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"As of now, then, the Bills have Spikes, Angelo Crowell and second-year man Keith Ellison. With Spikes, that's a respectable group. Without him, though, it suddenly declines. Of course, it's almost a certainty that Buffalo will address the position during April's draft regardless of Spikes' future."
I truly hope Marv keeps him... there is no where else that we're going to spend the money, so why not give him the chance to show he's recovered.
Re: Spikes' future won't be easy decision for Bills
Unless they get a deal they cant refuse, I dont see any benefit trading for Spikes..
Maybe he won't be that great player he was once. BUt I think you gotta give him a shot, especially considering the lack of vets on the defense.
I wouldnt trade him right now for a 3rd or 4th rounder.. If he gets back, he's a first round talent and would be more productive than any late 3rd rounder we'd draft.
Sometimes you gotta roll the dice. I think he's worth it right now. Its not like we're in cap trouble and if we cut him we'd take his money and sign a big time player anyway.. WE'd bascially be cutting Spikes for either a rookie or a "depth" FA signing anyway, so to cut him at this point I think is dumb.
Re: Spikes' future won't be easy decision for Bills
I think the fact that he's not traded yet with a bunch of teams needing LB help means Marv only has one trade in mind. Draft day could get pretty interesting.
Re: Spikes' future won't be easy decision for Bills
Originally posted by bwbrenton
Way to understand the recovery time on an injury, Skoob. Good to see you did your homework.
In fairness to Skoob it's not looking good. Nobody wants to listen to me but his tear was very high so when you give me all of your success stories you might want to keep that in mind.
Re: Spikes' future won't be easy decision for Bills
There is no good reason to get him of now.. And the more we waited, the less he commands in trade value anyway, as teams are signing their FA LB's... I think it would be a horrible move to trade him right now, especially given the lack of vet leadership on this team.
This guy is one of the biggest gamers I've ever seen, he suffered a career threatening injury and he may or may not return to Pro Bowl form, but he's an investment worth waiting to see for this year.
I remember, and to me it was the peak of this team fan base passion, when he was with Cinci and played in the season finale here in BUffalo.. I remember the fans going NUTS for him holding up We want Spikes signs.
I especially remember him signing with us also. At the time, I was covering the team and I was at the press conference. This dude brought confidence and enthusiasm to the team IMMEDIATELY and it was no coincidence Buffalo had the #2 D in the NFL that year.
Anyways, I remember during the press conference him talking about what being a warrior is all about; and I really think he is one still.
Maybe I'm borrowing a page from others and being a "homer" with this topic, but I think he can still easily be a top 10 LB in the league, and I really think he's going to be like night and day compared to last year this time around.
Re: Spikes' future won't be easy decision for Bills
Originally posted by Skooby
He had his chance last season, game over.
and then who's going to play LB for us?
I don't understand why we're still talking about this. We have no one else to play LB, and there aren't any FA's left that would require Spikes' cap sace to sign (and I doubt we'll be signing anyone other than cheap back ups and camp fodder at this point anyway).
Re: Spikes' future won't be easy decision for Bills
It's as simple as this: Spikes at 80% is still in the top 15 or 20 LB's in the league and Spikes at 50% is better than anyone else on our roster or still available in FA (except June but we've shown no interest in him).
Re: Spikes' future won't be easy decision for Bills
He was playing much better at the end of the season - noticeably so. If that is any foreshadowing, which I believe it is, then we let him play out his contract. He brought a lot to this team and he deserves it.
Re: Spikes' future won't be easy decision for Bills
TKO is a special player. Top 10 easy. We as fans deserve to have him one more year to see if he can come back. IF not then cut ties next offseason. But we and he deserve 1 more season to see if he can recover. He is the type of player we need on this defense seeing al the youngsters we have on that D.
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