Takeo Spikes is done for the season

The Eagles' starting weakside linebacker is out for the season with a torn rotator cuff. He'll have surgery on Friday.

Spikes was most emotional about the fact that he won't get the chance to play against Buffalo here in Philly in the last week of the season. Andy Reid said that, had the Eagles not been eliminated from the playoff picture, Spikes would still b headed to injured reserve, but Spikes himself seemed unconvinced, since he atually finished Sunday's game with the injury.

Akeem Jordan will likely take Spikes' place in the base defense, with third-round draft pick Stewart Bradley coming in for nickel situations. In other words, in the base it's Gocong, Gaither and Jordan, and in the nickel it's Gaither and Bradley.