It's in My Blood Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 Whaley called it when he let Spikes hit FA with very little negotiation. Plus, he might be willing to take what the Bills proposed(if anything) to be in a familiar situation with a close friend in Percy.
Imran Q Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 I would love to have Spikes back as well. Maybe Harvin will crash at Spikes pad for a year and he is just giving him the house tour? Joking aside, I'd love to concentrate OL in the draft but we may need to consider an early (relatively speaking ) LB pick.
NoSaint Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 A lot of people want Spikes back. The Team has a need for MLB's and Spikes played well last year in a 1-2 down role. Early downs run stuffing MLB who brings an element of physicality is a good thing to have esp at a modest price. And I think if they find the modest price it will happen.
EmotionallyUnstable Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 I would love to have Spikes back as well. Maybe Harvin will crash at Spikes pad for a year and he is just giving him the house tour? Joking aside, I'd love to concentrate OL in the draft but we may need to consider an early (relatively speaking ) LB pick. With Spikes, you can wait until the 3rd or 4th round. Without, I think they'll take a hard look for an ILB at 50
jletha Posted March 22, 2015 Author Posted March 22, 2015 Apparently he was with Jimmy Gaines. I just heard this piece of info, take it for what it's worth. This could all be for nothing.
YoloinOhio Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Apparently he was with Jimmy Gaines. I just heard this piece of info, take it for what it's worth. This could all be for nothing.is Gaines on Active roster or PS?
WhiteCat Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 And just maybe, with a friend around, Percy keeps his head straight
3rdand12 Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 eye gouge overdorf i waant spikes back is Gaines on Active roster or PS? tell jimmy gaines to tell brandon we want him back and to practice blitzing and explosion off the ball. screw the pass. get to the QB!
K D Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Spikes can be the Bart Scott (leadership wise) of this defense. Rex loves LB's with attitude
Peace Frog Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 I'm getting tired of reading about how Spikes is just a 'two-down LB', his pass coverage is a liability. I say bull butter! If he is so bad in pass coverage, then why do all of our opponents try running the ball when he's on the field? You'd think they would not only throw it everytime when he's playing but also throw it at the guy he is trying to cover. I believe if Rex is as good as his reputation on creating a D that enhances a player's skills and hides their weaknesses, then Spikes seems the obvious choice as MLB. Git'er done, Whaley.
boyst Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 is Gaines on Active roster or PS?there is no PS this time of year. He is active. A rookie.
NoSaint Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Spikes can be the Bart Scott (leadership wise) of this defense. Rex loves LB's with attitude Part of Scott was that he knew the system and staff completely. Spikes would not provide that aspect of what Scott was to the jets
MarkAF43 Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 I'm getting tired of reading about how Spikes is just a 'two-down LB', his pass coverage is a liability. I say bull butter! If he is so bad in pass coverage, then why do all of our opponents try running the ball when he's on the field? You'd think they would not only throw it everytime when he's playing but also throw it at the guy he is trying to cover. I believe if Rex is as good as his reputation on creating a D that enhances a player's skills and hides their weaknesses, then Spikes seems the obvious choice as MLB. Git'er done, Whaley. If he was more than a two down LB he would've already re-signed with the Bills or some other team would've snatched him up. It hasn't happened because when he's on the field in passing situations he's been exposed. I love spikes and hope we bring him back, but there's a reason he's still sitting as a FA.
Beef Jerky Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 With Spikes, you can wait until the 3rd or 4th round. Without, I think they'll take a hard look for an ILB at 50 With Spikes still be 3rd/4th round.
Augie Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Sign him! Do we need a valet? Oh, Spikes? Yeah, sign HIM!
Webster Guy Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Maybe I'm wrong but I don't remember Spikes having any major contributions last season. Off the field it sounds like he's an awesome teammate and hard worker, I guess its because he had some monster hits against us a patriot I expected the same
boyst Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Maybe I'm wrong but I don't remember Spikes having any major contributions last season. Off the field it sounds like he's an awesome teammate and hard worker, I guess its because he had some monster hits against us a patriot I expected the same Early on he was used in some passing coverage schemes. I was horrified at the first site of him dropping back. A couple of times against SD, a couple of times against the Pats and I think it was against the Vikes in the red zone he was there for a key break up or something that lead to that turnover on downs or to the 4th down. He actually surprised me as not totally sucking in coverage. He held his own for the average MLB. He is not Keuchly, but Keuchly can't get downhill the same was Spikes can, nor can he bring the wood like Spikes can. Keuchly is faster and draws a lot more penalties in coverage (and even more no calls). But Spikes at MLB was consistently a factor for keeping the middle together. You do not remember him because he: a) had to be accounted for by a lead blocker, trap block or other OL on run plays up the middle, which freed up Bradham or Brown to make the tackle b) closed the hole and caused the runner to bounce to the outside or get to another tackler 3) was in on a bunch of tackles He had 3 pass deflections, 1 forced fumble and 32 tackles. Bradham and Brown both had 66 tackles, while Graham, mostly playing nickel had 65. Hughes, Mario had 36 and Dareus each had 35 while KWilliams had 31. Here is list: Brown 66 Bradham 66 Graham 65 A Williams 50 McKelvin 45 Searcy 44 D Williams 39 Robey 38 Gilmore 38 Hughes 36 Dareus 36 M Williams 35 Spikes 32 K Williams 31 Brooks 31 Lawson 16 Charles 12 Rivers 11 Wynn 10 Powell 10 Many years you see MLB's get about 80+ tackles. They're usually a 43 D with a true MLB, but if you remember and stats support it, we did not allow for big runs. The reason for the DB's having high tackle rates were that a lot of teams passed on us a lot with short pop passes and that our entire D swarmed to the ball and the DL and box players consumed all bodies there leaving the DB's to come in and take what was left in the middle or to take what couldn't be gotten as they bounced outside. Spikes played very well for us. Don't ever doubt that.
Mark Vader Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 I agree with jboyst62. Spikes was not the best player on defense for us last year, but he was a big contributor.
T master Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Is there any place i can get a "Spikes" Name tag made ? I have a old POZ jersey & i would like to have Spikes name put on it !! Bring him back !! And it's a done deal !! With a little info help forms my friends ...
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