Jerod Mayo gives first hand experience on dealing with torn pectoral

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

Patriots Nation, News, Ja'lynn Polk, Football, Jerod Mayo, New England Patriots, Afc East, Afc, Mike Vrabel, Sports, Tom E. Curran, Sports News, Phil Perry, Nfl

4.5 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

1:30 Jerod Mayo on how the Dont’a Hightower injury will impact the Patriots on the field 3:00 Jerod tells his story of having the same injury and how in some ways it made him a better player, and how Hightower can continue to learn throughout this injury 6:00 Phil Perry breaks down how the Patriots have reacted to the news of Hightower’s injury 8:00 Which current Patriots player will now become the leader of the defense? 11:00 Is the Patriots defense screwed if they do not add anyone at the deadline? 15:00 Could the Patriots realistically trade Malcolm Butler at the deadline? 18:00 Did the Patriots actually luck out with the timing of Hightower’s injury with an easier schedule down the stretch? 22:30 Did the Patriots make a mistake by re-upping Dont’a Hightower’s contract?

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0:00.0	Today on quickslands for the podcast, tragedy strikes the Patriots defense.
0:09.9	Dante High Tower tears a chest muscle, also known as a peck.
0:14.3	How do the Patriots get off the deck?
0:16.6	Now that Dante's ripped a peck, we'll talk to Gerard Mayo, who also ripped Peck back in the day,
0:22.6	and of course, Phil Perry.
0:25.3	Don't know if you're a joint stadium getting the action.
0:28.9	All that more on Quixancy podcast. Oh, yeah, definitely not to make light of that.
0:50.5	I think my intro made light of that.
0:52.4	I like Dante a lot.
0:53.3	He just lost a significant amount of the season.
0:56.5	Without further ado,
0:58.0	however, I am going
1:00.0	to now bring in
1:01.0	former Patriots captain
1:03.7	and linebacker, Gerard Mayo.
1:05.9	We got him on the blower.
1:07.7	Soon after, the news was confirmed.
1:30.7	Music blower. Soon after, the news was confirmed. First question is the easiest question, Gerard.
1:35.4	How does this affect the team on the field not having High Tower out there?
1:40.4	Yeah, I think, you know, I think during the early parts of the season, when he missed those two weeks, you kind of saw what you kind of saw what you were going to get as far as communication is concerned,
1:45.4	as far as someone who's able to play not only at the second level, but also on the first level
1:49.8	provide some pass rush.
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