Getty ImagesPolice in Massachusetts found an abandoned 2011 Maybach registered to linebacker Brandon Spikes on I-495 early Sunday morning, which has reportedly led them to reach out to Spikes to see why his car was left on the highway.
According to the car’s OnStar system, the driver reported hitting a deer before taking leave of his vehicle. No deer was found near the car, but another car reported being rear-ended on the same stretch of highway and the Massachusetts state police is trying to sort out exactly what happened.
The Patriots aren’t waiting for the mystery to unfold to make their call on Spikes’s future with the team. The team announced Monday morning that Spikes has been released.
That makes for a short second tour of duty with the Patriots for Spikes, who returned with the team recently after spending last season in Buffalo. He was going to be in the mix for work at linebacker, but the Patriots should be just fine at the position as long as Jerod Mayo and Dont’a Hightower are fully healthy in time for September.
Grand Opening.
Grand Closing.
I was really looking forward to the Pats sending him on blitz’ after Andrew Luck
Still going to repeat
Free Brady!!!
Just another dirty Patriot. Nothing to see here.
****
And yet, Brady is still employed…
Typical Patriots player. Not surprised. Classless organization, classless players.
He was probably under the influence, he couldve really hurt someone.
Robert Kraft still wants an apology though.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
I wonder if he still believes aaron is innocent.
Next up, hopefully the king of class who did nothing in the Super Bowl, lagerette “b mode”‘blunt
Why does this guy need a half a million dollar car?
When you hit a Deer, glass from another car doesn’t turn up on your car.
Patriots don’t wait to get rid of their trash. Ravens build them statues.
Broncos pick him up.
DWI.
They did the right thing, he’s a turd on and off the field.
Patriots picks out of Florida in the 2010 draft are as follows:
Aaron Hernandez: good but a murderer
Jermaine Cunningham: a bust who got busted for revenge porn
Brandon Spikes: great run stuffer but had a sex tape and now a hit and run all a season after talking crazy smack about the Pats
At least we got Devin McCourty and Gronk that year
We weren’t the only ones to figure out that it was probably a DUI, not a deer.
I wish I could hate the patriots for one day in my life…then I’d truly know what sorrow means…my thoughts are with all you salty mcsalts, it is what it is
yeah they’ll be fine at linebacker, unless they hit a deer…or kill somebody.
Match up the two cars fenders and you have Felony hit and run. Patriots got a phone call or made one.
Who abandons a 500K car unless you’re screwed for sticking around? Any car for that matter…
Look at all the hits that Patriots defense has taken since the Super Bowl.
They won’t be back to the Super Bowl again in Tom Brady’s life time.
That sucks. I was looking forward to having him back. He worked good in that system. Dumbass.
Dummy
Man, that is the most corrupt organization in sports.
this is just funny….what a moron.
Patriot Way!!!
Massachusetts police knew it wasn’t Brady’s car because the tires were properly inflated.
See hawk trolls that’s how a real franchise handles business. We win Super Bowls and remove trouble players from our team not draft guys like Frank” beat a women” Clark. But heck what do you expect from the hawks franchise who team wasn’t relevant until PED pump em up Pete showed up.
Interesting move. Would the Pats be so quick to release a key player? If not, they’re opening themselves up to a lot of criticism about being hypocrites.
The new england patriots are a low character organization.
*ONSTAR*- Excuse me sir have you been in a car accident
*Brandon*- I hit a deer I’m fine
*ONSTAR*- Liar
This makes no sense. What does hitting a deer have to do with getting released?
He deserves to be cut. He knew the leash was short after his last time here. He said he changed but we all know that was a bs………good ridance
It doesn’t take a genius to put two and two together – did Spikes really think he was going to get away with this bogus story. Looking at a pic of his vehicle and the extent of damage, if he would have hit a dear, there would have been signs everywhere. Why did you leave the scene Brandon, too much to drink? Are you still searching for someone to take the fall? Too late, you’re unemployed. Now get some help while you’re in prison (hit and run). We don’t need you in New England.
The Patriots will not stand by someone who is guilty.
They stand by Brady just because he is 100% innocent.
Typical Patriot.
Liars, dopers, abusers, cheaters and rules “misinterpeters”.
I am sure Bobby Kraft rushed to pick up Spikes along the highway and is hiding him out until sober.
The owners of the 31 LEGIT teams should force the sale of the embarrassing Patriot franchise.
Tainted titles.
UNearned titles.
Asterisk titles.
Illegitimate titles.
#FraudFranchise
Commissioner Brady, has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?
Don’t worry, I’m sure BB will find someone other than Spikes that can blitz from the Sam LB position..
FWIW: Patriots are cheaters–ok The rest of he League are Losers**** Don’t for get your asterisks
Brandon’s story doesn’t sound made up at all.
What an idiot.
Next man up.
But what were the PSI’s of his tires at the time? That’s what’s important.
To quote my Dad, “Nothing good ever comes from being out of the house after midnight.”
I commend Mr. Spikes. Told organization he would no longer cheat.
No team will touch him. He’s a 1-2 down linebacker that is a liability in pass coverage. Throw in a probable lengthy suspension and he can kiss that NFL career goodbye.
we lol at the delateriots
Didn’t take long for the haters to get on this bandwagon now did it?
The fact you ALL neglect to see is that unlike other classless organizations (which you believe the Patriots are, but aren’t) they quickly cut ties and get rid of those who do wrong.
They do protect and back up those who are innocent.
