Free-agent linebacker Brandon Spikes could end up being a free agent a while longer thanks to a tweet he posted in the aftermath of the Aaron Hernandez murder verdict.
“I’m confused about the justice system these days,” Spikes (a former teammate of Hernandez’s at Florida and with the Patriots) tweeted in scream-at-your-eyeballs all caps after the finding of guilt was announced.
There’s nothing to be confused about. The evidence, while circumstantial, was overwhelming. Ultimately, Hernandez’s lawyer conceded that the former Patriots tight end witnessed the killing. Which when coupled with surveillance footage generated by cameras Hernandez placed in and around his home made no sense.
The theory thrown at the wall like a glob of mud by Hernandez’s attorney meant that Hernandez invited the guy (Carlos Ortiz or Ernest Wallace) who had just shot and killed Odin Lloyd back to Hernandez’s home, where Hernandez’s infant daughter was sleeping.
If Spikes should be confused about anything, he should be confused about that. And if he continues to linger on the open market after coming close to breaking out one of the Pouncey twins “Free Hernandez” hats, Spikes shouldn’t be confused about that.