Both Spikes and Cunningham ran poorly at their Pro days. Spikes clocked in at over 5 seconds and Cunninham was clocked in over .20 worse than a previous time. Cunningham even tripped and fell down at the end of his run.
Both players were obviously on the Patriots radar.
Both players played under Meyer who has a great relationship with Belichick and therefore would have known they were on the Patriots radar.
With three 2nd round picks, the Patriots had the ammo to grab both at a point in the draft both would be happy with.
My point? Well, let me put it this way.
If two players wanted to be picked by the Patriots, one way to increase the odds of such an outcome would be to deliberately tank their workouts in front of other scouts and then show their stuff to BB and the rest of the Patriots scouts.
It turns out that the Patriots did not attend their pro days but instead worked them out privately the very next day. Coincidence?
I just find it hard to believe that Spikes really runs a 5+ forty. The guy plays a heck of a lot faster than that. And Cunningham falling down.....Hmmm, makes me wonder.
Belichick's new nickname should be Slim Shady..... And I completely LOVE it!
);p
