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Brandon Spikes On His Time With Patriots: "4 Years A Slave"
Fox Sports ^ | 09 April 2014 | Sid Saraf

Posted on 04/09/2014 12:46:42 PM PDT by zeestephen

Brandon Spikes has emerged from the cone of silence that normally surrounds the New England Patriots. It appears he has some things to say. The linebacker recently signed a free-agent contract with the Buffalo Bills and, on Wednesday, decided to light a match underneath the Bills-Patriots rivalry.

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To: zeestephen

As Bills fan, let’s hope he is holding some serious anger when they play the Pats in September.


2 posted on 04/09/2014 12:48:13 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: zeestephen

3 posted on 04/09/2014 12:48:17 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: PGR88
As Bills fan, let’s hope he is holding some serious anger when they play the Pats in September.

I'm sure his comments will fuel anger coming at him then.

4 posted on 04/09/2014 12:51:15 PM PDT by AU72
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To: zeestephen; GOPsterinMA; Bender2; NFHale

They paid him like 4.5 mil or so over the course of his contract, that’s a lot of money for a “slave”.


5 posted on 04/09/2014 12:51:28 PM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: PGR88
As Bills fan, let’s hope he is holding some serious anger when they play the Pats in September.

As a Pats fan, here's hoping his "issues" will show up in Buffalo.

6 posted on 04/09/2014 12:57:01 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: All
The owners made poor Brandon say "Master like sippin’ whiskey" over and over.
7 posted on 04/09/2014 1:08:02 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (Some people say that experts agree!!)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

As a football fan, here’s hoping they are some good games in spite of his presence on the field.


8 posted on 04/09/2014 1:09:54 PM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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To: Impy; zeestephen; Bender2; NFHale

Amen, Impy.

The guy (who’s really a glorified special teams player) was paid quite well for his skill set.

He’s lucky to get anything since he’s already been suspended for PEDs.

Whatevs.


9 posted on 04/09/2014 1:10:55 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (You're a very weird person, Yossarian.)
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To: Ingtar

I thought he was a pretty good player, but injury-prone to the point where it diminished his performance to less than hoped-for levels.


10 posted on 04/09/2014 1:21:02 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: GOPsterinMA

Another Gator doing us proud in NE.


11 posted on 04/09/2014 1:26:14 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: PGR88

An old supervisor of mine, played college ball and on to the NFL. Well, for a few games, anyway. As a lineman, he tore up his knee. They basically treated him and released him. As was apparently the case in those days, as he put it, you were just meat on the hook. Hurt? Get him out of there and get somebody else.

But it is funny to see former players like Spikes and Talib shining a little light on Belichick. Not that he’s too much different than other coaches in this regard, but he’s also no better and definitely not the god pats fans think he is. He doesn’t give a rat’s behind about a player’s health, that’s not his job. But if he can find a way to use it to game the system, hell, why not?


12 posted on 04/09/2014 1:29:54 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Suspended for PEDs.
Last time on IR was minor injury, but major behavior problems.


13 posted on 04/09/2014 1:41:41 PM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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To: Impy

Spikes mistake is thinking that any team in the NFL won’t treat him in the same manner.

As someone once said...”If Jeffrey Dahmer could run a 4.1 second 40 yr dash...NFL teams would have wanted to draft him out of prison”


14 posted on 04/09/2014 1:45:36 PM PDT by rights with responsibilities
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To: Ingtar

Thanks for the details. Sounds like a Belicheck personality decision, at least in part. Also, a fairly high earner for his level of reliability and performance. Didn’t know the details of behavioral issues, myself, but “4 years a slave” sounds, uh, behavioral.


15 posted on 04/09/2014 2:12:53 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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I never wanted him on the team. I’m relieved and glad that he’s gone.


16 posted on 04/09/2014 2:14:47 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Impy

He doesn’t have to work for 4.5 million. He can go on the job market, if he has any skills that an employer would want, for 12 to15 an hour.


17 posted on 04/09/2014 2:30:24 PM PDT by Parmy
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To: EEGator

He’s BUF’s problem now.


18 posted on 04/09/2014 5:02:20 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (You're a very weird person, Yossarian.)
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