Wish him the best…really liked him as a player and person. Good luck Grimes

I like Grimey, but he’s too good. We’ve got too much money wrapped up in Dunta. We can’t afford to spend big dollars on two CBs. Additionally, if the Falcons do bring in a DC that does more press coverage, that’s going to fit DR’s skillset much better than Grimes. Likewise, with both Dominique Franks and Darrin Walls being over 6’ – they’ll fit press coverage better than a smaller Grimes would.

I’d love to have him back, but I think he’s going to follow the money (as he should).

Look what happened to the Jets and Eagles, who spent too much money on CB, neither team made the playoffs.

Better spent on locking up Lofton, and signing a Guard (and possibly LT). Franks performed well down the stretch in his absence, has the size and speed to be our #2. We may finally see pre-knee injury Dunta next year which would be fantastic.

Until they found out who our new dc is. Wish him the best and hopefully doesn’t waste his skills on a non-contender

So it’s not a shock. His wife continuously talks shit about Falcon fans…

So it’s probably for the best. I get the feeling he feels that way too, he just doesn’t want to say it. (and she has hinted at as much).

I like him as a player and he will be missed. But at the same time, I like to see what the young’ns will do… and I really don’t mind being free of his wife. She is a mess.

Big changes are gonna happen. He may not go anywhere. He is probably going to ask for way too much money for TD to handle. Dunta is 57 million right?
We have to fix the line. We can’t have Brees sitting back there for 5-8 seconds and picking us apart. NO ONE CAN DEFEND THAT LONG!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnS3Nd9lUhA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

This will help us more than hinder us. If we are going switch to a more aggressive style of defense, then his importance will diminish significantly. He’s a below average tackler and gets beat at the line of scrimmage by most receivers in the league. Dunta is marginally better in both of these aspects. I am not downplaying Grimes’ ability, but he suddenly becomes replaceable if we do switch schemes. Not to mention, the big money we would be paying him can now go towards other needs. Grimes was a standout player on an average defense. I’d rather have a standout defense with average players.

I hope Falcons work out a deal with Grimes if the new Co-ordinator wants him. Franks has been good but he gave up two big plays against the Giants. Franks gave up 2 TDs against the giants and 1 TD against the saints along with an interception against Saints. Franks is young and hopefully he can turnaround like Chris Owens did in last few games.

He was fun to watch and made some great hustle plays. But if his asking price is gonna be high, you just can’t wrap up too much money in him (a CB) with all of the other needs out there.

Grimes isn’t a shut-down corner. Are there even half a dozen of those left in the league? Even one or two? You just need above average ones. I’m much more interested in paying big money to pass rushers and other positions.

You excel at settleing everyone down. Tks

Grimes is my favourite Falcon and I’ll be ripped, but understanding if he leaves. Just not the Cowboys. I fucking hate Dallas, seeing him in that lone star… shudder

Yes I loved Grimes but this will turn into a nnamdi senario where hell get overpaid for his skills, and hes either going to dallas who needs a corner and jerry will give him the money. With the play of franks well be fine, mayock said he could be the steal of that draft well hes playing like it. Dude ran a 4.55 40 but on the field he is the fastest player even dblock said so. Hes go the stuff u cant coach game speed reaction time, (pick on the willy mo tip) even ownes was balling too well be good, just get a REAL FS NOT Thomas DeCLOUD coverage

He’s our best corner, and he’s a guy who went undrafted out of Shippensburg, worked his way up through NFL Europa onto our practice squad. He capitalized on every opportunity he was given, and steadily improved his play. The guy is a hard-worker, and our whole team has been helped because we’ve been underpaying him the last few years.

Does that mean we’ll resign him? No one knows. Until we have a DC who can review our personnel and decide how much ($) we’d like to have him back, there’s no way to know. This is standard contract year stuff; remember Stephen Nicholas pining like a 14 year old girl about the Detroit Lions defense? This is just part of the business, y’all.

He’s one of my favourite players and a top CB in the league so if he goes I don’t see it making us better. I think his athleticism more than makes up for his height but some of these people may actually know more than me about his man coverage skills. That said I do understand that he may not be the best fit for us in a more agressive scheme and I do not think he should be our top priority this off season, maybe 2nd-4th but I do belive Lofton should be top, Simply because he’s our defensive leader and we do not have anyone who could come in and take his place.