When it rains it snows in Buffalo
The Buffalo Bills announced the retirement of starting right tackle Brad Butler on Thursday. Butler, a 26 year old, 4 year veteran out of Virginia was a fifth round draft choice in 2006. Butler was nothing but consistent starting all but 2 games in his career before going down with a serious knee injury in Week 2 of the season against Tampa Bay.
Butler plans on becoming a civil servant within the political spectrum. After interning with the Kemp Partners, named after the late Bills great Jack Kemp, Butler, who majored in politics in college, wishes to hold a public office in the near future.
What does this do to the Bills now? Well another position just opened up for them to fill, which is something they don’t need. The question is, do the Bills want a QB with no protection or protection for no quarterback? Either way, it should make for an interesting offense next year. Good grief, this retirement does not help.
None the less, best of luck Brad.
It’s disappointing to see a young player retire like this. Butler can never make as much money in politics at this age as he can playing football. Hopefully it’s something he has thought through. At least he did it before free agency or the draft, that helps the Bills.
Butler let the team down. Plain and simple.