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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.He is not worth it did not have a great year he had a good playoff run but not fast anymore trade him for a wide out we do not want to loose Trey Flowers spend some money on him, he is younger than Hightower to.I say D-Mac is the main one who should be kept.
Definitely surprising if Hightower won’t take any cut. I don’t think anyone else is willing to pay him 12 million a year at this point.
He is not worth the money for just playoffs we need to get younger at LB and if he will not take a cut BB can and will replace him. Put the money into Flowers and give Van Noy a boost!!!!We've seen what our defense looks like in the Super Bowl without Hightower. We've seen that he makes big plays in every single championship. Keeping him is a no brainer to me.
Zimmy I agree we need to get younger at LB Pay Flowers and Give Van Noy a boost before we end up next year with him on the block they should extend him now if they can!!!!!I don't see why High would take a payout, and I don't see how the Pats would cut him. A potential trade is the only solution if they don't want to pay him.
I tend to agree with whoever said the Pats won't pay Gronk, DMac and High what they are currently getting this year. Pay a 31 year old DMac $13m or give that money to 26 year old Flowers? Seems to make sense to lock up the younger man
Maybe a 2nd or Third roun pick wit maybe a 6th or 7th on top of that. Hightower needs time off to perform the way he does in the playoffs and the pats can not afford to pay an extra 8.5 mil on a playoff LB trade him and sign Flowers also xtend Van Noy before we get his contract up we need to be younger at that Position!!!At time Hightower was a non factor, i wonder what we can get for him.
I love Donte to but he is no longer what he was great in the playoffs but we need a LB full time and younger. Pay Flowers trade Hightower Get Van Noy locked up before he is up and grab a young LB or two out of the draft. The pats have 12 picks this year the mopst of any team and I hope they use them smart. If they make a couple of moves there is nobody that will compete next season and we will win the SB 54 and maybe 55 with Brady still here!!!!Cap increased, why will this thought even cross our mind? He is a soul of that D. When you need a big play in a big game, High always delivered.
He is not worth the money for just playoffs we need to get younger at LB and if he will not take a cut BB can and will replace him. Put the money into Flowers and give Van Noy a boost!!!!
- He was coming back from injury and showed more explosiveness and comfort as the year progressed.
- How old do you think he is?
- Do you think this is a report based on pending financial/personnel moves, or a speculative story during a media slow stretch?
- How much money do you think we save against the cap by cutting Hightower this year?
- Can you show me why Van Noy is better than Hightower? And do you know their relative ages (cf. question 2)?
I love Donte to but he is no longer what he was great in the playoffs but we need a LB full time and younger. Pay Flowers trade Hightower Get Van Noy locked up before he is up and grab a young LB or two out of the draft. The pats have 12 picks this year the mopst of any team and I hope they use them smart. If they make a couple of moves there is nobody that will compete next season and we will win the SB 54 and maybe 55 with Brady still here!!!!
So let me get this straight.
Hightower is easily a top 10 lb when healthy. A couple of years ago he was arguably the best LB in the NFL. You have to watch the game not read stats.Hightower, while he has certainly made plays, is nowhere close to being a HoF candidate. HoF candidates are the best at their positions - Hightower isn't even in the top 10. If you're solely basing it off playoff success, then Edelman would be a 10x more likely HoF candidate, but even he won't make it.
That’s why they get signing bonuses and agree to non guaranteed contracts.Fascinating how a player like HT is stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to injuries. If he misses games he gets criticized and if he plays through an injury he gets criticized for his poorer play. That's crazy talk when the game is football.
Asking players to renegotiate a deal where both sides signed on the dotted line seems to me to be a dishonest tactic that's totally one-sided. If a player plays well above his salary he's expected to honor the deal. If he plays below his salary level, even when it's due to an injury, he's expected to renegotiate that deal.
Lost a step, yes. But he was not mediocre all season as you stated .Yes, he was. Seemed to have lost at least 1 step.
He was a Top 5 LB when healthy. But he's much slower now - as many of us pointed out earlier in the season. He's only going to get slower and it's very likely that he gets injured again.Hightower is easily a top 10 lb when healthy. A couple of years ago he was arguably the best LB in the NFL. You have to watch the game not read stats.
No it's not fact.He was anonymous for most of the season. Van Noy and the much maligned Elandon Roberts contributed far more. That's not opinion, that's fact. He came to life in the playoffs, but was an empty jersey most of the year.
At the beginning of the season he was recovering from a year out of football.He was a Top 5 LB when healthy. But he's much slower now - as many of us pointed out earlier in the season. He's only going to get slower and it's very likely that he gets injured again.