2017 All Along the Hightower: Princes Kept Their View
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It's easy to see how the NYJs could be rejected out of hand.
Nice to see tough guy Tomlin spurned as well. They've lost Jarvis Jones and Lawrence Timmons from their starting LB corps (leaving a brittle Shazier and ancient Harrison); Cupcakes would've been a nice and needed fit there. Steelers' defensive backfield and now linebacker corps need a re-build.
Fantastic. Now all that's really left is to resolve the Butler situation, and that's one of the few that has no real potential to have a huge downside.
My favorite part of this entire ordeal was him getting free cupcakes from the piece of shit Jets.
I'll believe that the JimmyG saga is over Week 1 at 1PM
I still feel he will change teams...
That's a great deal. Now get a pass rusher and try to work out the Butler situation and this team will be stacked for 2017, one way or the other.
Yup and Hightower plays big in big games. Not sure you can say the same for Collins.
Solidified as an "A" offseason. Butler staying = A+, but I don't see any personnel-related moves that can knock it below an A.
Not even taking into account what happens at the draft, including potential return in any Jimmy G or Butler deal.
Not even taking into account what happens at the draft, including potential return in any Jimmy G or Butler deal.
Or 30, probably. Initial numbers look like it's probably a 2-year deal with 2 team options in the 10 mil range in 2019 and 2020. Can't ask for better than that.
I can't believe this. Granted, Cleveland probably needs to over pay keep Collins, but I still can't believe it. Outstanding offseason.
Once again I think the Pats have proven that their approach to free agency is spot on. Never any need to use the franchise tag.
I think one does have to note that it works if you are a perpetual Super Bowl contender---I don't think it's quite the same if you are a undesireable location/situation for the player.
His Mom in an alternate universe can wear them. We'll never see it in this one.
That may be true, but that's only if the Pats feel like getting rid of him for picks. It isn't a situation that actually requires any action at all on their part between now and the season.
Great outcome. Keep High for two more years as a key piece then have the option to get rid when he (very very likely) starts breaking down and/or slowing down.
If Brady keeps playing at a high level, this could be the best Pats team since 2007.
If Brady keeps playing at a high level, this could be the best Pats team since 2007.
Ahh, yes! That makes the Butler roller coaster so much easier.
Bill goes with the "if you love something set it free" method and it pays off!
Bill goes with the "if you love something set it free" method and it pays off!
BB can use me any way and anytime he wants, especially if it lands Dont'a at $45M over 4 yrs with half guaranteed.
edit: wow, I said that without seeing the last page. Guess that was pretty close to the actual numbers, but even a slight overestimate. Holy shit, I wouldn't want to be the floor salesman at the dealership the next time BB is looking to buy a car.
Dont'a Hightower's comin' ho-o-ome
Dont'a Hightower's comin' ho-o-ome
Been off in Pittsburgh (and New York) for so long
Dont'a Hightower's comin' ho-o-ome
Dont'a Hightower's comin' ho-o-ome
Been off in Pittsburgh (and New York) for so long
Dont'a Hightower's comin' ho-o-ome
The latter is true, but given, among other things, the Pats perennial contender status, its as though they have reached some sort of self-sustaining process that no other team has. Super Bowl champs, perennial contender, salary cap comfort, not a lot of dead money on the horizon, not an old team, no franchise-tagging antagonism, allow a star player to find out about his own market. Guys might get hurt or just suck, but from a front-office, roster-building, paper and off season approach (the things they can control), the team is nearly untethered from the conventional wisdom of the NFL.
To other teams, it's like a combination of the death star becoming operational and Skynet becoming self-aware.
The Patriots seem to know what the market is for these players better than most teams.
I'm as happy about this as any other signing this off-season.
Donta is set for life and can come back and hopefully captain the defense of another SB champion.
Donta is set for life and can come back and hopefully captain the defense of another SB champion.
Herald says 4/43.5 with 19 guaranteed.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/patriots/the_blitz/2017/03/donta_hightower_signs_four_year_435_million_contract_with_patriots
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/patriots/the_blitz/2017/03/donta_hightower_signs_four_year_435_million_contract_with_patriots
Michael GiardiVerified account @MikeGiardi 31s31 seconds ago
Source close to Hightower says free agent "process didn't go exactly as planned" but 54 is "satisfied" with end result.
Ironically, from the fan and team perspective, the process seemed to go pretty much exactly as planned, including LOL Jets.
Source close to Hightower says free agent "process didn't go exactly as planned" but 54 is "satisfied" with end result.
Ironically, from the fan and team perspective, the process seemed to go pretty much exactly as planned, including LOL Jets.
Jeff Howe @jeffphowe 34m34 minutes ago
Hightower's $10.875M in average annual value is the second highest in the NFL among true middle linebackers (Kuechly).
Hightower's $10.875M in average annual value is the second highest in the NFL among true middle linebackers (Kuechly).
Went as BB expected, too. Which is probably part of the reason Jones and Collins found the exit.