Feeling disrespected over a mere $7 million paycheck, Brent Grimes admitted he did not want to cover Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers asked him to this season.

That startling admission was made by the former Dolphins cornerback on his wife’s podcast this week.

And while we in South Florida have made it a point to ignore the Kardashian — er, Grimes — soap opera in the three seasons since they were kindly asked to depart Miami, this one is so far off the charts, we must make an exception.

“It’s just disrespectful,” he said of the assignment.

Think about it. An NFL cornerback saying it’s disrespectful for his coaches to ask him to cover a receiver.

The topic came up when wife Miko asked Brent to review his season, undoubtedly his last with the Bucs and, now that he’s a 35-year-old bitter free agent, likely his last in the NFL.

“I don’t feel like I had a bad year,” he said.

He’d get some push-back on that. For what it’s worth, Pro Football Focus rated him 86th of 121 corners. Anyway, Grimes said he agreed to the $7 million deal with the Bucs. Then came Week 3 against Pittsburgh.

“And then they start asking me to follow people,” he said. “And I just was tired of every year in my career I don’t get any type of, like respect, for what I do and … “

Sorry, but we must call a 30-second timeout here, folks.

Grimes was named to four Pro Bowls. Despite spending only three seasons in Miami, he was named to the Dolphins’ 50th anniversary team. But he doesn’t get any type of respect. Gotcha. We now return you to our regularly scheduled whining.

“ … And y’all hit me with the seven (million) and then we get to a game with Antonio Brown and now it’s ‘follow receivers’ and I just couldn’t agree with it, ‘cause it’s disrespectful, ‘cause people that follow receivers all the time, unless they’re on a rookie contract or trying to get paid, are usually making $13-$15 million a year.”

Miko: “Right. And they were arguing with me just to get us up to $7 million guaranteed and then they made me give the other three on incentives. So if they knew that you were capable of guarding the No. 1 receiver on all these teams — because you were going to play Julio twice, Odell, A.J. Green — they wanted you to shadow all these No. 1 receivers but they wanted to pay you $7 million a year.”

Brent: “Yeah. That’s not right. It’s disrespectful and I just (bleeped) up my whole vibe for the whole year, just to be completely honest.”

His whole vibe was (bleeped) up, but he didn’t have a bad year?

Grimes played 13 games in 2018 but did not have an interception for the first time in his career. And for the record, the Steelers won that game 30-27 and Brown had six receptions for 50 yards and a touchdown.

It should come as no surprise that a couple of swipes at the Dolphins were included in the podcast. Miko mentioned that Mike Tannenbaum was being reassigned off his role as head of football operations.

“I think he’s got Steve Ross nudes or something,” she said. “Why would they keep him? He’s terrible.”

Quarterback Ryan Tannehill, a favorite target of Miko’s, also was ripped.

“If they keep Tannehill, it’s the same (bleep),” Miko said.

Keep in mind, she also blasted Tannehill while Brent was on the Dolphins, putting him in an awkward position if there ever was one. At the time, he insisted she doesn’t speak for him.

Well, maybe she does. Right after Miko ripped Ryan, Brent chimed in.

“Pretty much,” he said.

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