Nope. Cromartie came from Bowles' defense in Arizona. He knows the system and has played in it. Vastly different from a rookie coming out of the draft with no nfl experience. Cromartie is an instant upgrade over Milliner and has experience under our head coach. This is a great move. It eliminates our need at corner completely. You have to understand the whole picture of having Darrelle Revis again. When Revis is on the field, as we all know, he rarely sees a pass his way. The opposing QB attacks the other side and keeps away from Revis. Would you want Milliner there or a guy like Cromartie? Bowles is heavily reliant on corners. With all the blitzing he does, he's gonna need guys who can play man to man and hold their ground. That's where Cromartie and Revis come in. What this move shows me is that Mac is completely on the same page as Bowles. They are clearly working together. It puts the corner issue at rest and allows Bowles to focus on getting to the QB and not worrying about getting beat deep
We are. He hasn't sold his house and has raved about a return to ny Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
He'll choose here. Back to where he loved playing. Loves playing under Bowles. Will play next to Revis again. He'll be back
Negotiations not over: @BrianCostello Jets and Cromartie are not done negotiating. A deal still could get done. #nyj
you can tell he wants to be here the most. it was between the Jets & Cardinals yesterday at 4:01PM and he said he would choose that night. The only reason its lasting to today is because he is trying to work on a deal with us, if he really was going to go to Arizona, he'd chose them already
I hope this deal gets done. I'm happy with Cromartie having just come out of this system successfully, and the reunion with Revis would be fairly nifty.
Wonder how much he wants considering skrine got 6 mil per year and he's obviously better that's alot of money to tie into 3 cb
Cro is a nice player and an old fan favorite but I wouldn't mind it if he didnt come back. You figure Williams/Milliner have to be able to compete to be a competent #2. Money on could be spent elsewhere, there isnt much left.
I wonder what the ramifications are if we just cut Milliner? Maybe they will try and move him to free up space and be done with him. This regime has no ties to him and no loyalty to him. Injury or not he's been an absolute bust and major disappointment outside of December 2013.
The major holes were defensive backfield and QB..half is finished and QB will be somehow before the season starts..there are no other glaring holes.
We could be in 2009 all over again. Draft Mariota on the 6 and throw him on the field. Play erratic ball all year and hope to get lucky at the end. Then in 2017 Mangold and D'Brick fall out of the picture, Revis declines, Ivory is ready for a rocking chair and the Jets are 6-10 and headed for 2014 all over again. Life is a wheel if you let it be that way.
I feel like this is too shortsighted. Dumping a young guy with potential, who showed flashes after learning a difficult position in a difficult system- then got injured. We would get chump change for him which we would then turn around and invest into an old (but good) CB after having already brought in two- one of which is getting paid the equivalent contract of a high level starting QB. I just dont like the concept of pouring tons of money into one position as if we are ready to compete for a Superbowl right away, especially when considering we dont even have a future QB in place. Its unrealistic to expect us to fill all of our remaining holes in the draft- money needs to be spread around the team. CB is a pressing need, but not a signing 3 new starters need IMO. I understand the cap is going to rise again next year, but we cant soak up tons of resources signing older players to positions we've already addressed sufficiently. If we continue with this it could effect our ability to sign young talented guy due for a payday (Wilk, Sheldon) and we'll end up EXACTLY where we were two years ago- missing our championship window with no cap space and waiting to shed bloated contracts of old declining players.. That said, I'm not complaining or trying to be negative, I think the Jets have done well so far in this FA period but overpaying Cro (which is at this point somewhat of a luxury signing) and giving up on Milliner who's had very little time to show his worth could prove to be a mistake in the future.
