New England Patriots linebacker Dont'a Hightower will miss the team's Week 8 game against the Los Angeles Chargers because of a shoulder injury, according to Jeff Howe of the Boston Herald.
He reportedly could also be "out a bit longer," per Howe, from the issue that knocked him out of Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons.
Hightower hasn't played a full season since 2013, and that streak carried into the 2017 campaign when an MCL injury kept him out for New England's wins in Weeks 2 and 3.