Dont’a Hightower with long term girlfriend, Morgan Hart.
While there are some people who are mad and jealous that players are opting out of this season, that's not where I fall. I probably fall into a much more unique category.
Dont’a Hightower and his mother at 2018 Monday Night Football Watch Party to benefit American Diabetes Association.
As some of the players are my favorites and I'll miss seeing them play, I do have a bit of sadness that I won't be seeing them suit up this season. Even though I don't think this pandemic is anything close to what the media and WHO are making it to be, if I were in their shoes I'd probably take the option this season too.
So, why would someone who thinks this whole pandemic is mostly BS opt-out if not for fear of getting sick or getting a family member sick?
So, why would someone who thinks this whole pandemic is mostly BS opt-out if not for fear of getting sick or getting a family member sick?
Brandon Bolden signing autographs at 2019 Patriots Training Camp.
This season is going to be completely different and a total pain in the a**. Getting a q-tip shoved up your nose on a regular basis. Not getting anywhere close to the same amount of practice in pads leading up to the season. Changes to meetings, practices, travelling, locker rooms, treatments, games without full stadiums, etc.
Really, if you were pretty much financially set and close to the end of your career, wouldn't you opt out? Take Hightower for example. He just had a new baby and has played his entire career with the Patriots. Why chance getting traded, hurt, or cut this season? Instead he's getting the rare chance to be with his newborn and get a year of letting the body heal. He's also now under contract for the 2021 season.
Patrick Chung's situation is pretty similar, about to have a newborn and at the end of a solid NFL career. Sure, his contract extension was taking him through the 2023 season, but he could definitely benefit from a year off.
Everyone knows the running back room was overflowing this year. Brandon Bolden was in the last year of his deal. Why not take a year off and see where the chips fall next year? Why spend the dog days of summer worried about picking up and moving because you got traded? Take the season off and then get ready to remind Belichick why he loves you next offseason.
Really, if you were pretty much financially set and close to the end of your career, wouldn't you opt out? Take Hightower for example. He just had a new baby and has played his entire career with the Patriots. Why chance getting traded, hurt, or cut this season? Instead he's getting the rare chance to be with his newborn and get a year of letting the body heal. He's also now under contract for the 2021 season.
Patrick Chung's situation is pretty similar, about to have a newborn and at the end of a solid NFL career. Sure, his contract extension was taking him through the 2023 season, but he could definitely benefit from a year off.
Everyone knows the running back room was overflowing this year. Brandon Bolden was in the last year of his deal. Why not take a year off and see where the chips fall next year? Why spend the dog days of summer worried about picking up and moving because you got traded? Take the season off and then get ready to remind Belichick why he loves you next offseason.
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