Dont'a Hightower highlight video

All22PatsFan · Feb 8, 2014

I selected plays from the browns game and beyond. Watch in 720p

Dont'a Hightower vs the run - YouTube

captain stone · Feb 8, 2014

I wish you had shown the 1st-quarter tackle v the Browns during which the RB fumbles
and the ball is recovered by NE for a possible 60-yard scoop & score, only that the
incompetent zebra rules forward progress stopped. Absolutely atrocious.

Or was that not Hightower who made the original tackle?

All22PatsFan · Feb 8, 2014

captain stone said:
I wish you had shown the 1st-quarter tackle v the Browns during which the RB fumbles
and the ball is recovered by NE for a possible 60-yard scoop & score, only that the
incompetent zebra rules forward progress stopped. Absolutely atrocious.

Or was that not Hightower who made the original tackle?

It was Hightower but I only did run plays, I should have added that anyway though.

Wotan_the_Wanderer · Feb 8, 2014

All22PatsFan said:
I selected plays from the browns game and beyond. Watch in 720p

Dont'a Hightower vs the run - YouTube

Thanks for putting this together. With Mayo back and with Collins obviously having adjusted to NFL game speed, I'm so jacked about the type of season Hightower will put together next season.

VrabelJr · Feb 8, 2014

Thanks for taking the time to put this together. A few thoughts:

- Hightower's side to side speed appears to be quite good. I can't help but wonder how he will do next year when he gets to within 5 yards of the LOS on most snaps.
- Our DL appeared to make Hightower's job a lot harder on most of those plays.
- One play where the DL did nice was Chandler Jones owning the LT on a run to the left.
- In terms of size, Hightower looks a lot like Willie McGinest out there.
- Teams didn't seem to run at his side a whole lot, which could be in part because he was playing the weak side often.
- On the first few plays against the Broncos, why is Chandler Jones wasting so much time with the TEs? Talk about being baited into taking yourself out of the play. We were in some weird formations there to begin with... essentially playing 2 DTs vs 4 OL no wonders we gave up runs up the gut.

EDIT: More thoughts:

- On the very next play you see Ninkovich get moved to RDE where he does a smart job of ignoring the LT. Man, if only Chandler Jones had Ninkovich's wits.
- Dane Fletcher hits holes embarassingly slow and without any explosiveness. Does a decent job of cleaning up a couple plays from the backside though.
- McCourty flying in from no where from time to time is one of the most underrated aspects of his game.
- Spikes goes way too high against Guards sometimes.
- I can't help but wonder how much better off our D would be with a big LDE (280+ pounds).

All22PatsFan · Feb 8, 2014

VrabelJr said:
Thanks for taking the time to put this together. A few thoughts:

- Hightower's side to side speed appears to be quite good. I can't help but wonder how he will do next year when he gets to within 5 yards of the LOS on most snaps.
- Our DL appeared to make Hightower's job a lot harder on most of those plays.
- One play where the DL did nice was Chandler Jones owning the LT on a run to the left.
- In terms of size, Hightower looks a lot like Willie McGinest out there.
- Teams didn't seem to run at his side a whole lot, which could be in part because he was playing the weak side often.
- On the first few plays against the Broncos, why is Chandler Jones wasting so much time with the TEs? Talk about being baited into taking yourself out of the play. We were in some weird formations there to begin with... essentially playing 2 DTs vs 4 OL no wonders we gave up runs up the gut.

EDIT: More thoughts:

- On the very next play you see Ninkovich get moved to RDE where he does a smart job of ignoring the LT. Man, if only Chandler Jones had Ninkovich's wits.
- Dane Fletcher hits holes embarassingly slow and without any explosiveness. Does a decent job of cleaning up a couple plays from the backside though.
- McCourty flying in from no where from time to time is one of the most underrated aspects of his game.
- Spikes goes way too high against Guards sometimes.
- I can't help but wonder how much better off our D would be with a big LDE (280+ pounds).

Hightower played really well in big nickel situations, and as the 43 Will LB, he will likely be really effective next yr as MLB. He does a real good job of navigated and avoiding Offensive lineman, He is fast for his size and very quick. His run blitzing is really effective. Siliga and Hightower, were in on a lot of tackles. Chandler Jones, Ninko and Siliga were really good against the run, Chris Jones was mediocre, at times awful. Spikes, Collins and Hightower are much quicker then Fletcher, who as you said hits holes really slow. McCourty has the best closing speed in the NFL making QBs really weary throwing his way as shown by only being targeted 18 times, his closing speed helps a ton in the run game as well, in impressive stat is he only missed 1 tackle per 14 attempts, I read that was top 10 among safeties. Ninko is surely one of the best run defended DE in the league and CJ is really good as well.

