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Just a pure speculation on my part.
I wanted Mosley to be drafted, but it looks like the Bills will go OL or receiving target route in the first round now. They are probably going to draft a ILB in 3rd round area to be groomed behind Spikes in case he leaves town next year.
With the way the D is built, no rookie is needed/expected to start anywhere on this D. There gotta be a lot of motication on Spikes' part, not for sticking to Belichick and NE, but more on the overall treatment by NFL teams -- not being courted as much, having to take less than starter money, etc. The one year deal is a very good indication; either the Bills insisted on it, or you can imagine the Bills' longer term deal offer would have even less per year money. With Spikes personality, I can't imagine how he took all that. That's one very motivated player, wouldn't you say?
There are many very motivated players never made any impact in NFL because of talent. Spikes has talent, just not all around LB talent. He's special for stopping the run, unlike Fletcher, Poz etc. who made tackles, but not a lot of minimal gain or negative gain tackles. So you have an highly motivated player with a skill set the Bills sorely needed. And you have a coach (Pepper Johnson) who can relate to him and who has seen him for all his career in NFL what's good and what's bad situations for him. You can't help to think that Spikes will be put in position to succeed.
On the other side of the coin, I'm not sure about Chris Williams. My friend in Chicago told me he's really a bad. Going on a third team, and not highly recruited this off season where OL is a hot pursuit by many teams is not a good sign...
I wanted Mosley to be drafted, but it looks like the Bills will go OL or receiving target route in the first round now. They are probably going to draft a ILB in 3rd round area to be groomed behind Spikes in case he leaves town next year.
With the way the D is built, no rookie is needed/expected to start anywhere on this D. There gotta be a lot of motication on Spikes' part, not for sticking to Belichick and NE, but more on the overall treatment by NFL teams -- not being courted as much, having to take less than starter money, etc. The one year deal is a very good indication; either the Bills insisted on it, or you can imagine the Bills' longer term deal offer would have even less per year money. With Spikes personality, I can't imagine how he took all that. That's one very motivated player, wouldn't you say?
There are many very motivated players never made any impact in NFL because of talent. Spikes has talent, just not all around LB talent. He's special for stopping the run, unlike Fletcher, Poz etc. who made tackles, but not a lot of minimal gain or negative gain tackles. So you have an highly motivated player with a skill set the Bills sorely needed. And you have a coach (Pepper Johnson) who can relate to him and who has seen him for all his career in NFL what's good and what's bad situations for him. You can't help to think that Spikes will be put in position to succeed.
On the other side of the coin, I'm not sure about Chris Williams. My friend in Chicago told me he's really a bad. Going on a third team, and not highly recruited this off season where OL is a hot pursuit by many teams is not a good sign...
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