Those who understand that will give a thumbs up.
Those who hate the Patriots and don’t understand logic will give a thumbs down.
Admit you are a drunk BEFORE you go out – and hire a driver. Problem solved.
Is anyone really shocked at the release? Just wondering why it took so long.
haydenpryor says:
Jun 8, 2015 10:27 AM
Patriots picks out of Florida in the 2010 draft are as follows:
Aaron Hernandez: good but a murderer
Jermaine Cunningham: a bust who got busted for revenge porn
Brandon Spikes: great run stuffer but had a sex tape and now a hit and run all a season after talking crazy smack about the Pats
Speaks volumes about Urban Meyer
Really a Maybach? Do you really need to drive a Maybach. And then they wonder why these guys are broke 5 yrs post-retirement. Oh well, you reap what you sow.
The Patriot PR hits just keep coming……..
So where is the deer, Brandon?
This year’s Pats D isn’t going to scare anyone. Good.
What surprises me is he couldn’t find a friend to take the blame….all that money and he couldn’t get someone to say I borrowed Brandon car, hit a car panicked and ran away from the scene….he gets a fine and probation for leaving the scene of an accident and may loss his licence for a yr, pockets 250,000 and everyone is happy…….
And the Ravens build a statue to 52….ugh
Excellent job Mr. Kraft and Hoody! Nothing but pure class. Good riddance Spikes, they may allow that stuff in that stink hole of a town called Buffalo, but not New England!
Meyer’s years at Florida sure left a legacy that still rumbles through the league.
Lying in New England is contagious.
#spygate
#deflategate
#walkthroughgate
#murdergate
#deergate
Stay Classy NE ****
“I didn’t cheat” – bill belichick
“I didn’t cheat” – tom brady
“I hit a deer” bradon spikes
A lot of posters here either do not understand why the Patriots really are an excellent and ethical organization, or willfully want to smear and dismiss the team.
ALL NFL teams deal with the fact that a significant minority fraction of players are troubled people who make dumb mistakes (drugs, drinking and driving) or do downright bad things (family violence, injuring and killing people). I am willing to bet all teams have had such players to deal with.
The difference is what they do about it. The Patriots have a good record of IMMEDIATELY cutting ties — for example, with Hernandez, now with Spikes — even if those players could help, if cleared (Spikes) or if the team would gain money by waiting to cut ties (that was true for Hernandez). But look at what other teams have done — such as the Ravens, whitewashing Rice and Lewis, or Dallas, which goes out to find and sign miscreants as bargains.
As one person explains, the Patriots are sticking by Brady because he and they believe he is innocent. Patriots do NOT accept that the deflategate railroading was deserved or done in a fair way. In contrast, the Patriots leadership DID take responsibility for the filming infraction in 2007, even though that matter was frankly overblown.
In the current deflategate matter, the League seems to be punishing the Patriots and Brady for not agreeing to take blame — hardly fair to do when the accused do not think they are guilty and have not had a real chance to make their case. The fact that the Patriots organization is at least above average in the NFL in avoiding and cutting real wrong-doers should, in an honest world, buy them credit.
Spikes was going to help the Patriots. But he got cut within a day of what almost certainly was a DWI hit and run, and the Patriots did not dawdle waiting for law enforcement or the video!
As a fan of the Patriots, i could care less that they released him. The most important thing is that the family of three in the other vehicle could have been seriously hurt or killed. Thankfully they are fine and you people who are taking shots at the Patriots should be ashamed of yourselves! The Bills signed him last year as well. Football is not life and death, but DUI and lying about it is.
Every time one of these guys from Florida pop up in the news, it makes me respect Tim Tebow even more. The fact that he had to play and win with such trash around him? I applaud character that succeeds rather than guys like this, who no doubt will be joining his buddy Hernandez in lock up shortly.
Wondering if his tires were properly inflated?
Clever way to get out of a DUI ticket and a leaving the scene of an accident.
‘Officer, I saw a deer and swerved to avoid it. The next thing I know I hit it, or at least I thought I did.
My car looked a mess, so I just left it. I called a buddy to pick me up and planned to call a tow truck the next day.
I had no idea I had hit somebody. Seriously. I was swerving to avoid a deer and then I thought I hit it anyway.’
Deflated.
Wow you trolls never surprise me. Pats sign player, said player breaks the law. Pats act swiftly and cut player, showing that behavior is not tolerated. Trolls run to post Pats are “corrupt” and “classless” Its gonna be a looooong 7 months for you losers! 4 x SB Champs!!!!!
“That escalated quickly” – Ron Burgundy
A lot of people leave 500k cars on the side of the road….
Orrrrr maybe not lol!
Seems like his time in Buffalo really corrupted him. Good thing the Patriots got rid of him before he infected the Patriots locker room with too much Buffalo-ness.
They’ll be fine at Linebacker…because the refs will call holding all day long against opposing teams anyway & the Offense will be cheating!
Why does Brady still have a job after being proved a cheater, costing the team a Million dollars, 2 draft picks & the rest of the little credibility they had remaining after the first time they were caught cheating? Probably because cheating is endorsed by the owner, coach & fan base!
This is just idiotic. The NFL has a free cab system to take these players home! I’m all for having a fun time, but show some restraint and some accountability.
Not really a loss.
Figured he was less than 50% to still be on the roster in September. Decent at best run stopper. Below average tackler. Can’t even cover his own shadow.
