Free-agent linebacker Dont’a Hightower braved a winter storm Thursday to meet with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
According to NFL Media’s Aditi Kinkhabwala, the meeting went well, though it did not result in a contract agreement.
Wow. Some positive vibes out of #Steelers HQ right now re LB Dont'a Hightower's visit. Of course… they also felt confident abt those CBs.
— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) March 14, 2017
No deal (yet) between #Steelers and Dont'a Hightower. Sounds like LB is buying time to talk to #Patriots.
— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) March 14, 2017
Hightower is the top prize remaining on the free-agent market. He also met with the New York Jets earlier this week and very well could wind up re-signing with his previous team, the New England Patriots.
Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com reported Monday teams that had been in contact with Hightower were “convinced” the 27-year-old Pro Bowler would end up back in New England.
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