Archives for February 11, 2015

His cap hit is $5.7 million and if they cut him it’s still a $3.6 million cap hit. Including Revis, he’s the 8th highest paid player on the team for this coming season, so yeah, something has to be done. It’s a good bet he’s one of the first re-structures. 

I do think he has real value for the team and yes, he came up with some big plays in the playoffs and that does count for something. Hopefully they can reduce his hit a bit to line up more like the third WR/return specialist that he is.

Well, things could be a little more balanced and Hightower could play some more at the end of the line, where he can get after the quarterback a bit more. Put it this way – they’re not going to be WORSE with Mayo in the mix and the wear and tear can be mitigated a bit more. Also worth mentioning that the Pats still struggled in coverage against tight ends this year and Mayo can do that. 

So it opens some doors for a 3-3-5 nickel, gives them a more talented regular defense and puts another very good leader on the field. Figuring out how they manage the 4-2-5 nickel isn’t a huge problem and can be tweaked from week to week anyway.