HIGHTOWER'S BACK!!! (UPDATE: his contract is less than originally reported)

[RelocatedPatFan]

Nice and all, but did we really get better with this signing?


Who you kidding, I love having him back. He's definitely one of those quietly impactful players (based on conversations of fans from other teams who have no clue about HT).

 

[New England Pride]

Greatest hits.

Glad to know Hogan's shake and bake for an extra 2 yards didn't exclusively scare the **** out of me.

 

[GaryfromTO]

I think Hightower made his decision to return to the Patriots when the Jets showed him their trophy case

 

[Horace's Ivories]

Reasonable - He's getting more than Bobby "Best in the League" Wagner..

 

[Rusty Coupe]

Belichick is never going to let Hightower live down those cupcakes.

"I used to coach the Jets, and they never made me any cupcakes, Dont'a"

 

[aluminum seats]

Huge! Respect to Hightower taking less $ to stay too.

As of right now, the 2017 Pats have arguably the best roster in franchise history.

Keep Butler and we have a projected top 10 offense all time and maybe the best defense in the NFL. Comeon Bill!

Top 10?

 

[chumpchange]

Great deal! Less guaranteed than I expected, but I'm happy to have him back for 4 years, and at a very reasonable amount per annum. What a fantastic offseason.

Hightower would rather take a little bit less and win than a take a little more and be exiled to a loser team, and I love that about him. Other than Butler now, what needs do we have left to address?

 

[ViperGTS]

What's his mom gonna do with all that Jets swag they have her?

Malcolm should take notice. Dont'a signed for his value. Not above, nor below. Such a shame Malcolm and his agent don't understand this.

 

[qbno12]

Hightower would rather take a little bit less and win than a take a little more and be exiled to a loser team, and I love that about him. Other than Butler now, what needs do we have left to address?

Butler, Jimmy G and Larry Fitzgerald

 

[chumpchange]

Cupcakes was a slap in the face. They should've served him a layer cake. Stupid Jets.

An ice cream cake, and there's no way he would have said no. THAT is how you woo a football player, Jets.

 

[long distance]

Of course.. small compensation for the future at hand..

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

 

[bigballas]

Belichick probably texted Hightower "hey we have the offensive pieces we want back plus we added cooks and t-rex...you really want to face us 2x a year"

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

 

[patsinthesnow]

Top 10?

mcubed.net : NFL : 100 Highest scoring teams

30 PPG without Gronk & Cooks last season
32 PPG with Gronk & without Cooks last season

OL & Mitchell could improve as well. Good times

 

[RobertWeathers]

Of course.. small compensation for the future at hand..

The fact of the matter is NYJ needed to grossly overpay to land Hightower. Clearly High felt $3m more in bonus and an xtra $1m a year wouldn't offset losing 10-14 games a year

Thats what teams need to do when a) its not their player they are trying to resign and b) when you are a laughingstock

 

[SEA_Pat]

Congrats on re-signing a team leader! Woulda been cool seeing him in green, but at least my favorite Jet Harris gets to stick around for another season or two.

We're all happy about that too. About Harris being around for a couple more years, that is. I lived in Asia for a long time, so I have a lot of respect for my elders.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

What's his mom gonna do with all that Jets swag they have her?

She can send her Hightower Jets jersey To all those poor kids in Africa who didn't get a Falcons Super Bowl Champions jersey.

 

[AtomicDawg]

Me too, Jerry. Me too.

 

[condon84]

??

We're going super saiyan with this signing