PFF: Pats – Cowboys Re-Focused
Good stuff as always from Steve Palazzolo. Lots of Brandon Spikes love in this one:
Of the linebackers, Brandon Spikes (+5.1) set a career high by playing 67 snaps, making his presence felt all over the field. He knifed into the backfield to blow up a shovel pass on 3rd-and-5, forcing a Cowboys field goal in the fourth quarter. As usual, Spikes was at his best when blitzing right up the middle, where he picked up two pressures and one QB hit on only 11 rushes. It was hard not to notice him as on two different occasions, he blasted Costa right into Romo’s lap.