Hobbled by knee and ankle injuries in recent weeks, Spikes appears to be the most banged-up player on the Patriots’ defense. He didn’t play the first series of Sunday night’s game for injury reasons, according to coach Bill Belichick, and he also didn’t finish the game for a second straight week, replaced by Niko Koutouvides. Behind Spikes, the Patriots don’t have any players with much experience on defense, so getting him healthy for January will be important.