Alan Branch was found puking on the side of the thruway the morning of practice in Buffalo, cut, and picked up by the Patriots. Why is that different?
Trying to figure out from all the haters what the action of one individual on his own time and in his own car have to do with the organization being “corrupt”. Is your thinking that the Patriots organization told him that he should flee the scene? Or is that just your knee jerk reaction to anything possibly reflecting negatively on anybody and anything even remotely associated with the Patriots?
Did his career just end???
We all know Spikes didn’t innocently hit a deer. It’s obvious.
Equally obvious is how Brady directed that his footballs be surreptitiously deflated behind closed doors for the purpose of circumventing a League rule on the matter. Brady refuses to share electronic evidence, his team denies access to “the Deflator” (McNally) for the key second interview and they’re also working a story that “the Deflator” is just an innocent fat guy trying to drop a few ell bees.
Both stories are equally implausible. However, Spikes is a two-down linebacker who can’t cover. Adios, Brandon.
Brady is the only QB to ever lead the Patriots to a Super Bowl Championship (four of them, in fact). Guess whose equally implausible bullcrap is defended to the death — and which player got crapped out faster than a plate of post-consumption Ex Lax brownies?
Here is what I “think” happened. Brandon Spikes “must have” lent his car to someone and they (Shayanna Jenkins?) didn’t want to get arrested for perhaps driving under the influence, so they ditched the car and fled the scene. Whoever it was that Brandon let drive his car needs to take the fall for this! #Patriot Way.
If Brandon Spikes started his career in the 1980’s instead of 2010 he would have been a Hall of Fame linebacker. The game has changed away from everything he excels at. One of the best run stopping LB’s in the game doesn’t have a spot in today’s NFL.
I had a friend who drove drunk once in the past, flipped and hit a tree. That was also a ‘deer’
I’m no fan of the Pats at all but i do have to praise them (again) due to the way they’ve handled this, Spikes messed up and the Pats released him
None of this ‘we need a LB so we’ll wait for the case to sort itself out’ like the 49ers might do if one of their players was arrested or involved in an incident.
The second they heard the Hernandez accusation they released him, other teams would have waited right till the end.
If more teams cut players ASAP rather than giving talented players a lot of chances i think players would behave far better as they know one mess and they’re out
At least he is not with Buffalo anymore. What an idiot.
And too bad they showed him in a Buffalo uniform too.
The Patriots are the new Raiders taking every scum and letting him play on there team so they can cheat to another super bowl win
I guess he hit a deer colored car?
I think Robert Kraft has already hired a team of engineers and scientist to determine that the issue with braking in time a result of the weather.
He was a Patriot for a week and they’ve already cut him…. Not sure what else they could’ve done differently! I would’ve cut him after the “Kiss and make up” stuff…
psj3809 says:
Jun 8, 2015 11:07 AM
I’m no fan of the Pats at all but i do have to praise them (again) due to the way they’ve handled this, Spikes messed up and the Pats released him
None of this ‘we need a LB so we’ll wait for the case to sort itself out’ like the 49ers might do if one of their players was arrested or involved in an incident.
The second they heard the Hernandez accusation they released him, other teams would have waited right till the end.
If more teams cut players ASAP rather than giving talented players a lot of chances i think players would behave far better as they know one mess and they’re out
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While I agree, there is a HUGE difference between lying about hitting a dear and murder. If the Patriots DID NOT release Hernandez, then it would have been game over for them and most fan support would have left.
How do they say “deer” in Bostonian? Dee-uh
My sources confirm that dallas cowboys are in touch with Spikes agent att.
Check the tires on the Maybach. I bet they’re under-inflated.
Patriots fans trying to put a positive spin on this is absolutely hilarious. They need counseling! To quote the great character Dr. Sean Maguire from the amazing movie Good Will Hunting, “Look at me son, it’s not your fault…No, it’s not your fault. It’s not your fault. It’s not your fault.” Screw them cheaters. LOL!
Another one of Urban Meyer’s star players from Florida. He looked the other way so many times in college, these guys think they’re invincible.
Please tell me what an on field infraction has to do with an off field infraction which actually ENDANGERS ANOTHER HUMAN’S LIFE.
Typical Patriot behavior right? Why not just typical NFL behavior? Sure New England had Hernandez.
But they didn’t have Hardy, Washington, Rice, McDonald, Lewis, Hurd, ….
I could go on forever. Let’s not act like the NFL cares about integrity. Alot of players are bad people.
It’s also more probable than not that 3 of his 4 tires were under inflated by at least .5 psi. The league is calling for an independent investigation, to be completed sometime before the start of the 2017 season, at a projected cost of around $50,000,000.00
I guess Urban Meyer is not around anymore to protect him and give him half game suspensions anymore…huh.
The deer said he feels like a slave
No need to worry there is always Jerry.
the patriot (geta)way
Spikes calls 2nd tenure with Patriots “One week a slave.”
Heard it was low tire pressure.
This off season has proven what I’ve always known. There are a lot of bad guys in the NFL.
I can’t imagine what it must be like if you’re a decent guy who cares about his family and you play in the NFL. Because you know every locker room has guys who have a history of trouble with the law and are guys you wouldn’t trust if you met them in a dark alley.
Throw in you have guys who abuse alcohol or drugs and it must be tough if you’re that clean living, family man.
I always thought that Troy Aikman is an example of a guy who wasn’t thrilled with a lot of his teammates, even though they won multiple Super Bowls together. If you watch him talk about those teams and his teammates, he never gets too excited as you would expect him to be.
