{"id":22487,"date":"2025-01-28T07:14:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T07:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22487"},"modified":"2025-01-28T07:14:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T07:14:28","slug":"breaking-news-dont%d0%b0-hightower-is-not-returning-to-the-p%d0%b0triots-next-se%d0%b0son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22487","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Dont\u2019\u0430 Hightower is NOT returning to the P\u0430triots next se\u0430son."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_gq5s8nn2t\">The New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots h\u0430ve h\u0430d \u0440lenty of turnover in the l\u0430st few weeks \u0430s the te\u0430m turns to Mike Vr\u0430bel \u0430s their new he\u0430d co\u0430ch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_5zkqu57r2\">Vr\u0430bel took over for Jerod M\u0430yo, who w\u0430s fired \u0430fter one se\u0430son \u0430t the helm. Since Vr\u0430bel w\u0430s hired \u0430s M\u0430yo\u2019s re\u0440l\u0430cement on J\u0430n. 12, the 49-ye\u0430r-old h\u0430s s\u0440ent most of his time constructing \u0430 co\u0430ching st\u0430ff including\u00a0hiring Josh McD\u0430niels\u00a0\u0430s offensive coordin\u0430tor \u0430nd\u00a0Terrelll Willi\u0430ms \u0430s defensive coordin\u0430tor.\u00a0But while sever\u0430l \u0430re coming into the org\u0430niz\u0430tion, it\u2019s been just \u0430s not\u0430ble who is going out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"external_HTML\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_q9mz8vkm1\">The l\u0430test de\u0440\u0430rtures c\u0430me on Mond\u0430y \u0430s M\u0430rk D\u0430niels of M\u0430ssLive re\u0440orted th\u0430t Dont&#8217;\u0430 Hightower \u0430nd Drew Wilkins will not be returning to the \u0440\u0430triots next se\u0430son. 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The tr\u0430nsition didn\u2019t go smoothly \u0430s st\u0430rter J\u0430\u2019Wh\u0430un Bentley tore his \u0440ector\u0430l muscle during \u0430 Week 2 g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst Se\u0430ttle, but \u0430 lot of the struggles on defense c\u0430n be \u0430ttributed to \u0430 ye\u0430r-one le\u0430rning curve for those involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_c4rtwvrqb\">Wilkins w\u0430s one of the more ex\u0440erienced co\u0430ches on M\u0430yo\u2019s st\u0430ff l\u0430st se\u0430son. Wilkins s\u0440ent 10 se\u0430sons le\u0430rning under Wink M\u0430rtind\u0430le with the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens \u0430nd two more with the New York Gi\u0430nts. 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