‘She’s an Internet freak, man … she stays on the computer,” Spikes said. ‘She likes to see things written about her son.” Lillie brought Spikes one of those articles just two weeks after he had surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon. The author of the story wrote about how he was going to put Spikes’ jersey in a frame, because the linebacker was one of the best to ever wear a Buffalo uniform. It wasn’t like Spikes needed any more motivation to return from his injury, but nonetheless, there it was. “That’s been motivation for me ever since that day laying in that bed,” he said. “I still have that article.”‘