Fortunately, there are more good guys than bad guys in the NFL. It’s too bad they get all the press.
You always see those pesky deer wandering all over
the roads at night. How come they never give them
a sobriety test – bet they’d fail. They always have
that stunned, stoner look when you come across one.
Give us a break regarding players are cut when they do something wrong. Many of those so called players had issues in college or on prior teams but the Pats signed them anyway.
Some teams just dont get it. They go out of there way to sign a drug user, who quit on hie team last year. SMH. Dallas and the Pats are disgraces
Maybe Donte Stallworth borrowed Spike’s car, and the deer wasn’t in the proper crosswalk at the time.
The most shocking part of this story is that a 2nd or 3rd tier NFL linebacker with a likely career duration of perhaps 5-7 years at most decides that he needs to drive a Maybach.
Poor deer.
Ted Wells is gong to head up the Maybachgate investigation and the Pats are going to lose their 2nd round pick for 2016.
They cut him what do you want? Every team in the NFL has cement heads.
Spikes needed some deer antler spray and R LEWIS wouldn’t give up his source.
…remove trouble players from our team…
LOL. Except for the QB & HC, who are still around, cheating to win.
…and let’s not forget Aaron Hernandez, who was murdering people while gainfully employed by the Pats.
Spikes gets in a fender bender and gets released,
Brady cheats and gets suspended… No problem..
Belichick was actually the one driving Spikes’ car and Brady was in the back seat with his girlfriend.
Spike’s was actually doing the right thing by having Belichick drive him home after having had a little too much to drink.
Brady was seen checking the tires for proper inflation after the accident. One was slightly over-inflated so he called the Deflator immediately for assistance.
WHAT ?!?!?!?!? You don’t believe this story?
Hey, it’s every bit as believable as a guy nicknamed “The Deflator” taking a bag full of footballs into a bathroom after inspection and NOT letting a little air out isn’t it?
So how much is a used, accident-damaged Maybach worth? I’m guessing Spikes is going to need to start selling off assets to live, and I’m also guessing he didn’t put much of his football earnings away.
I just viewed a picture of his car, it looks more like he hit a moose. LOL
No way was that a Deer…but we all knew that anyway…
So long Brandon…bye bye
Sounds like a Steeler to me
We need to pray for the deer and his family.
112 comments in 90 minutes about a relatively unknown player. Attach the word Patriots and it becomes ants at a picnic.
Funny thing is that this dude has been on the team for about 30 days. Must have been the influence he picked up from his time in Buffalo.
Your obsession with all things Patriots is amusing. They’re really under your skin, aren’t they?
🙂
“This is Onstar. The sound you just heard was your career ending.”
I don’t have on star, but when I hit a deer with a Ford there was very little impact in the car. Is a 3000 pound car going at highway speeds hitting a 150 pound animal even enough to register as a impact accident? It makes a loud thud, but doesn’t stop or even slow the car.
Haha you people are hilarious the Pats got rid of him and your trashing , if the Patriots cured cancer you would have something bad to say admit it you hate us cause you ain’t us
How about the Patriots collecting $650 k from the national guard to have false honorings. NFL owners would take money from ISIS to line their pockets
Much Like Tom Brady, Spikes is not cooperating with the investigation.
You know, I’m beginning to sense that other teams’ fans are maybe a LITTLE BIT jealous of the Patriots going to the AFC Championship game every other year…
… and of course going to the Super Bowl 6 out of 14 years
I’m sensing THAT might have something to do with the jealous animosity as when the Falcons pipe in crowd noise or the Colts purposefully lose games to Suck for Luck – or the Jets coaches TRIP players running down the field, no one says much about the “integrity of the game” – including Jets fan Roger Goodell
It’s fun watching Bengals fans question the character of other organizations. I’m sure that’s a conversation they’re eager to have.
And in the end, the sad fact of reality is that he will be on somebody NFL roster soon.
Some teams cut and run from a player who more probable than not hit another car while he was driving drunk before the police take any action against him.
Other teams find out via hard evidence that their player beat his child with a weapon to point of causing cuts and bleeding and they “punish” him with 1 year paid vacation and welcoming him back to the team with open arms.
Now you tell me which one these organizations is the classless one.
He must’ve hit a John Deere.
How exactly does this reflect badly on the Patriots? Can’t wait to see them hoist the Championship Banner while the rest of you fans following losers get to witness greatness.
Wow, Patriots players just keep putting themselves on the news. Possibly another killing, could be human instead of deer. Obviously, he’s hiding something. Cheating organization leads to troubling one after another. And just keeps getting better and better.
That was one helluva hit the deer put on the car. The Pats have found a new linebacker!
He quite obviously did not “Do his job”.
I don’t know…when I am under the influence and rear end another car, I always claim it was a deer.
That’s one way to get out of a dui.
i like that his first instinct is to lie….you can take the player out of the Patriot Way but you cant take the Patriot Way out of the player.
Liars and Cheats.
cmsfl says:
Jun 8, 2015 10:24 AM
When you hit a Deer, glass from another car doesn’t turn up on your car.
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Unless it’s one tough ole Deer.
He wasn’t going to make the team anyway.
OnStar is only on GM products.
Spikes has proven he has no real discipline or loyalty to any team. Given a second chance he blows it, in a couple of weeks. Gee, Brandon they won a Superbowl without you, and you may be one of the reasons why! I always look to see what team will grab him when the dust settles down. There is always a desperate taker, but maybe not this time but likely than not, very sad the NFL keeps sinking lower and lower
. What a joker!
