{"id":3255,"date":"2015-11-30T20:30:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T01:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=3255"},"modified":"2015-11-30T20:11:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T01:11:27","slug":"report-hightower-suffers-sprained-mcl-return-unknown-not-serious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2015\/11\/30\/report-hightower-suffers-sprained-mcl-return-unknown-not-serious\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Hightower Suffers Sprained MCL, Return Unknown But Not Serious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a story first reported by Albert Breer of <em>NFL Network<\/em>, a source tells him that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\" title=\"New England Patriots at PatsFans.com\"><strong>New England Patriots<\/strong><\/a> Linebacker\u00a0Dont&#8217;a Hightower is believed to have suffered an MCL sprain but like Gronkowski, has avoided any significant injury. 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