Yup! I was thinking the same thing. I think I'm going to have the front plate in addition to another plate similar to this:
And have the 2 bolted together for some nice triangulation.
It should end up carrying most of the weight. I might switch over to angle iron to save some weight and still be able to change the plugs with the bracket on. I might not, and just change the plugs now and cuss at myself about it again in 50K miles.