Of coarse he left his car. You hit a deer or a car you call police. You hit a deer or a car while high, you run hoping you sober up by the time they catch up to you.
NFL players are completely out of control and are taking the old dumb jock stereotype to a new level. These guys are damn near feral. It’s like watching Encino Man but instead of eating slurpees and doing gymnastics he wants to rape and commit crimes.
How can you fix stupid??? Stupid is as stupid does. Its high times in Beantown but Spikes is not welcome to the party.
The Patriots are competing with the 49ers for the worst off-season. As it stands it’s a push.
HA! For the next 24 hours I will actually like the Pats. I can not stand Spikes and it just shows how dumb and clueless this turd is. You get the chance to come back and play with the defending champs (cheaters but) and this is what you do? Hit and run?! What a loser! I guess he can block all the Pats fans again on his Twitter.
That wasn’t a deer it was a RAM.
all4patriots says:
The Patriots will not stand by someone who is guilty.
They stand by Brady just because he is 100% innocent.
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Actually, Kraft hasn’t stood by him at all. He caved.
Brady is defending himself on his own. Someone isn’t a team player here.
Amid the usual eye rolling lame, 3rd grade level comments here, I think his immediate release was obviously a combination of the drama surrounding Kraft & the Pats AND the fact they are pretty solid at ILB. Anything else is pure speculation and the usual juvenile crap here.
Throw our your pathetic Patriot hater comments. Then they will beat you and you can come here and cry.
Fans of the other 31 teams know whats coming. Fill my morning cup of coffee with your delicious, jealous anguised tears. I don’t even need cream and sugar.
ninerfan81 says:
Jun 8, 2015 10:23 AM
He was probably under the influence, he couldve really hurt someone.
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Just ask Aldon Smith, though he was so wasted he still doesn’t remember.
Maybe he gotta study the MassRMV book and figure it out.
The Pats decide to not stick up for a scumbag?
That’s new.
I guess that make-up kiss had a short expiration date… Why people are comparing rear-ending a car and leaving the scene with Tom Brady letting a bit of air out of some footballs is beyond me. Apples and oranges.
Same thing happened to lance Briggs. But since it was the Bears, they gave him a pay raise instead of cutting him.
Not saying Lance is a saint, but one difference is Lance didn’t rear-end anyone else.
blackstonevalleykettlebells says:
Jun 8, 2015 12:07 PM
How about the Patriots collecting $650 k from the national guard to have false honorings. NFL owners would take money from ISIS to line their pockets
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typical troll. Don’t bother to get your facts straight before spewing.
the Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers and St. Louis Rams all were paid by the federal government
patsfan wrote:
““This is Onstar. The sound you just heard was your career ending.””
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I literally LOL’d!
Oh Deer…
The tires were probably under-inflated too.
Spikes is innocent.
until proven guilty.
Is this America?
Scroll up to the top of this page and click the link called “Police Blotter”.
Aside from Hernandez the psychopath, you have to go back 4 years to find the first Patriots player on the list. And it was some BS charge against Edelman that some chick sucked him in to.
And you want to tell me about class and the Patriot way? Hate REALLY, REALLY clouds your judgement.
I’m so glad I’m on this side of the fight.
Obviously this doesn’t look good for him, but the fact that they cut him with out even an accusation of wrongdoing? Perhaps they know more than they want to…
In fact, according to the police blotter, there have been a grand total of 3 arrests of Patriot players over the past 6 1/2 years.
Yet it lists HUNDREDS of other players, coaches and front office staff from other teams. Mostly drug possession, DUI and assault.
Tell me more about how the Patriots are evil skum?
More like the model NFL team.
Being a Patriots hater must be such a helpless feeling.
They’re about to unveil their championship banner in less than 90 days. You all know Brady will be there one way or another. All punishment will likely be overturned by Goodell. If not, a judge will allow Brady’s suspension to be “suspended” pending a legal decision.
How will it look for the NFL if on opening night, the Super Bowl champions are celebrated on national TV, but the Super Bowl MVP is suspended due to allegations of cheating during the game that led up to the Super Bowl? The punishment will be overturned. You know it and I know it.
Then you’ll have to hear the phrase,, “The defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots” about 10,000 times over the course of the season.
So you can’t beat them on the field and you can’t beat them off the field. What a helpless feeling.
My team is better than your team because my team has betterer people. What a load. The current state of the NFL is one where every team front office picks up the newspaper while saying prayers. Teams are stuck with choosing between morality and winning.
Teams, and that includes my Seahawks, make a choice to pick a player who has great football skills and less than sterling life skills. They are rolling the dice on if the guy wilol produce enough for them to get to the next level before he implodes and gets arrested, suspended, busted on a drug test, or kicked out of the league for domestic violence or worse.
Every year we seem to have dozens of these incidents where playrs are screwing up their careers and the reputations of their teams by making stupid decisions.
Murder,rape, attempted rape, beating women, assault and battery, child abuse, gun charges, hit and run, DUI and drug busts. These are the examples of the new breed of NFL player.
I don’t know what the answer is. But it seems when you shove millions of dollars at young men they tend to get a false sense of their importance. These guys play a game. The problem is that the game generates billions of dollars and has millions of fans all saying their team is the bestest mostest cleanest and honorable organization because its felosn don’t match the level of the felons on your team.
