Hightower out 6-7 months

BTTA · Mar 26, 2015

ausbacker said:
Does your work involve regular and repeated physical contact with well conditioned athletes weighing 250-300 pounds every weekend?

Your sarcasm detector isn't finely tuned enough for my attempt here, apparently.

ausbacker · Mar 26, 2015

betterthanthealternative said:
Your sarcasm detector isn't finely tuned enough for my attempt here, apparently.

Your tone didn't imply sarcasm, not even in the slightest. Either way, my point stands, even if it should be directed elsewhere.

BTTA · Mar 26, 2015

ausbacker said:
Your tone didn't imply sarcasm, not even in the slightest. Either way, my point stands, even if it should be directed elsewhere.

Breathe, relax. That's why I called it "my attempt"...I took at least half the responsibility.

And the attempt at humor in the paragraph afterward was another attempt at breadcrumbs.

Fencer · Mar 26, 2015

ausbacker said:
Your tone didn't imply sarcasm, not even in the slightest. Either way, my point stands, even if it should be directed elsewhere.

He included a version of the old joke:

"Doctor, will I be able to play the piano after this injury heals?"
"Yes."
"Great! I've never been able to play the piano before."

If nothing else, that should have been your clue that he was less than serious.

pheenix11 · Mar 26, 2015

betterthanthealternative said:
I've got a torn labrum right now and I don't need 6-7 months to go back to work. He needs to man up.

And, a physical therapist at my gym said that I'd be able to "get right back out there and do a tri" just 4 months from the surgery. That is some amazing surgery. I couldn't "do a tri" without the surgery even with a year's training. I'm going to have it twice to see what that'll do for me.

Is that like a 3 way?

New England Pride · Mar 26, 2015

Recycled news.

patsfan-1982 · Mar 26, 2015

signing Jabaal Sheard means he dose not have to rush back and can take less snaps for the first half of the season

ausbacker · Mar 27, 2015

Fencer said:
He included a version of the old joke:

"Doctor, will I be able to play the piano after this injury heals?"
"Yes."
"Great! I've never been able to play the piano before."

If nothing else, that should have been your clue that he was less than serious.

Must be a Yankee thing.

This is how we joke down under:

DarrylS · Mar 27, 2015

Points out why any discussion of Mayo being traded is ludicrous..

Fortunately they have refined this surgery.. I had similar surgery in the early 80's, took forever to heal. It was a much different, grosser procedure.. arthroscopic surgery was not even a consideration then.

patchick · Mar 27, 2015

What a weird "news" story. The Herald reported the 6-7 month estimate back on Feb. 21, and Hightower's likely absence for game 1 has been referenced repeatedly in all of the Mayo discussions.

So, anybody think the Jets might make a run at Revis?

RobertWeathers · Mar 27, 2015

ViperGTS said:
Hightower will be ready for OTAs. Book it.

You don't mess with shoulders.

Providing Mayo comes back, the LB core with Sheard, Collins and maybe Fleming if he makes the team can keep the boat afloat until he is truly ready.

Joey007 · Mar 27, 2015

robertweathers said:
You don't mess with shoulders.

Providing Mayo comes back, the LB core with Sheard, Collins and maybe Fleming if he makes the team can keep the boat afloat until he is truly ready.

Eh let's keep Sheard on the line and move Nink if we have to move somebody.

RobertWeathers · Mar 27, 2015

Joey007 said:
Eh let's keep Sheard on the line and move Nink if we have to move somebody.

It does stand to reason that until he acquires a more advanced understanding of the pass defense and while HT is out, Sheard should play on the line more than Nink. With that said, neither player is as good in space as HT, which is a concern.

Kontradiction · Mar 27, 2015

betterthanthealternative said:
Your sarcasm detector isn't finely tuned enough for my attempt here, apparently.

Thank God. My mouth literally fell open then I found myself hoping you were being sarcastic.

Ring 6 · Mar 27, 2015

robertweathers said:
You don't mess with shoulders.

Providing Mayo comes back, the LB core with Sheard, Collins and maybe Fleming if he makes the team can keep the boat afloat until he is truly ready.

Sheard is not a LB

1960Pats · Mar 27, 2015

Ice_Ice_Brady said:
He played through a lot. Heck of a player and warrior... glad the team made the journey worth it.

He had the game winning tackle before The Butler Did It.

1960Pats · Mar 27, 2015

patchick said:
What a weird "news" story. The Herald reported the 6-7 month estimate back on Feb. 21, and Hightower's likely absence for game 1 has been referenced repeatedly in all of the Mayo discussions.

So, anybody think the Jets might make a run at Revis?

I can't answer that question. I'm not wearing a Tamperon.

RobertWeathers · Mar 27, 2015

AndyJohnson said:
Sheard is not a LB

Not sure where you are getting that, Andy. Here, he'll play DE in the 4-3 for sure but might see OLB as well

His DC in CLE also considered him a OLB. Check it out.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...rs-and-speculation-surrounding-free-agent-olb

Browns defensive coordinator Jim O'Neil said toward the end of the 2014 campaign that Sheard was the team's best run-stopper at outside linebacker, per the Akron Beacon Journal's Nate Ulrich:

VrabelJr · Mar 27, 2015

Aßßynormal said:
I think after June the Comp picks are no longer affected? If so, we may be waiting until then to sign Dane Fletcher back to the Pats. I, also, would not count out a LB trade or a draft pick. However, the simplest answer is Fletcher, who is available, inexpensive and knows the system. I'm not sure why Tampa hasn't resigned him.

We have two really interesting LB prospects on the roster in James Morris and Cameron Gordon. They both got put on IR last year. That said, I could still see us drafting an LB given BPA and all that.

Kontradiction · Mar 27, 2015

VrabelJr said:
We have two really interesting LB prospects on the roster in James Morris and Cameron Gordon. They both got put on IR last year. That said, I could still see us drafting an LB given BPA and all that.

If Belichick drafts a LB in either the first or second rounds, I'm going to go outside, get a brick, and fire it through my TV.

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