Dont’a Hightower says goodbye to football. The 33-year-old linebacker announced his retirement on Twitter and wrote an emotional statement on theplayerstribune.com website thanking his franchise, the New England Patriots: “Today I am officially retiring from the NFL I know these announcements always feel bittersweet, but I can’t think of a better story than the one I wrote in New England.A decade, three Super Bowls, two Pro Bowls, and the birth of my son—and all of that ’cause I played for a franchise. How many people have a story like that?” The American played for the Patriots for nine seasons in the NFL and was able to celebrate three Super Bowl wins with the team. Most memorable is his strip sack once morest Matt Ryan in the 2017 Super Bowl once morest the Falcons, which started the most legendary comeback in NFL history.
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Andy Dalton has a new employer: that’s where the quarterback is drawn to – NFL
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Quarterback Andy Dalton has signed a two-year, $10 million deal with the Carolina Panthers. This was reported by football expert Adam Schefter from ESPN on Tuesday. The deal is expected to have an $8 million guarantee and might be worth up to $17 million with bonuses.
After nine years as a regular for the Bengals, Dalton has roamed the NFL for the past three years. He played for the Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys before joining the Saints last year.
Andy Dalton is set to mentor a rookie
In New Orleans, Dalton started 14 games and had 2,871 passing yards, 18 touchdown passes and nine interceptions. It was the 11th time in 12 seasons that Dalton had made at least 14 touchdown passes, and he recorded a career-high completion rate of 66.7 percent last season.
Dalton will likely mentor a rookie quarterback in Carolina. Since the Panthers have the first pick in the 2023 NFL draft, they’ll likely pick a quarterback. Even if the rookie won’t start right away, he will eventually. Until then, Carolina has a reliable option in Dalton.
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Saints sign Derek Carr to multi-million dollar contract
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The New Orleans Saints announced the signing of the quarterback Derek Carrwho signed a contract for four years and 150 million dollars, of which 100 are guaranteed.
The 31-year veteran was released by Las Vegas Raiders last month following refusing to be traded, for which he was left as free agent and had the chance to choose your own destiny. Now, he will continue his career in the South Division from National Conferencespecifically in Baton Rouge.
Los Saints showed interest in Derek Carr since before it became free agent. In fact, several members of the franchise they met him in february and also last week during the NFL Scout Combine which took place in Indianapolis.
Other teams that they also approached to the quarterback graduated from Fresno State were the New York Jets y Carolina Panthersbut in the end they were those of Baton Rouge who got their signature with a multi-million dollar contract
The previous season, the New Orleans Saints were characterized as very inconsistent and finished in third place in the South Division from National Conference with mark of 7-10so they remained out of playoffs.
Since the retirement of Drew Brees and the departure of Sean Paytonthe franchise has suffered in its attempt to get back on the winning pathbut now they will search draw on experience with which account Derek Carr so that it can be easier.
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New Orleans Saints are serious about courting Derek Carr
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
As part of the NFL Scouting Combines, Derek Carr will meet with three teams and have in-depth discussions, NFL insider Ian Rapoport reports. These are said to be the New York Jets, the New Orleans Saints, with whom Carr has already held talks, and the Carolina Panthers. However, representatives and coaches of all 32 teams are expected at the Combine anyway. So it’s quite possible that Carr will also have at least a few loose talks with other officials. ran shows you other possible landing spots for Carr – a franchise should now be serious regarding for the quarterback veteran.