The Pats are no better nor are they worse than any other team. I am not a Pats fan but they are just another sports organization that engages in the moral relativism of our time and culture. The Seahawks are the same.
If they win we cheer, and we hope that the good players stay out of trouble. If they lose we wish some other team’s good players could screw up just enough so that our team takes a chance on them.
Meanwhile players such as Russell Wilson are viewed as wierd? Tom Brady is detested as a cheat? Peyton Manning is reviled as a loser?
blackstonevalleykettlebells says:
Jun 8, 2015 12:07 PM
How about the Patriots collecting $650 k from the national guard to have false honorings. NFL owners would take money from ISIS to line their pockets
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How about another ignorant hater not having a clue? The Patriots are one of the teams that DID NOT shame themselves in that way. If you’re going to hate, at least be informed. Stick to the blog.
Since the beginning of last season, a combination of 9 Colts, Ravens, Jets, Bills and Dolphins players have been arrested for DUI, drug possession, assault, rape, weapons charges and resisting arrest.
Yet not a single Patriot for something as trivial as J walking.
You all live in some pretty serious glass houses.
Poor Spikes.
His ego must be totally deflated.
Can’t pin this one on the locker room attendant, had to release him.
Oh dear ! Another muppet bites the dust.
If the tires were about 2-3 PSI lower than the recommended level then we’d have a story.
And thus begins the cheaters curse. It started with a shady SB handed to them followed by a mass exodus. Buckle in folks.
Belichek is a genius!!
Yet not a single Patriot for something as trivial as J walking.
So, you’re saying the police in New England are in on the cover-up…got it.
Let’s face it, these commenters are right: rear-ending someone and not checking to see if they’re injured before you run away is exactly as bad as deflating footballs. Hope for humanity: raised.
Lose your job but avoid a DUI. Probably an easy choice because before the end of the year someone who needs a run stopping LB will pick him up.
Hey things are getting better. At least he didn’t murder anyone.
Maybe the Colts can hire him to be Irsay’s chauffeur.
I though SOP in NE was you had to sit down with Bobby K and gaze into his eyes to see if you are telling the truth or not?
Not a Pats fan but, why does everything have to relate back to “Deflategate”?
I respect the quick and decisive action taken by the NE Pats. Let it play out in the courts and judge from there.
Oh, and I have seen where “hitting a deer” could flip a full-size van, rip the fender off of an 18-wheeler, and do as little as push the headlight back on a Chevy Cavalier. Too many factors involved.
I think having a serial killer on staff picks up any slack. But keep telling yourselves your an upstanding organization pats fans if it makes you fell better.The rest of us will amuse in that mad scramble.
jimmyt says:
Jun 8, 2015 10:29 AM
Man, that is the most corrupt organization in sports.
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Given that they released him this as soon as it was confirmed that he left the scene of the accident your comment makes no sense.
PegulaBucks says:
Jun 8, 2015 12:42 PM
i like that his first instinct is to lie….you can take the player out of the Patriot Way but you cant take the Patriot Way out of the player.
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And the Pats have immediately released him. Contradicts your comment completely.
Plus a bunch of looser players. Way to go Brandon-my brother-in law-will appreciate your OFA’s (off field activities). He lives on Patriot lane in NJ and is a die hard Pats fan from R.I. You better have a good story?
Change the name to Tom Brady and Patriot fans will have a rally for the cheater.
Pats fans mostly have no problem with Hernandez being convicted with circumstantial evidence. They are glorying in the release of Spikes on what is, so far, circumstantial evidence. But they get apoplectic about anyone suggesting St. Tom be judged by circumstantial evidence.
Sounds like new england just rear ended him!
Yet another is a long line of former SEC players that royally SUCKED in the NFL.
Is this new HBO show “Ballers” going to be about the Pats?
Did the airbags properly inflate?
Ladies and Gents how would this have gone down had it been Gronk or brady.You got to luv the fake actions like they are some no nonsense franchise.That’s now the heading on moral authority.
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Cant wait to see how patsie fans work Rae Carruth and Aaron Rodgers into this one as an excuse for their player.
What’s the over/under on how many days until the Cowboys sign him?
When in Rome, do as the Romans.
When in N.E. lie as the Patriots.
He learned from Lance Briggs what to do when drunk and you hit something with your expensive car.
Pats… trying hard to become the Ravens and Niners.
RegisHawk says:
Jun 8, 2015 11:42 AM
…and let’s not forget Aaron Hernandez, who was murdering people while gainfully employed by the Pats.
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So you’re saying the Patriots KNEW he was murdering people and turned their heads and et it go? Is that what you’re saying here? Really?
You need to get a grip.
Spikes drives a $500k car and he makes $1.1 mil a year. Who’s his financial advisor?
Make “examples” out of the expendibles…
He’s just trying to lose weight by running home. Wait, does that not work in this case???
spikes was “in the club” when the deer was hit! it wasn’t him!
Patriots, a “Model Team”? Seriously? This from a team that repeatedly cheated because they were likely afraid they weren’t good enough to win without cheating.
I guess the Pats(ies) are a contradiction of the old saying that cheaters never prosper. You do if you are the Patriots..
As far as Spikes goes, I expect he had to come groveling and crawling back to Uncle Billy to try and get a job back. The Bills already told him he would have to try out and make the team in training camp. No way was he getting a huge raise to play part time. Likely his NFL career is over now. He didn’t exactly have a bidding war for his services.
