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His Draft bio screams Two Down Thumper...why was he taken in the First again.
Dont'a Hightower Draft Profile ? NFL.com
Dont'a Hightower Draft Profile ? NFL.com
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He's a good enough LB. Mayo's injury forced him into doing something that he isn't supposed to be doing: covering TE's and RB's. He's not Mayo in that regard and it was exposed yesterday.
His Draft bio screams Two Down Thumper...why was he taken in the First again.
Dont'a Hightower Draft Profile ? NFL.com
It might have looked worse than it was in that he only gave up two catches on five targets I think. There may have been some drops in there though.
On Geno Smith's running TD, he just stood around like an idiot. If he would have ran towards Geno's direction just a second earlier, he could have tackled him and it would've been 3rd & goal.
here the thing, he didnt stand around, he actually saw Geno running, and stopped turned and ran to the goal line as if he was blocking for geno.
Jets TE Cucumber dropped a easy one...Hightower runs so sluggish and slow that I woudn't even put him in a Zone on 3rd Downs.
He's a good enough LB. Mayo's injury forced him into doing something that he isn't supposed to be doing: covering TE's and RB's. He's not Mayo in that regard and it was exposed yesterday.
Which only means that, in all likelihood based upon our 3rd down defense yesterday, the Jets would have scored on the next play.On Geno Smith's running TD, he just stood around like an idiot. If he would have ran towards Geno's direction just a second earlier, he could have tackled him and it would've been 3rd & goal.
I agree with this. All yesterday did was show how critical Mayo is to this defense, and really underscored how lame the "but he's not a playermaker!" critique was from his detractors.
He needs to drop some weight and do some agility training in the off season. He is a gifted player but not suited for today's pass happy league.
I wonder if that would be just asking him to become something he's not, I'm wondering if he'd actually be better suited to playing on the D-line.