Just a couple weeks ago, calling former Jets defensive captain and current Patriots benchwarmer David Harris “injury insurance” sounded like a slap in the face to a veteran with over 150 games under his belt. After Thursday’s gut-punch of news updates that ended in the conclusion that Pro Bowl linebacker Dont’a Hightower was done for the year with a torn pectoral muscle, “injury insurance” sounds like Belichick 101, always planning 5 steps ahead...
...especially when you factor in the report from Albert Breer today that Hightower’s pec injury dates all the way back to the days of Hightower Watch 2017 in free agency.