Maybe Arena ball wants him, but I doubt it.
“getyourownname says:
Jun 8, 2015 3:42 PM
Pats fans mostly have no problem with Hernandez being convicted with circumstantial evidence. They are glorying in the release of Spikes on what is, so far, circumstantial evidence. But they get apoplectic about anyone suggesting St. Tom be judged by circumstantial evidence.”
With Hernandez, there were bodies.
With Spikes, there was the scene of a crime.
With Brady, there were footballs deflated exactly how you would expect them to be given the elements.
See the difference?
Yet another pats homer clinging to a 0.4 % chance of this happening naturally compered to the other teams balls.
You team with this current line up has about that chance to ever make it back to a SB w/o cheating.
“Patriots, a “Model Team”? Seriously? This from a team that repeatedly cheated because they were likely afraid they weren’t good enough to win without cheating.”
Like Troy Vincent, you have a weird idea of what “repeatedly” means.
In 2007, Belichick disagreed with the commissioner about what the videotaping rule was. So he ignored a league memo which, in his opinion, represented a false description of the rule. He shouldn’t have done that.
Seven and a half years later, a bunch of NFL executives, coordinating with the GM of the Colts, make a half-assed sting operation, with the intent of “proving” that the Patriots are cheating again. When they see a bunch of pressures at 11.5, a full psi lower than what they think they should be, they tell the Pats “you are in big f***ing trouble” and put the wheels in motion.
Some time in the next few days, somebody at the league office informs these execs that they’ve screwed up, big time. That in fact footballs lose pressure when they cool off, and that’s why the Pats lose 1 psi of pressure. So rather than admit that they made a mistake, these NFL execs double down on their mistake, apparently thinking that their position will let them get away with lying. (Hey, they’ve done so before!) So they leak a false story to Chris Mortensen saying that the footballs are 2 psi low, not 1 psi low. That’s a HUGE lie, since it puts the air pressures below what could possibly be explained by the laws of physics.
And then they hide the real pressures from the Pats for two months, while bringing in an inquisitor to try to nail the Pats. See, they figure that the Pats are really cheating, even if the evidence on this day doesn’t support that, so they are going to make sure they get a conviction. And hey, there’s a text message that uses the word “deflator”, which is surely a suspicious word for a person who works with footballs to use. (Right? – Wait, that argument doesn’t make sense, let’s move on.) We’ll pretend that “deflate” means the same thing as “cheat” and – tada!
“Yet another pats homer clinging to a 0.4 % chance of this happening naturally compered to the other teams balls.:”
Another math illiterate who only read the p-value from the Exponent report and didn’t look at all the assumptions that had to make to get that p-value. Did you notice they had to assume the following order of events:
1) Pats balls gauged first
2) Colts balls gauged second
3) Pats balls re-inflated and gauged
But the reason for only testing four Colts’ balls was because they “ran out of time”.
If, instead of comparing apples and oranges, you use the gas law to see what the temperature of the balls was likely to be, you see that the Pats’ footballs come in at the low 50s and the Colts’ come in at the 60s. So, no, the Pats’ balls were not suspiciously _low_ (and even Exponent doesn’t make that claim) – the Colts balls were _high_ if they were tested right at the start of halftime.
But of course they weren’t. They were tested after the Pats’ balls were re-inflated. Also, they weren’t as wet as the Pats’s balls, because they were in a plastic bag while the Pats’ balls weren’t (not to mention they were being used a lot more in the first half).
Rather than allowing for the different conditions, Exponent explicitly made an assumption that the conditions were the same. Why did they have to “assume” information about the timing of a process when the actual facts should have been available? That seems suspicious in and of itself. Surely they could have just asked Walt Anderson “What did you mean when you said you ran out of time – was testing the Colts’ footballs the last thing you did at halftime?” I bet the _knew_ what the real answer was, but rather than use an out-and-out lie as the basis for their argument, they pretended that this was some kind of mystery, and then they made an assumption that favored the desired result of guilt. They did the same thing when it came to making a judgment about which gauge was used.
This is what you get when you pay big money to a consulting firm to print the argument you want to hear.
He wasn’t really in much trouble during his first stint on the Patriots, not was he in trouble on Buffalo. He was just a goof. There wasn’t exactly a pattern of behavior. Then the Patriots cut him right away.
Exactly what they were supposed to do.
chuckshontaspads says:
Jun 8, 2015 10:46 AM
And the Ravens build a statue to 52….ugh
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52 defended himself, like Zimmermouse did, remember???
My prayers are for the deer. In a perfect world he should have run down Pat Bowlen’s kid, then he would really be the blood of the city.
nflrulebook says:
Jun 8, 2015 10:25 AM
Patriots don’t wait to get rid of their trash. Ravens build them statues.
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The Ravens’ statue is guilty of self-defense and obstruction of justice.
The Patriots trash are guilty of MULTIPLE counts of 1st-degree murder, DWI/DUI and lying on an animal.
BIG difference.
aquibtoleavedarrelleleaveus says:
Jun 8, 2015 4:00 PM
Cant wait to see how patsie fans work Rae Carruth and Aaron Rodgers into this one as an excuse for their player.
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Former player. As for Carruth and Rogers, one’s a convicted murderer and the other an admitted cheater. What’s your point?
larrydavid815 says:
Jun 8, 2015 10:23 AM
Why does this guy need a half a million dollar car?_________________________________________
I’ll give you a hint, it rhymes with trigger itch.
