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by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
Bills' Brandon Spikes: Sickness costs him Wednesday's practice
Brandon Spikes was held out of Wednesday's practice due to illness, BuffaloBuffalo Bills.com reports.Spikes has just a single tackle over the four games he's been active this season. While he's a good source of leadership for the Bills, his IDP days are long gone.
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by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
Bills' Brandon Spikes: Injured Tuesday
Brandon Spikes left Tuesday's practice early with an undisclosed injury and did not return, ESPN's Mike Rodak reports.Spikes and the Buffalo Bills begin their regular season Sept. 11 in Baltimore, but the linebacker's status could be up in the air if the injury turns out to be serious. As for now, the severity of Spikes' injury is unclear and more information should be available within the coming days.
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by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
Bills' Brandon Spikes: Back in Buffalo again
Brandon Spikes signed a one-year deal with the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reports.Spikes has flip-flopped between the Bills and Patriots his entire career, and with the Bills being decimated with injuries at linebacker (Shaq Lawson, Reggie Ragland, Manny Lawson, Kevin Reddick, and Jamari Lattimore) they'll turn to a familiar face. Spikes can stop opposing runners with the best of the them, so the signing gives the Bills some depth or at least another camp body. However, the team is weak at pass coverage amid the linebacking corps, and Spikes would make that eyesore even worse if he ends up seeing the field for regular season action.
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by Marty Gitlin | CBSSports.com
Embattled Brandon Spikes pleads guilty to leaving scene of crash
Former Patriots and Bills linebacker Brandon Spikes has pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a recent car crash and has received a fine and year of probation, per WBZ, which is further reporting that he has lost his license and will be forced to attend a driver's safety class. Spikes has lost far more than his license. He has lost his livelihood, having been cut by New England for hitting another car and abandoning his vehicle on the highway. He later told the police that he had hit a deer. No other teams have been rumored to be targeting Spikes for the coming season.
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by Marty Gitlin | CBSSports.com
LB Brandon Spikes receives citation from state police
The Massachusetts state police has issued a citation to troubled linebacker Brandon Spikes as a result of a traffic accident last week that caused three injuries. Spikes, who has since been released by the Patriots due to the incident, was charged with leaving the scene of a personal injury crash, operating a motor vehicle negligently to endanger, speeding and failure to stay within marked lanes. He is scheduled to report to Wrenthan District Court at a later date to answer to the charges. His 2011 Mercedes-Benz Maybach allegedly crashed into the back of a 2009 Nissan Murano on an interstate highway in Foxborough on Sunday morning. Three passengers in the latter were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. They were treated and released. The vehicle driven by Spikes was abandoned. He reported via OnStar that his car had been hit by a deer, but investigators found no deer upon their arrival on the scene.
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by Elliot Smith | CBSSports.com
Patriots release LB Brandon Spikes
Less than a month after signing linebacker Brandon Spikes, the New England Patriots released the veteran after questions emerged about his involvement in a hit-and-run incident, per NFL.com. Early Sunday morning, Spikes' Mercedes Maybach was found on a highway near Foxborough with no driver present. Later, police responded to another vehicle saying they were rear-ended by a vehicle matching the Maybach, which was registered to Spikes. No charges have yet been filed in the incident. Spikes played for the Patriots from 2010-13 and was with the Bills last season.
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by Marty Gitlin | CBSSports.com
Report: LB Brandon Spikes officially back with Patriots
As expected, linebacker Brandon Spikes is back with the New England Patriots, per NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport, who is reporting that he has signed a one-year contract. Spikes visited with the team early this month. He spent four years with New England before being shipped to Buffalo, where he posted a career-low in tackles. A switch by the Bills to a 3-4 defense likely would have had Spikes as the odd man out. The 27-year-old Spikes contributed to an average of 89 tackles in 2012 and 2013 combined with the Patriots, but managed just 54 with Buffalo a year ago.
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by Marty Gitlin | CBSSports.com
Free agent LB Brandon Spikes visiting former Patriots team
After just one season out of New England, linebacker Brandon Spikes could be coming back. The free agent is paying the New England Patriots a visit Wednesday, according to NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport. Spikes' numbers took a hit in 2014 with the Buffalo Bills. He played in all 16 games, but managed just 54 tackles and one sack. He had 92 and 86 tackles in the previous two years, respectively.
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by Dave Peters | CBSSports.com
Bills to reach out to LB Brandon Spikes
Buffalo Bills general manager Doug Whaley said that the team will be reaching out to linebacker Brandon Spikes about a possible return, according to ESPN. "We're going to reach out to him and I'm going to call him when I get back," Whaley said. "Does it fit what we're offering and where he is in his career? We would love to have him back but again, it's got to be a fit on both parts." Spikes played a part-time, run-stopping role last season for the Bills and if re-signed he would do the same in 2015. The 27-year-old was a second-round selection by the Patriots in 2010. In his five years in the NFL he has tallied 340 total tackles, two sacks, 15 passes defensed, two interceptions and six forced fumbles.
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by Jason Butt | CBSSports.com
Brandon Spikes won't be a three-down LB if he returns to Bills
If linebacker Brandon Spikes is going to return to the Bills it will be in a different role than what he's used to. Via the Bills' official website, general manager Doug Whaley said depth at the position will not allow Spikes to continue playing as a three-down linebacker. "I just talked to him today and the new staff sees a different role than maybe he does so I told him to see if he can get a team that sees him the way he sees himself,” Whaley said. “If not, come back to us and then we can talk." The Bills are anticipating the return of Kiko Alonso, who tore his ACL last July. The Bills are also high on linebackers Preston Brown and Nigel Bradham. Spikes recorded 54 tackles and a forced fumble in 2014. “Brandon is one of my favorite players. We’re going to reach out to his representation and see how he would fit in this new defensive scheme and because of the depth we have whether it would fit how he sees himself as a player," Whaley said. "So it’ll be more of, ‘Hey do you want to come back and be a one or two down player? Or do you want to try to go out and still be an every down player [elsewhere]?’ So that one is going to be a kind of seeing what works for him and what works for us.”
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