Dcat Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 1 minute ago, C Mart said: 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 They didn't sign Hightower because of injury concerns, but they then they go ahead and sign one of the most oft-injured players in the NFL: Morris Claiborne? Claiborne better be on a one-year, show-me deal... otherwise the inconsistency is cause for concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Mart Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 1 minute ago, Dcat said: They didn't sign Hightower because of injury concerns, but they then they go ahead and sign one of the most oft-injured players in the NFL: Morris Claiborne? Claiborne better be on a one-year, show-me deal... otherwise the inconsistency is cause for concern. Claiborne is a 1 yr show me deal..so as Aaron Rogers says, RELAX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMan77 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 You know, I keep seeing some people say that Hightower "used" the Jets to get leverage against the Pats... But why can't it also be true that the Jets "used" Hightower to force the Pats hand?... Teams do it all the time. Maybe the Jets didn't want to let the Pats sit on their hands and let his price drop, so they leaked these reports and made a big deal of them going after him, and NE had to make a move. My guess is the Pats were always going to resign him but they were waiting to see what the market what do, so the Jets tried to dictate it a little... Or maybe not... I like the idea of it though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4jets Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Why was Macc bending over to take one for the team here? Oh yeah cuz Hightower is that missing piece we need to be SB pretenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 So they were concerned about his physical at 5 years $55mill, but were totally fine with giving him 4 years at the same price? Totally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 17 minutes ago, BroadwayJoe12 said: So they were concerned about his physical at 5 years $55mill, but were totally fine with giving him 4 years at the same price? Totally. More Macc bullsh*t so tired of his and Bowles excuses for failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 I havent been following this story. Wtf is up with the cupcakes?Sent from my LGLS992 using JetNation.com mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Woody Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, Larz said: I havent been following this story. Wtf is up with the cupcakes? Nothing of substance. Guy came in for a FA on his birthday. Jets put out a cupcake spread for him wishing him a happy birthday. One of the beater trolls got wind of it and made it a punchline. Venomous little parasites that they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfine Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 lol Hightower didn't even sign here and people that didn't want him are still mad. Comical. Sent from my iPhone using JetNation.com mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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