Mike Tomlin wouldn’t have cared what approach Xavier Grimble took. Run over. Go around. Pull out a hidden jetback and fly over the Denver safety into the end zone. At the end of the day, his mission was clear. Score. And Grimble didn’t, instead fumbling the football out of the back of the end zone.
At his usual Tuesday press conference, Tomlin was asked about Grimble’s comments of trying to run over safety Will Parks into the end zone.
“I’m not getting into that,” Tomlin said. “Put the ball in the end zone.