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On Brent Grimes' stat page, as on all stat pages on NFL.com, is the web site's standard promo: "cast your Pro Bowl vote."Not enough were cast for Grimes (right), even though he's made more plays than any cornerback in the NFL. Doesn't matter. He's an undrafted free agent from Shippensburg who's in his first season as a full-time starter for Atlanta. Those guys don't get voted to the Pro Bowl over ...
DeAngelo Hall, showboat (troublemaker) extraordinaire; Charles Woodson, aging former Heisman winner and 2009 defensive player of the year and Asante Samuel, who makes big plays and also gives them up.
We know them. We don't know Brent Grimes.
Yes, the Pro Bowl voting is predictable, a popularity contest among fans and players and coaches, each of whom make up a third of the vote. And once again, a lot of players not voted in -- perhaps including Brent Grimes -- will be playing. Because the object for a lot of NFL players is to make the Pro Bowl, collect your Pro Bowl bonus, and then skip out with an injury. Or "injury.'' Or just say you don't feel like playing.
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