Patriots Dont'a Hightower to sit 2020 season

[Rock Strongo]

not good

Sources: Patriots' Hightower to opt out of season

other notables:

July 27

Marcus Cannon, OT, New England Patriots
Cannon plans to opt out of the 2020 season, a source confirmed to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler on Monday night. Cannon, 32, is set to receive the $350,000 higher-risk amount as a cancer survivor, a source told Fowler. Cannon overcame non-Hodgkins' lymphoma after he was drafted in 2011. The news about Cannon was first reported by 98.5 The Sports Hub.

Danny Vitale, FB, New England Patriots
The 26-year-old Vitale, who was the team's most experienced candidate to replace retired fullback James Develin, had signed a one-year, $1.3 million deal with the Patriots in May as a free agent. The contract included $100,000 in guaranteed money. Vitale, who has played in 44 career games, wasn't a lock to make the Patriots' final roster as he was vying for a spot against second-year player Jakob Johnson and undrafted rookie free agent Jake Burt.

Najee Toran, C/G, New England Patriots
Toran, 24, entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent out of UCLA in 2018 with the 49ers and was vying for a backup role after spending the 2019 season on the Patriots' practice squad.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

Hightower is a big loss with all the losses the Pats had during the off season.

I can't blame him but this sucks.

Good Morning Football via Mike Giradi also Brandon Bolden will opt out. Thank you finally we get this guy off tge roster.

 

[RememberTheKoy]

Everyone wants out now that Brady left.

 

[Iggloo]

Brandon Bolden too. It seems the Pats are getting hit hard with this for some reason. Maybe the vets with rings don't want to risk their lives in a rebuilding year?

 

[eaglesnut]

Not NFL news
Just Patriots news
Cold hard truth for Patriots fans, they ain't relevant anymore.


Hey, I have an exciting question here, who is opting out of the Bengals and Dolphins?

 

[knowyourenemy]

The NFL should cancel the season.

 

[Rock Strongo]

Not NFL news
Just Patriots news
Cold hard truth for Patriots fans, they ain't relevant anymore.


Hey, I have an exciting question here, who is opting out of the Bengals and Dolphins?

ive been to 12 championship parades since i turned 25. I'm 42.

I'm fine, thanks.

 

[Iggloo]

The NFL should cancel the season.

I think they will be forced to cancel it soon. What's happening in baseball is a huge red flag.

 

[Iggloo]

ive been to 12 championship parades since i turned 25. I'm 42.

I'm fine, thanks.

That's just incredible man. You Boston-area fans have had it so good.

 

[Carnzo]

Ouch, that hurts.
I don't want them to cancel football.
I have nothing further to add.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Wow. Hightower is a linchpin to that defense. That's a huge blow.

 

[Pure Steel]

I think they will be forced to cancel it soon. What's happening in baseball is a huge red flag.

Yup, the Patriots luck out again......

 

[YankeeRebel]

not good

Sources: Patriots' Hightower to opt out of season

other notables:

July 27

Marcus Cannon, OT, New England Patriots
Cannon plans to opt out of the 2020 season, a source confirmed to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler on Monday night. Cannon, 32, is set to receive the $350,000 higher-risk amount as a cancer survivor, a source told Fowler. Cannon overcame non-Hodgkins' lymphoma after he was drafted in 2011. The news about Cannon was first reported by 98.5 The Sports Hub.

Danny Vitale, FB, New England Patriots
The 26-year-old Vitale, who was the team's most experienced candidate to replace retired fullback James Develin, had signed a one-year, $1.3 million deal with the Patriots in May as a free agent. The contract included $100,000 in guaranteed money. Vitale, who has played in 44 career games, wasn't a lock to make the Patriots' final roster as he was vying for a spot against second-year player Jakob Johnson and undrafted rookie free agent Jake Burt.

Najee Toran, C/G, New England Patriots
Toran, 24, entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent out of UCLA in 2018 with the 49ers and was vying for a backup role after spending the 2019 season on the Patriots' practice squad.

Good for them personal health is a lot more important than a game. I hope a lot more players from all team smarten up and do the same.

 

[YankeeRebel]

Not NFL news
Just Patriots news
Cold hard truth for Patriots fans, they ain't relevant anymore.


Hey, I have an exciting question here, who is opting out of the Bengals and Dolphins?

Your one season of glory made you an expert huh?

 

[Rock Strongo]

That's just incredible man. You Boston-area fans have had it so good.

spoiled as fuck.

when i was 15, if you told me before i turned 45, that...

The patriots would be the grestest dynasty in NFL history
We would have the greatest QB to ever play, for 20 years
That i would see them in another 9 superbowls, winning 6
The sox? Forget it. I'd have killed for 1. (that year was very special to me, watched every game with my old man, even out west). now they have 4.
Bruins? I said in 2011 i traded my wife for a stanley cup (got divorced). best trade i ever made.
and the celtics getting KG, ray, etc and winning 1 and going to a game 7 in another.

I would have laughed in your face.

 

[YankeeRebel]

spoiled as fuck.

when i was 15, if you told me before i turned 45, that...

The patriots would be the grestest dynasty in NFL history
We would have the greatest QB to ever play, for 20 years
That i would see them in another 9 superbowls, winning 6
The sox? Forget it. I'd have killed for 1. (that year was very special to me, watched every game with my old man, even out west). now they have 4.
Bruins? I said in 2011 i traded my wife for a stanley cup (got divorced). best trade i ever made.
and the celtics getting KG, ray, etc and winning 1 and going to a game 7 in another.

I would have laughed in your face.

But this is exactly what makes a great fan. When the bandwagon rode by your house they just kept going, the writing was already on the wall.

 

[RememberTheKoy]

Yup, the Patriots luck out again......

Patriots lucking out would be enough people pull out to tank their season and then they land Sunshine in the draft.

 

[YankeeRebel]

How the hell are the Patriots lucking out?

 

[dbldwn711]

How the hell are the Patriots lucking out?

This is a tough season for the pats. 25M in dead money and limited cap space. Next year they have like 80M in cap space. If they were ever gonna cancel a season and I’m the pats... this is the one to do it.

 

[SeattleCoug]

I think they will be forced to cancel it soon. What's happening in baseball is a huge red flag.

If it cant be figured out in baseball I dont see how the NFL avoids it. There is so much more close contact between players there.