It was a rough year for Brandon Spikes off the field. First you had the leaked video chat footage of him, his lady, and a huge black snake, then he got suspended four games for taking ADD medication just as he was starting to hit his stride.
On the field however it was a pretty good season for Spikes. He filled a role that the Pats badly needed, that of Mike linebacker in the 3-4. As you can see in the video below Spikes comes downhill hard, often blowing up offensive lineman into the backfield. He slowly got better at recognizing play action, culminating with a great interception of Mark Sanchez in the 45-3 game that basically ensured it wasn’t even going to be close.
It should be a great offseason for Spikes to get refocused off the field and start anew on the 2011 season. His run stopping presence should be felt for many years.
