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Ex-Patriots LB Spikes selling title ring
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Brandon Spikes, released by the New England Patriots last week for ties to an alleged hit-and-run accident, placed his 2011 AFC Championship ring on eBay for just under $19,499.
Spikes spent last season in Buffalo but rejoined the Patriots in free agency.
Police found Spikes’ car damaged and abandoned on a highway near Foxborough. Investigators learned that a claim Spikes hit a deer was questionable because of a rear-end collision involving a Nissan Murano.
Spikes was released by the Patriots and subsequently charged in the accident.
In the NFL, it’s always better to admit a mistake than to compound it. For the Buccaneers, the decision to burn a 2016 second-round pick on kicker Robert Aguayo has proven to be a mistake. The Buccaneers made the definitive admission of their error on Saturday, cutting Aguayo. He exits with $428,000 in fully-guaranteed salary [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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After the Buccaneers surprised everyone by taking a kicker with the 59th overall pick in the draft, G.M. Jason Licht explained the move by heaping superlatives on the player. “I was very excited along with my staff and coaches about Roberto for a very long time,” Licht told PFT Live in May 2016. “It’s not [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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Only two days after losing Billy Winn for the year with a torn ACL, the Broncos are now sweating out another potentially serious injury along the defensive line. Via multiple reports, Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe was carted off the field during practice on Saturday. It’s being described as a right ankle injury by coach [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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