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Bucs' Koetter confident Miko Grimes won't be a team distraction

BOCA RATON — Like Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht, head coach Dirk Koetter says he is confident cornerback Brent Grimes’ wife, Miko, will not become a distraction for his team

Koetter is so confident, in fact, that he didn’t see a need to discuss Miko Grimes’ history of publicly criticizing her husband’s teams and teammates during the Bucs’ courting of Brent Grimes during free agency.

“We already had a relationship with Miko,’’ Koetter said, referring to Grimes tenure in Atlanta, where Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith was head coach and Koetter was offensive coordinator.

“I knew Miko in Atlanta.