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To quote Rex Ryan, "I love being right about the guy". I never got the fear that everyone had about this guy. Said he was Lito Sheppard 2.0 and a boom or bust type of player. I was pretty much right.
Here is what Jaws and Hoge had to say:
Tom Brady will pick on Jets’ weak link, Antonio Cromartie | ProFootballTalk
I don't have Baldinger's exact quotes, but Baldinger, a Jets homer, trashed Cromartie on NFL Networks' Playbook saying he can look good against the bad teams, but gets eaten alive by good teams. He showed film of Cromartie getting totally burned on a comeback route to Branch and how he got totally juked out on the Branch TD.
I do think one of the guys on defense most responsible for giving up all those points the last time the Pats and Jets met is the guy who talked the most. Brady and Branch feasted on him last time and if he is on Branch again, they probably will today.
Here is what Jaws and Hoge had to say:
“Cromartie doesn’t play this right,” Hoge said. “Cromartie has to do a better job at the line of scrimmage by using his hands. He’s an amazing athlete, but fundamentally he is not very good. He doesn’t have the structure to be a consistently great cover guy. He has the skill set to be that but he is not fundamentally sound.”
Ron Jaworski and Sal Paolantonio both noted that when offenses need a big play against the Jets, they throw in Cromartie’s direction
“You’re watching offenses now target Cromartie,” Jaworski said, showing tape from the Patriots’ 45-3 win over the Jets. “Go back to that Monday night beatdown. In the first quarter, when it was still a ballgame, the Patriots got fourth-down-and-3. They decide to go for it. You know why? They like the matchup they’re going to get: They had Deion Branch matched against Antonio Cromartie.”
Hoge and Jaworski both said that Cromartie has great speed and athleticism, but not much else.
“The New England Patriots, what makes them so good?” Hoge said. “If Cromartie and them wanted to race, Cromartie would blow them away. But as far as separation and quickness, the Patriots are superior.”
Added Jaworski, “We all know he’s a great athlete, but he’s not physical.”
Tom Brady will pick on Jets’ weak link, Antonio Cromartie | ProFootballTalk
I don't have Baldinger's exact quotes, but Baldinger, a Jets homer, trashed Cromartie on NFL Networks' Playbook saying he can look good against the bad teams, but gets eaten alive by good teams. He showed film of Cromartie getting totally burned on a comeback route to Branch and how he got totally juked out on the Branch TD.
I do think one of the guys on defense most responsible for giving up all those points the last time the Pats and Jets met is the guy who talked the most. Brady and Branch feasted on him last time and if he is on Branch again, they probably will today.
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