As she lay in her hospital bed, nursing her newborn, reports of a Japanese prime minister named Takeo kept popping up in the news on the television screen. “Hmm,” she thought to herself. “Takeo Spikes. I kinda like that. Has a nice ring to it.” She decided to do a little research and discovered the name was Japanese for “great warrior.” And that is how the linebacker, who could transform the Buffalo Bills defense from awful to very good this fall, became known as Takeo Spikes.