New England residents are the biggest scumbags ever
I speak the truth
“fanofpft says:
Jun 8, 2015 6:04 PM
Yet another pats homer clinging to a 0.4 % chance of this happening naturally compered to the other teams balls.
You team with this current line up has about that chance to ever make it back to a SB w/o cheating.”
You should do some research yourself before you go believing every word Exponent tells you. The people that said second hand smoke is no big deal!
The guy a few posts up explained it, but it’s fairly obvious the first order of business at half time was measure Pats balls, record measurements, inflate Pats balls, record measurements, measure 4 Colts balls OH WE RAN OUT OF TIME. Think the Colts balls may have been a bit warmer being inside about 10 minutes longer than the Pats balls based on this order of things? Exponent doesn’t factor this into their analysis, oddly enough.
getyourownname says:
Jun 8, 2015 3:42 PM
Pats fans mostly have no problem with Hernandez being convicted with circumstantial evidence. They are glorying in the release of Spikes on what is, so far, circumstantial evidence. But they get apoplectic about anyone suggesting St. Tom be judged by circumstantial evidence.
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Hernandez had a mountain of circumstantial and forensic evidence against him. He was cut because of his apparent involvement in murder. Spikes left the scene of an apparent hit and run. Once it became clear that Spikes was in the car you had enough to know the story. Spikes left the scene of an accident and for all he knew left people for dead.
The Wells report is full of holes and even acknowledges that they could not determine that intentional deflation even happened. And IF it was intentional the “crime” is manipulating footballs. On par with spraying silicone on lineman’s jerseys or stickum on receivers hands/gloves, and far less egregious than say…pumping in crowd noise.
The idea that you can even draw a comparison between the acts of Hernandez/Spikes and deflategate shows what a sad, pathetic person you really are.
beerndrums says:
Jun 8, 2015 7:23 PM
New England residents are the biggest scumbags ever
I speak the truth
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Your voice get muffled when your pants are up.
Just another Pats player brought up in an organization that promotes cheating and dishonesty.
Too bad they’ll have never won a SB without asterisks.
They’re great like Lance Armstrong is great.
The fumbles prove they’re DSC.
Documented
Serial
Cheaters
Deergate… The tires were deflated, but the Pats will cover it up.
beerndrums says:
Jun 8, 2015 7:23 PM
New England residents are the biggest scumbags ever
I speak the truth
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Also have no idea what punctuation is. New England residents don’t give 2 chits what loser, illiterate dolts think about us. As a matter of fact we pity your ignorance.
After the 50th reference the deflated balls references cease to be funny, witty or original. Maybe, just maybe an original take? Too much to ask?
chargerpower says:
Jun 8, 2015 11:10 AM
The Patriots are the new Raiders taking every scum and letting him play on there team so they can cheat to another super bowl win
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Booohoooooohooooo.
The Patriots are playing for championships not merit badges. Worry about the chargers finishing ahead of the raiders this year.
You should do some research yourself before you go believing every word Exponent tells you. The people that said second hand smoke is no big deal!
The guy a few posts up explained it, but it’s fairly obvious the first order of business at half time was measure Pats balls, record measurements, inflate Pats balls, record measurements, measure 4 Colts balls OH WE RAN OUT OF TIME. Think the Colts balls may have been a bit warmer being inside about 10 minutes longer than the Pats balls based on this order of things? Exponent doesn’t factor this into their analysis, oddly enough.
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Then why are the effects of ‘warming” not shown on the balls measured?
Riddle me that robin hoo hoo.
They should be going up as they get measured. When in fact the lowest measured was pats ball 10/11. And Colts final ball measured.
A happy Bills fan here smiling on this tool who got what he deserved when he left the Bills for the New England Paycheatzz.
Does it matter what he said, or who he hit? The Patriots are institutionally incapable of telling the truth much less at 4 in the morning.
Man I’m thirsty, Barkeep another glass of haters tears please. There’s so much of em this year the stuffs cheap as heck. Keep em coming boys!
I think Spikes is a valuable run defender. Somebody will grab him
This guy failed my idiot test as soon as I found out he drove a 2011 Maybach. Only the dumbest of dumb rich people pay $300,000 for a $75,000 Mercedes S500 with fancy seats and a two-tone paint job.
nepatriot1 says:
The Patriots are playing for championships not merit badges. Worry about the chargers finishing ahead of the raiders this year.
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Of all the worries the Chargers might have – that isn’t one of them.
All teams have an entire department devoted to vetting players before they bring them into the organization. All the signs were there about Hernandez, but they drafted him and paid him a ton on his next contract. They knew his character was less than desirable…they were just hoping it wouldn’t blow up in their faces (ie: go out and kill whoever you want, just don’t get caught). It blew up in their faces.
People in denial like you need to get a grip.
He said Tom Brady let the air out of his tires. Of course Tom will deny everything,………..
Another loser on a team of cheaters and losers,…….
nflrulebook
Jun 8, 2015, 10:25 AM EDT
Patriots don’t wait to get rid of their trash. Ravens build them statues.
Lol ..This is great!!
😜😂😂😂😂
Patriots will build Tom Brady a statue. However, the sculptor will cheat and not build it from bronze like the Ray Lewis statue. Rather it will be a blow-up. That way they can let a little air out of it to capture the essence of Tom Brady.
Patriots have zero tolerance for cheating off-the-field, however, on-the-field it is legend asterisk.