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Brent Grimes signs his franchise tender
Atlanta Falcons cornerback Brent Grimes signed his franchise tender on Tuesday, which will pay him $10.431 million this coming season.
Grimes missed one day of voluntary workouts, but it just so happens that earlier today the Falcons were reportedly working on acquiring Eagles cornerback Asante Samuel. Which looks like it may have prompted Grimes to sign his tender.
Even though...
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April 25, 2012
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April 25, 2012
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Grimes signs franchise tender
Cornerback Brent Grimes signed his one-year franchise tender with the Atlanta Falcons, the team announced. Grimes will earn $10.3 million in 2012 if he doesn't agree to a long-term contract before mid-July. Grimes, an undrafted free agent in 2006 who was on the team’s practice squad for all but the final two games of 2007, went to the Pro Bowl in 2010 and is considered one...
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April 24, 2012
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April 24, 2012
By Courting Asante Samuel, Atlanta Falcons Wrap Up Brent Grimes
The news broke early this morning that the Atlanta Falcons had entered into trade discussions with the Philadelphia Eagles for cornerback Asante Samuel. Only a few hours later, it was reported that Falcons cornerback Brent Grimes – who had been given the Franchise tag in March – had finally signed his tender offer. File under: Coincidences that are not.
Grimes had...
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April 24, 2012
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April 24, 2012
CB Brent Grimes is unhappy with the Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons used their franchise tag on CB Brent Grimes, and he is not happy with the franchise’s move. According to his agent, Ben Dogra, the cornerback does not plan to sign the franchise tag from the Atlanta Falcons. “We have no plans to sign the tag at this time. We hope to be able to continue to discuss all the issues at the appropriate time”, said...
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March 04, 2012
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March 04, 2012
Brent Grimes won’t sign franchise tender
According to D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constituion, cornerback Brent Grimes doesn’t plan on signing his franchise tender.
“We have no plans to sign the tag at this time,” said Ben Dogra, Grimes’ agent per the AJC. “We hope to be able to continue to discuss [through] all the issues at the appropriate time.”
Since Grimes won’t sign the tender, he won’t...
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March 03, 2012
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March 03, 2012
Falcons place franchise tag on cornerback Grimes
The Atlanta Falcons are placing the franchise tag on cornerback Brent Grimes, assuring he will receive more than $10 million if he signs the tender.
Grimes, who led the team with 17 passes defensed in 2011, is one of the most important names in an unusually large class of 17 unrestricted free agents. Other top Atlanta free agents include linebacker Curtis Lofton, who led the team...
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March 02, 2012
Breaking: The Atlanta Falcons Franchised Brent Grimes But He’s Not Going To Sign Off.
The Atlanta Falcons are one of the latest teams to use the franchise tag to keep a potential free agent from testing the open market. In that motion, they secured the services of stand-out corner back Brent Grimes; or have they?
Please click the link to find out how Grimes plans to handle this situation.
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March 02, 2012
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March 02, 2012
Falcons to franchise CB Grimes
With only three days left before the deadline to do so, the Falcons announced that they will place the franchise tag on starting left cornerback Brent Grimes, a Pro-Bowler in 2010, keeping him off the market for at least a year and guaranteeing Grimes a salary of approximately 10 million virtually a four-fold increase over his 2.61 million salary of last season.
Speaking on the...
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March 02, 2012
Minnesota Vikings Possible 2012 NFL Free Agent Pickups: CB Brent Grimes
It’s obvious the Minnesota secondary is in need of some serious upgrading. Brent Grimes is a player who can immediately do just that. Grimes just finished his 5th season as an Atlanta Falcon, and will be testing the free agent waters in 2012. For his career Grimes has totaled 216 tackles, 56 pass deflections, and 13 interceptions. His best season came last year with 76 tackles...
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January 16, 2012
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January 16, 2012
The Atlanta Falcons lose CB Brent Grimes for a few weeks
The Atlanta Falcons will be without 28-year old CB Brent Grimes for the next few weeks due to minor knee surgery. He has played in 11 games for the Falcons so far this year and he has 42 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 1 interception and 12 passes defensed. Grimes has now played in 57 games in his first five years in the NFL and he has 241 tackles, 5 tackles for a loss, 1 forced fumble...
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November 30, 2011
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