Lamanai · Feb 8, 2014

I know these were Hightower highlights, but Siliga shows very well on many of these clips.

I still want to see more to be certain he's really what we think.

Watching these clips makes me feel better about Spikes possibly walking.

All22PatsFan · Feb 8, 2014

Lamanai said:
I know these were Hightower highlights, but Siliga shows very well on many of these clips.

I still want to see more to be certain he's really what we think.

Watching these clips makes me feel better about Spikes possibly walking.

All22PatsFan said:
I made a Siliga video, its on my youtube channel

mayoclinic · Feb 8, 2014

VrabelJr said:
I can't help but wonder how much better off our D would be with a big LDE (280+ pounds).

This. (10 char)

superpats · Feb 8, 2014

Speed is decent. What worries me most is its not great in a league of qbs running 4.5 range and tes with near wr speed. What happens when russell or colin take off and run by him or outrun his angle for 50 yrds or worse. Even collinsworth called once when the ball carrier ran right by him saying he needs to show more closing burst than that in the nfl.But he has the talents. For Hightower an offseason conditioning and nutrition program to drop 15-18lbs of bodyfat and 5-8lbs of new muscle to offset the powerloss is to arrive at a leaner more explosive 255lbs is just what the defense ordered. Nutritionists are forgotten part of many players conditioning plan. A bodybuilders diet with lots of lean proteins,low/moderate complex carbs with greens would inject some more speed and burst in his playspeed.He would be a terror on the field arring at the play more explosively with a thump of an Impact. He does that and we have the best LB unit in the nfl. Hands down.

BelichicksHoodie · Feb 8, 2014

superpats said:
Speed is decent. What worries me most is its not great in a league of qbs running 4.5 range and tes with near wr speed. What happens when russell or colin take off and run by him or outrun his angle for 50 yrds or worse. Even collinsworth called once when the ball carrier ran right by him saying he needs to show more closing burst than that in the nfl.But he has the talents. For Hightower an offseason conditioning and nutrition program to drop 15-18lbs of bodyfat and 5-8lbs of new muscle to offset the powerloss is to arrive at a leaner more explosive 255lbs is just what the defense ordered. Nutritionists are forgotten part of many players conditioning plan. A bodybuilders diet with lots of lean proteins,low/moderate complex carbs with greens would inject some more speed and burst in his playspeed.He would be a terror on the field arring at the play more explosively with a thump of an Impact. He does that and we have the best LB unit in the nfl. Hands down.

To be fair superpats, Wilson and Kaepernick run by everyone for the most part. There are very few backers in this league that can keep pace with and catch them, and catching them is one half of the equation, the second and most important one is tackling their asses.

mayoclinic · Feb 8, 2014

superpats said:
Speed is decent. What worries me most is its not great in a league of qbs running 4.5 range and tes with near wr speed. What happens when russell or colin take off and run by him or outrun his angle for 50 yrds or worse. Even collinsworth called once when the ball carrier ran right by him saying he needs to show more closing burst than that in the nfl.But he has the talents. For Hightower an offseason conditioning and nutrition program to drop 15-18lbs of bodyfat and 5-8lbs of new muscle to offset the powerloss is to arrive at a leaner more explosive 255lbs is just what the defense ordered. Nutritionists are forgotten part of many players conditioning plan. A bodybuilders diet with lots of lean proteins,low/moderate complex carbs with greens would inject some more speed and burst in his playspeed.He would be a terror on the field arring at the play more explosively with a thump of an Impact. He does that and we have the best LB unit in the nfl. Hands down.

I don't know about "best LB unit in the NFL", but I think that if the Pats want to keep Hightower at MLB he would do much, much better in the 255-260# range. Otherwise he might to better spending some snaps at DE. I'd love to see the Pats get a guy like Christian Jones or Marcus Smith (or both), who have the speed and athleticism to keep match up with TEs or contain mobile QBs, like Jamie Collins does.

