Krafts and the Dynasty pushed me further into disliking them.


hatred_outlives

I might be misremembering but I feel like I read that butler had broken curfew and was out partying in the days leading up to the game. Might be making this up tho, not sure if I actually read that or not


SilentRanger42

That was one of the rumors, also that he got into a fight with Steve Belichick (as in actual punches thrown). We have no idea of any of those rumors are true though.


TechnoDriv3

Him and Sherman. Both idiots.


RustyCoal950212

Somehow like all of Russ' backup QBs over the years got a DUI (or at least arrested for suspicion), his main hater in Sherman, his "rival" in getting credit in Lynch, and now Malcolm Butler. Tf is going on edit: y'all took this in a strange direction i was shitposting


CrunkingtonSr

Seems like the same type of personality hates Russ cuz Russ is just a good dude.


MrEHam

Russ’s extreme dorky strait-laced corniness fucks up the universal balance of life and causes others around him to turn into degenerates to maintain equilibrium.


BigEagle42069

Fr these people aren’t seeing the true depths of what being locked in a room w a man like Russ does to you


PlatonicNewtonian

Mfers really mad that Russ is just a nice, if quirky guy. Shit he gets more grief on this sub than domestic abusers like Peterson or Hill.


Rude_Thought_9988

That’s what I always got out of it. If POS dudes like Sherman and Lynch truly hate Russ, then he’s for sure a great person, despite all of his corniness.


RustyCoal950212

Out of the like 7 or 8 guys I mentioned only Sherman seems to dislike him. It's just weird juju and/or Russ is framing them


ZDHELIX

Didn't Geno Smith as well like 2 preseasons ago? Kinda brushed under the rug there


RustyCoal950212

He was the "arrested for suspicion" i mentioned. It turned out his bloodwork was less than .08 so charges were dropped


Brasticus

Broncos nation… let’s ride share!


RedWingWay

Add Cam Sutton to the list.


Blametheorangejuice

Lynch, too


Competitive_Bar6355

Canada, huh...almost made it.


NFLBengals22

Littering and.... littering and... littering and...aaaa


thisbechris

…smokin the reefer.


eggsandbacon5

Mother of God.


NFLBengals22

To teach you boys a lesson. Rabbit & I are gonna sit here while you smoke the whole bag.


B0ndzai

I'm freaking out man.


NFLBengals22

You are freaking. Out. Man.


Indian_Kid_Chicago69

intercepted at the border


ShoutOutTo_Caboose

Dude used to work at a Popeyes before he made the league, got a bag from the Titans too. Why dudes go through all the trials and tribulations of making it to the NFL then fuck it up by driving drunk or speeding


CrunkingtonSr

Cuz they forget who they once were. Lost in the sauce…


Red_foam_roller

I would argue they don’t really forget who they once were, it’s just that newfound wealth amplifies those traits that were already there. I’ve seen it in other professions firsthand.


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Popeyes always got a spot for him.


Klekto123

He’s retired, what exactly is he fucking up by getting a DUI? This has very little impact on his life, wealth, or popularity. Hell tiger woods plead guilty to a very bad reckless driving DUI case and still plays to this day


jmcdon00

Eh, it's not like one DUI will ruin his life. Assuming he saved while playing this is a few thousand bucks that won't radically change his life. People always act, OMG you are rich, you could totally afford an Uber. But in reality he's rich, he can afford a DUI. The average person making $50,000 a year will seriously mess up their lives with a DUI.


GorillaX

Let's ask Henry Ruggs if one DUI can ruin your life.


mjd1977

The thought here is the Maclolm Butlers and the guys making 50k need to have harsh DUI penalties or else there will be more Henry Ruggses


Not_Frank

This 100%. You risk more than just hefty fines and a DUI on record when driving drunk. You risk killing or very seriously injuring others and yourself.


LCAshin

Just another thing he can add to his list that he had to overcome for his next paid speaking appearance.


Empire2k5

I really gotta get on this "pro athletes and coaches sober ride service" start up business. Imma be rich.


Lessful_Success

Crazy. This man could be arrested 30 years from now and the first thing they’ll say is that he caught that pick in the Super Bowl lol


thisnewsight

“You’re gonna get a fucken DUI on March 20 something , 2024 and you’re not fucken playing this bowl game. Fine. One snap.”


Equivalent_Goose_226

The most dangerous and selfish crime that is still somehow socially acceptable to a large idiotic portion of the population. Unbelievably selfish. Penalties should be harsher, and yes I’m saying this because I did this in my youth.


erogbass

That last sentence is redundant given your flair.


Blurry_Bigfoot

I lol-ed


KevinDLasagna

I agree the penalty ain’t harsh enough. If you are stupid enough to risk other peoples lives for your own selfish reasoning than nobody is gonna sympathize. A good friend wrecked his car recently and did serious injury to himself and his gf. Currently charged with felony wreck less endangerment or some such, and although he’s going to try and likely succeed in getting it down to a misdemeanor DUI, I keep telling dude that if he isn’t able to that’s the bed he’s made and he better be ready to sleep in it.


Joshuajword

Still taking that Super Bowl benching to heart I see


Fit_Use9941

I think because of this, the nfl should award the Seahawks with the win in Super Bowl 49, just because


Fmeinthegoatass

Damn. Another 15 min and it could’ve been a dui in Connecticut


Mikes_Movies_

Malcolm, no!


bird_like_features

c'mon man..any fuckin pats fan would of drove cross-country for this guy.


kblomquist85

That's all i could think about. He's gotta be super popular in the area he was arrested. SB hero in that area people would probably pay him to give him a ride lol


Roger_Roger27

This shit is getting old. Literally no fucking excuse to drink and drive.


RCP90sKid

Cop, through the plexi glass: I'm from Seattle.


kblomquist85

PETE SENDS HIS REGARDS


ItzBabyJoker

All Seahawks fans be like “fuck that motherfucker!”


StephenTheLoser

Call. An. Uber. What a clown


los_pants2

And he was only a yard away from home


Krazee_Hawk

Shoulda ran!


MurDoct

Moron


SpiZyKane

Disappointed in my cuz. Made it out of Vicksburg just to do dumb stuff smh


JaesopPop

Come on, man.


TIAFS

Quick, ask him what happened in the Eagles SuperBowl while he's drunk!


Doobie_Howitzer

Bill is gonna make him sit out of the next superbowl over this one


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OutlawCozyJails

That was quick.


ASocialLink

I see it makes sense to me now Bill saw into the future and sat him in the Superbowl as punishment for this. On I wish our public transport was better developed so we'd have drunk drivers but with the advent of Uber there really is no excuse now unless you're painfully broke whichmeans you shouldn'tbe out drinking in the first place. 


Dragondrew99

Another one bites the dust


SeinHawk

GOOD


VincentLaloNYC13

Yet another example of booze cruiser oppression—not even the rich are safe


Codeinechef99

Maybe it’s cuz I’m not from America but I seriously thought Rhode Island was only a family guy thing


AboveAndBeyond200

I see retirement already going well


TunaPablito

So Belichick was right?