My Brent Grimes Rant

[Peyton]

I've never seen a guy under a bigger microscope by a fanbase than this guy. Since he was benched early in the year last year, the guy has done nothing but steadily improve and ball his ass off.

Yet every week a decent portion of the fans are wanting to give his job to Chris Owens.

I mean, when QBs even throw at Grimes now, they are throwing nothing but comebacks and quick slants, and not even having good success with those.

But if he does give up a couple of 9 yard hooks to an All Pro like Fitzgerald, people feel the need to point it out that he did so? Even if the score is 34-7 Falcons at the time and the defense is intentionally playing soft.

And any time the Falcons give up a big play - it's Grimes fault. It doesn't matter if Grimes lined up on the far side of the field and chased the guy all the way down and missed on a diving tackle attempt after the guy had blown through the whole defense - it's Grimes fault.

People blame him on the Mendenhall run, and unfortunately D. Ledbetter fueled that fire, but that is wrong as well. Peterson got blown out of his gap on that play, the RB went inside of him, Lofton was nowhere to be seen, and the safeties had both either made bad decisions or taken bad angles - but it must have been all Grimes fault.

Fortunately I know the coaches can see how he is playing, and dude is locked in at LCB.

But still, it kind of irritates me.

And that's all I have to say about that.