Many things went wrong with the Bucs defense in a disappointing 2018 season, but Thursday brought a clearer picture of one problem: Veteran cornerback Brent Grimes, speaking on his wife Miko’s podcast, said he didn’t like being asked to shadow an opponent’s top receiver, saying the Bucs weren’t paying him enough money to ask him to do that.



“I couldn’t agree with it. It’s just disrespectful,” Grimes said of a four-time Pro Bowl player being asked to cover a top receiver on every play. “It fucked up my whole vibe for the whole year, to be completely honest.”



Grimes, 35 and now an unrestricted free agent, missed the first two games of the season with an injury, and said he took exception in Week 3 when coaches asked him to shadow Steelers receiver Antonio Brown on Monday Night Football. Defenses can either keep cornerbacks on one side and cover whichever receiver lines up there, or they can have their best...