Dont’a Hightower Details How Patriots’ Defense Is Taking Strides To Improve

The New England Patriots front seven met on Wednesday afternoon, and the conversation was later dragged into the locker room. Dont’a Hightower held court with the younger players on the roster.

Defensive end Derek Rivers and defensive tackle Lawrence Guy were some of the players who picked Dont’a Hightower about the intricacies of what to do in specific situations.

The Patriots struggled in the last two games, and the defense is being proactive in making efforts to get better.

“I think that’s something that we’ve really taken more hands-on with trying to be a lot more detailed. We took it upon ourselves to kind of split up and spend more time on it. It kind of went on a little bit longer than we wanted it to, but really just trying to get everything down pat. When everybody knows what everyone else is doing, we’re able to play faster, so we’re trying to do everything we can to be more knowledgeable on anything that can happen,” Hightower said.

“A lot of times it will kind of help guys maybe see things or play things a lot quicker knowing what to expect and kind of what everybody else sees. Any time that all 11 guys can be on the same page and see the same thing at the same time, guys can play and react a little bit quicker. So, any time you can have that dialect outside the locker room, not necessarily with the coaches, but amongst yourselves to kind of know what we’re expecting being on the field together really helps,” he added.

Hightower said he’s elevating each week, adding that it’s early in the season. The Patriots will have a lot of work to do in the next period. Me, personally, I hold myself to a higher standard than that. Pushing off of last week, I had a good week but didn’t play great. Just want to continue to get better each week, and that’s all I can hope for,” he added.

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