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Falcons Can't Afford to Try to Cut Corners When it Comes to Special Teams

The most underpaid player on the Atlanta Falcons this season was cornerback Brent Grimes ($392,000). The next most underpaid player was probably middle linebacker Curtis Lofton (about $450,000). And then comes kicker Matt Bryant ($755,000). You know about Grimes, the undrafted rookie free agent out of Shippensburg. He had...

Brent Grimes Deserves Pro Bowl Nod Without Scorn From Falcons' Fans

What do the Atlanta Falcons really think about their cornerbacks, Dunta Robinson and Brent Grimes? The Falcons were 13-3 in the regular season with steady play from Grimes and Robinson, but when Aaron Rodgers shredded Atlanta in a playoff game for 366 yards it opened a debate. Robinson, who came to Atlanta as a free...

Falcons Making Sure They Fully Grasp New Playoff OT Scenarios

Here is the scenario in overtime this Saturday when the Packers play the Falcons in the Georgia Dome. Green Bay wins the toss to begin the OT and receives the kick and starts to move down the field. Brent Grimes, the Falcons' cornerback, swipes an Aaron Rodgers pass. Grimes does not have an open field in front of him as...

Week 17 IDP Sleepers: Veteran Takeo Spikes Still Brings the Heat

There weren't any scrubs in my Week 16 selections this week, and one of the linebackers I recommended -- Lions MLB DeAndre Levy -- contributed the highest-scoring week of any fantasy LB by returning a Chad Henne interception 30 yards for the game-winning score. Aside from his glorious IDP dream play, Levy (just 6 percent...

Week 17 IDP Rankings: Defensive Backs

After a relatively slow start from an IDP perspective, Chiefs safety Eric Berry is having a monster rookie season. The highly-touted first-round draft pick had 27 total tackles in his first five games, but hadn't figured in a turnover (no FF, FR or INTs) or even had a tipped pass. In Week 7, Berry came alive, picking off...

Brent Grimes News From the Web

05/16/12 The Latest Buzz on Every NFL Player Stuck with a... Source: Bleacher Report For the 2012 NFL season, 21 teams applied the franchise tag before the free-agency period began.
05/06/12 Falcons GM Dimitroff's 1st Post-Draft Priority:... Source: Bleacher Report Now that the Atlanta Falcons are done with the draft and have brought in the talented Asante Samuel, the top priority for Atlanta is to have Brent Grimes come back for a long-term contract.
04/24/12 Grimes signs franchise tender Source: NBC - WYFF 4 - Greenville SC Cornerback Brent Grimes signed his one-year franchise tender with the Atlanta Falcons, the team announced.
04/24/12 Samuel rumor may have pushed Brent Grimes to sign... Source: NFL Atlanta Falcons cornerback Brent Grimes ' "holdout" this offseason lasted all of one day.
04/23/12 Atlanta Falcons to begin offseason workouts sans Brent... Source: NFL The Atlanta Falcons begin their voluntary offseason workout program Monday, and they're expected to do so without cornerback Brent Grimes.