All22PatsFan · Feb 8, 2014

superpats said:
Speed is decent. What worries me most is its not great in a league of qbs running 4.5 range and tes with near wr speed. What happens when russell or colin take off and run by him or outrun his angle for 50 yrds or worse. Even collinsworth called once when the ball carrier ran right by him saying he needs to show more closing burst than that in the nfl.But he has the talents. For Hightower an offseason conditioning and nutrition program to drop 15-18lbs of bodyfat and 5-8lbs of new muscle to offset the powerloss is to arrive at a leaner more explosive 255lbs is just what the defense ordered. Nutritionists are forgotten part of many players conditioning plan. A bodybuilders diet with lots of lean proteins,low/moderate complex carbs with greens would inject some more speed and burst in his playspeed.He would be a terror on the field arring at the play more explosively with a thump of an Impact. He does that and we have the best LB unit in the nfl. Hands down.

I think the Patriots like him at 270 or 265. Hightower could be best suited playing at 270. At MLB in a 43 defense, I don't think he would be chasing after many QBs. He still ran a 4.7. If the Pats wanted him to drop weight, wouldn't they have told him to do it last season?

superpats · Feb 9, 2014

Thats the thing if he drops the weight correctly and adds several lbs of muscle symmetrically you would be surprised how much quicker he would be. He would surprise himself even. Anybody thats ever went from chunky to very lean could tell you how much faster you become. He no doubt would be fast as mayo. Hightower would hurt people if he did that. If a player is reasonably in shape he usually isnt bothered about maximizing muscle to fat ratio. But trust me many players especially Hightower has unlocked potential inside. Players rarely follow strict nutrition plan. If Hightower did the REWARDs would be incredible. I say He drop 15-18 lbs of fat while adding 5-8 lbs of fresh symmetrical muscle and qbs look around the corner b4 they run. With leaner more explosive Hightower our lb corp is as good as any. Although mayo collins isnt as drastic a need for it, They both could drop couple lbs of fat add couple lbs of muscle. Collins could drop 6-8 lbs of fat and add 10lbs of muscLe .

Wilfork#75 · Feb 9, 2014

The thing that stands out the most to me is Hightower's ability to shed blocks. He uses his strength to take on blocks and read the play, then seems to effortlessly shed them to make the play. I think MLB is by far his best position where he can keep everything in front of him and use his instincts and hand technique to make plays. I would like to see him used more as a blitzer from MLB though, taking advantage of his size, strength and block shedding ability to make some impact plays. Good vid All22.

superpats · Feb 9, 2014

When a running qb takes off everybody gives Chase even mlb. Ellerbe a hard hitting physical lean mean lb at barely 244 lbs was instrumental in containing kaepernick in the superbowl. Thesr running qbs not on our team just really agrivate us. On qb skills alone many of them fail as qbs. But running bails them out!! I mean it only takes a little speed and athleticism to run and exploit a defense that has attention locked into coverage and succeed. Its almost cheating and qbs run only when their primary wr is covered. The qb is now now isn't confident in his ability to go through progressions and hit a wr in stride accurately so he does something much easier and makes a dash for some yrds. When mcnair got better as a qb his dashes stopped. Luck could run for more yrds as well. The defense feels cheated,they did the job of coverage but the qb takes off. Faster lbs is whats needed to stop them. The rams are building for it and barting injuries have been successful. In 2010 i was in shock we drafted spikes over Bowman. I just felt like he was the guy. A hard hitting sure tackler and fast. Hightower has potential to be a power lb with impressive speed for his power.

zoostation · Feb 9, 2014

captain stone said:
I wish you had shown the 1st-quarter tackle v the Browns during which the RB fumbles
and the ball is recovered by NE for a possible 60-yard scoop & score, only that the
incompetent zebra rules forward progress stopped. Absolutely atrocious.

Or was that not Hightower who made the original tackle?

The Pats score on that play and it's likely they are running the ball earlier in the game and the play Gronk gets his knee crushed on is never called. Just sayin

All22PatsFan · Feb 9, 2014

Working on Aaron Dobson right now, It should be the longest one yet.
Any requests?

Marqui · Feb 9, 2014

All22PatsFan said:
Any requests?

Jamie Collins and Chandler Jones in the postseason.

mayoclinic · Feb 9, 2014

Marqui said:
Jamie Collins and Chandler Jones in the postseason.

As long as you're willing to do the heavy lifting for us, I'd like to see Jones in the postseason compared to the first half of the season. I think he wore down some.

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