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http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/21/3770292/miami-dolphins-brent-grimes-focused.html
Through 11 weeks of the NFL season, Grimes has shown that happy-go-lucky can work just as well — if not better — than fire-and-brimstone.
Simply put, he just might be the lockdown corner the Dolphins have searched for since the days of Patrick Surtain and Sam Madison.
The scouting website Pro Football Focus ranks Grimes as the third-best corner in the league. He has three interceptions. He hasn’t allowed a touchdown all season. Quarterbacks have a rating of just 62.4 when throwing to his coverage area.
And he has done it without a lot of help. Fellow Dolphins corner Dimitri Patterson estimates the coaches ask Grimes to play man-to-man between 80 and 90 percent of the time — a figure Grimes didn’t dispute.
“He goes after the ball, aggressive at the point of attack, real athletic,” Patterson said.
Added Grimes: “We play a lot of coverages where we’re just out there playing.”
A perfect example: Grimes’ game-altering interception in last Sunday’s victory against San Diego.
Chargers receiver Vincent Brown tried to fool Grimes with a double-move. It didn’t work.
“I just reacted, flipped my hips and ran,” Grimes explained. “I was tracking the ball and made a play. It wasn’t anything, really.”
That’s the kind of humility that makes Grimes a refreshing change of pace in a league where many defensive backs talk as much (if not more) as they cover.
Little big man might be our MVP so far :up:
Through 11 weeks of the NFL season, Grimes has shown that happy-go-lucky can work just as well — if not better — than fire-and-brimstone.
Simply put, he just might be the lockdown corner the Dolphins have searched for since the days of Patrick Surtain and Sam Madison.
The scouting website Pro Football Focus ranks Grimes as the third-best corner in the league. He has three interceptions. He hasn’t allowed a touchdown all season. Quarterbacks have a rating of just 62.4 when throwing to his coverage area.
And he has done it without a lot of help. Fellow Dolphins corner Dimitri Patterson estimates the coaches ask Grimes to play man-to-man between 80 and 90 percent of the time — a figure Grimes didn’t dispute.
“He goes after the ball, aggressive at the point of attack, real athletic,” Patterson said.
Added Grimes: “We play a lot of coverages where we’re just out there playing.”
A perfect example: Grimes’ game-altering interception in last Sunday’s victory against San Diego.
Chargers receiver Vincent Brown tried to fool Grimes with a double-move. It didn’t work.
“I just reacted, flipped my hips and ran,” Grimes explained. “I was tracking the ball and made a play. It wasn’t anything, really.”
That’s the kind of humility that makes Grimes a refreshing change of pace in a league where many defensive backs talk as much (if not more) as they cover.
Little big man might be our MVP so far :up:
