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Takeo Spikes

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Los Angeles Chargers · ILB

Takeo Spikes recorded 216 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 15 rostered seasons with San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals.

▶Best highlights

5.0

tackles/gm

0

playoff games

15

indexed seasons

216

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Takeo Spikes's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
2001
BALTIMORERAVENS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
SEP 23, 2001

Baltimore Ravens vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Sep 23, 2001

5 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Regular Season
2001
CINCINNATIBENGALS
TENNESSEETITANS
JAN 6, 2002

Cincinnati Bengals vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Jan 6, 2002

6 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2004
BUFFALOBILLS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 19, 2004

Buffalo Bills vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 19, 2004

3 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Regular Season
2004
MIAMIDOLPHINS
BUFFALOBILLS
OCT 17, 2004

Miami Dolphins vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Oct 17, 2004

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Regular Season
2001
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DETROITLIONS
OCT 28, 2001

Cincinnati Bengals vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Oct 28, 2001

9 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Takeo Spikes's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 16 total tackles

Regular Season
2010
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
DEC 5, 2010

San Francisco 49ers vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Dec 5, 2010

16 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career highs: 2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss

Regular Season
2001
CINCINNATIBENGALS
TENNESSEETITANS
JAN 6, 2002

Cincinnati Bengals vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Jan 6, 2002

6 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 quarterback hits

Regular Season
2008
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
SEP 28, 2008

San Francisco 49ers vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Sep 28, 2008

6 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career high: 2 forced fumbles

Regular Season
2004
CLEVELANDBROWNS
BUFFALOBILLS
DEC 12, 2004

Cleveland Browns vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Dec 12, 2004

4 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 interceptions

Regular Season
2003
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
BUFFALOBILLS
SEP 7, 2003

New England Patriots vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 7, 2003

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 2 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Takeo Spikes's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1992–2002

01
CINSPIKES—Takeo Spikes
CINDILLON28Corey Dillon
CINPICKENS81Carl Pickens

Instability overwhelms individual talent

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Cincinnati went fourteen seasons without a winning record even as Dillon and a handful of draft successes supplied isolated excellence.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

02
BUFSPIKES—Takeo Spikes
BUFMOULDS80Eric Moulds
BUFJACKSON22Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Franchise era

1999–2012

03
PHISPIKES—Takeo Spikes
PHIMCNABB5Donovan McNabb
PHIDAWKINS20Brian Dawkins

Five NFC title games make contention routine

Philadelphia Eagles · Reid and McNabb

Andy Reid and McNabb created the franchise's most sustained run of success and reached Super Bowl XXXIX after four straight NFC title-game appearances.

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Franchise era

1999–2010

04
SFSPIKES—Takeo Spikes
SFOWENS81Terrell Owens
SFGARCIA5Jeff Garcia

Brief Owens–Garcia fireworks precede a rebuild

San Francisco 49ers · The long reset

An explosive early-2000s offense supplied one last playoff comeback before instability took over and Willis became the next defensive foundation.

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Franchise era

2010–2016

05
LACSPIKES—Takeo Spikes
LACRIVERS17Philip Rivers
LACWEDDLE32Eric Weddle

Rivers keeps a changing roster competitive

Los Angeles Chargers · The final San Diego seasons

Rivers remained prolific as the roster turned over and the franchise prepared to leave the city that had housed it for 56 years.

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Career accomplishments

First-team All-Pro · 2004Pro Bowl selection · 2003, 200415 NFL seasons216 career games693 career solo tackles29 career sacksDrafted by: CINDraft pick: 13Jersey: 510 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 6, 1998Most recent: Dec 30, 2012

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history