Quote Originally Posted by steelblood
Quote Originally Posted by RuthlessBurgher
Regarding Spikes, if Laurinaitis and Maualuga fall into round 2 last year, then I think that Spikes will be a round 2 candidate this year as well (maybe late round 1 since teams saw the immediate impact that James and Rey had on their teams last year, but I don't see value at #18 for him like there would be with McClain...who also has some experience playing ILB in the 3-4 in college, by the way). I think Spikes hurt his stock by staying in school another year, while McClain improved his stock.
McClain is superior to Spikes because of his instincts and tenacity.

But, I really don't see Spikes slipping to the second round, and I feel comparing him to Laurinaitis (a far inferior athlete) is very unfair. Spikes is also a much more fluid athlete than Malauluga who many worried was too stiff for coverage. Finally, I feel like Malaualuga's success will help Spikes draft stock. At this point, I think Spikes will be drafted between 12 and 25.
Spikes is also very good at gouging out people's eyes, giving his team a much better chance to win.