Making of a leader: How Dont’a Hightower became who he is today with Patriots defense

Great read from Ryan Hannable of WEEI.com on Hightower. It’s funny looking back on 2013 when Mayo went down and we were “stuck” with Hightower and Collins running the defense. Then they had to do the same thing in 2014 and that has helped formed them into a devastating combo that can do it all. Both are great individually, but together they are truly special because they cover the entire spectrum of what you need from a linebacker now. All I really cared about last week was getting Hightower back against the Jets and the it was obvious from his performance why he was so important.