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Jets making all-out blitz for free-agent LB Dont'a Hightower


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52 minutes ago, Jetster said:

Why? Who are you giving it to? In 2018 dead money coming OFF the cap is more than that Revis- 6 mill./Fitz- 5 Mill.

A CB, OT, OLB, QB - positions that are worth spending that type of money on - or spreading it around to lesser players at positions of similar importance to ILB.  Would much rather have Kevin Minter or Zach Brown in the middle of Tier-1 ILB contracts than Hightower setting a new high-water mark.

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3 minutes ago, Saul Goodman said:

That's not an outrageous contract for a premier defender but would not have been a good deal for the Jets at this time. 

Let's hope we get Mixon in the 2nd round & punches Hightower right in his Adams apple.

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20 minutes ago, BigRy56 said:

Like most blitzes last year, we completely whiffed.

Lol! Let's hope our sh*tty team is the one to finally crush Brady with a blindside sack and send him to retirement. 

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6 hours ago, gEYno said:

.... don't over invest at ILB while the team is nowhere near Super Bowl caliber?

don't over invest in good players, players with pedigree and talent because, you know, you're nowhere near being good...because you have no players with talent and pedigree.

Makes perfect sense.

 

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Albert Breer @AlbertBreer

So Hightower's deal is actually $35.5M over 4, and $3.5M of that's contingent on him being healthy. Incentives can push it higher.

$2 million in playtime, Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro incentives each year ... that's the $8 million gap,

Dov Kleiman‏ @NFL_DovKleiman

So #Patriots didn't pay LB Dont'a Hightower the reported 4-year, $43.5 million deal. It's almost $10 million less. $35.5 million over 4years

Joel Corry‏ @corryjoel

Dont'a Hightower's 4 year deal with the Pats isn't quite as reported. The base value is $35.5M. The max value through incentives is $43.5M

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6 minutes ago, HessStation said:

Carton needs to stfu on the fan. He doesn't speak for the majority. Save the money and rebuild this year with young and cheap.

 

want to punch that ****er in the face 

He's a moron. But he has a mic, a shtick and big mouth. So it sounds like he knows something.  

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10 hours ago, phill1c said:

don't over invest in good players, players with pedigree and talent because, you know, you're nowhere near being good...because you have no players with talent and pedigree.

Makes perfect sense.

 

Realistically speaking... When do you suppose that Jets could compete for a championship?  How old will this oft-injured ILB be when that happens?

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I find the article title (Jets making all-out blitz for Hightower) to be deceptive.  I wonder if it was Schefter who penned that erroneous article title or some other douchebag at ESPN just trying to create a false impression to get more clicks.  Schefter, in the article itself, never refers to the Jets interest in Hightower as anything remotely close to being an "all-out blitz". 

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2 hours ago, C Mart said:

Albert Breer @AlbertBreer

So Hightower's deal is actually $35.5M over 4, and $3.5M of that's contingent on him being healthy. Incentives can push it higher.

$2 million in playtime, Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro incentives each year ... that's the $8 million gap,

Dov Kleiman‏ @NFL_DovKleiman

So #Patriots didn't pay LB Dont'a Hightower the reported 4-year, $43.5 million deal. It's almost $10 million less. $35.5 million over 4years

Joel Corry‏ @corryjoel

Dont'a Hightower's 4 year deal with the Pats isn't quite as reported. The base value is $35.5M. The max value through incentives is $43.5M

He's never going to see that First Team All-Pro money.  Pro Bowl and Playtime are LTBE

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4 hours ago, gEYno said:

Realistically speaking... When do you suppose that Jets could compete for a championship?  How old will this oft-injured ILB be when that happens?

Realistically speaking, I'm not Nostradamus. The notion was that he could have been a big part of rebuilding the culture of the team, however old he was when it was rebuilt.

It's called "Big Picture thinking": Look into it.

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10 minutes ago, phill1c said:

Realistically speaking, I'm not Nostradamus. The notion was that he could have been a big part of rebuilding the culture of the team, however old he was when it was rebuilt.

It's called "Big Picture thinking": Look into it.

Being a douche doesn't make your point any stronger.  It just makes you look like a douche.

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Source: Jets had concerns after Dont'a Hightower's physical

The New York Jets' free-agent courtship of Dont'a Hightower continues to create ripples. He wound up re-signing with the New England Patriots, but questions remain about the Jets' level of involvement.

Let's try to answer some of those questions.

Prior to his visit last weekend, the Jets made a generous offer -- five years, $55 million, according to a league source. The maximum value of the offer was $62.5 million. To reach that, Hightower would've had to play in every game and make the Pro Bowl every year over the length of the contract.

Then came the visit and the physical examination. As reported by Pro Football Talk, the Jets were uncomfortable with the results of the physical, the source confirmed. What caused their trepidation is unclear, but it's no secret that Hightower has battled knee and shoulder injuries throughout his career with the Patriots.

Essentially, the Jets dropped out at that point. You know what happened next: Hightower re-signed with the Patriots -- a four-year, $35.5 million deal.

So what did we learn from all this?

The Jets really, really wanted Hightower ... before his physical. Their offer was $1.25 million per year better than what he wound up receiving from the Patriots. In the end, though, the Jets wouldn't have signed him because of their concerns about the physical.

http://www.espn.com/blog/new-york-jets/post/_/id/67590/source-jets-had-concerns-after-donta-hightowers-physical

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