Rex Has Wanted Cromartie
by John B on Mar 13, 2010 2:20 PM EST
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Interesting story in the Post today. Apparently Rex Ryan and his trusted assistants have wanted to get their hands on Antonio Cromartie for years.
Jets head coach Rex Ryan and his top defensive assistants have wanted to coach Antonio Cromartie since he came into the NFL.
Now, thanks to a trade last week, they are.
Ryan, Mike Pettine and Dennis Thurman were assistant coaches with the Ravens in 2006 when Cromartie was drafted into the NFL, 19th overall by the Chargers, after what Thurman called the best workout he'd even seen from a defensive back.
"Rex and I both walked away and we knew we weren’t going to draft him to Baltimore, but maybe one day we’ll get a chance to coach this guy," Thurman told newyorkjets.com. "Lo and behold, the guy’s walking into the building and he’s a very welcome addition. Playing alongside Darrelle Revis, we feel like now we have maybe the best tandem in pro football.
I love hearing this. It sounds like the staff has put a lot of thought into exactly how it would coach Cromartie up to reach his top shelf potential. I'm starting to get optimistic on this front.
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Getting really excited to see this tandem. I think he’s going to thrive here; at least 7 picks with a couple for TDs. Its a QB’s nightmare. Your #1 option is under the Revis blanket; throwing at #2 is a huge risk with Cro-hawk lurking; and the crazy blitzes speed up the decision process. Scary stuff man. Scary scary stuff. God forbid we add a legit edge rusher like Hughes.
i hear ya. if both outside WRs are shut down and we can get a pass rush via hughes, without blitzing 7 or 8 guys- watch out. Cro is gonna have the year of his life stats wise. imo
J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!!!!!!!!!!!
by TheSanchize6 on Mar 13, 2010 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
Every team will run to Cro´s side of the field.
by Alfonso Erdmann on Mar 17, 2010 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm cautiously optimistic
While I have a hard time believing that his disappointing run in San Diego was all due to coaching, he is a promising athletic vet who compliments the defense nicely. And if Rex says he wanted him, that’s enough for me.
I had the same thoughts initially, but, as they say, attitude is everything. And in San Diego they play a lot of soft zone, and they have a soft personality. That kind of style and atmosphere kind of shackles a player like Cro. He didn’t have the freedom to be himself over there. Kind of like caging a wild animal. It kills their spirit. Here, we can cut Cro loose and let him be aggressive, and bc of Revis, roll some coverage and actually encourage his aggression. Cro-hawk can return to being a predator, rather than a zoo spectacle.
I agree. I think the coaching here has the potential to turn him into something special. Not necessarily an indictment of San Diego, more confidence in our staff.
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This isnt really true
We play more man than the far majority of the league. The Raiders, Bengals, Jets, and GB; I think are the only teams that play more.
The Chargers did go to some cover 3 stuff last year, and I know Cro hated that. But we werent rushing the passer like years past.
I think Cro’s play that year owed a lot to the d-line. Once Jamal Williams went down your pass rushing went to hell and his stats suffered tremendously (in comparison).
Jamal doesnt even rush the passer so thats not logical. The Chargers went through a transition from D coordinator Phillips (06) to Cotrell (07) to Ron Rivera (08).
In 06 we lead the league in sacks, then in 07 sacks drops but we lead in interceptions. We went from a 1gap to a 2 gap system, now under Rivera we are one gapping again; problem is our OLBs arent getting to the QB.
Thats translating into more 3 deep than we typically played in the past.
Jamal doesn’t rush the passer, but he draws the defenders which opens it up for the rest of your guys to rush the passer. None of the NTs you currently have could compare to the impact that he made.
Guess you’ve got me there. My point was just that your lack of a pass rush had an adverse affect on Cro, which would probably be true for any DB. I probably shouldn’t have brought up Jwall, but anyhow, I’d consider that your primary need in this draft. What are your thoughts on what your first and second pick will be?
Yeah Jwill is a bit of a sore spot for me, I can usually get on board with the front office decisions. But seeing him play for Denver might just whip me into a rage.
If I had to guess, I think we go CB/S in the first then RB in the second; even though I agree that NT is our top need.
But the Chargers play a one gap system like Dallas, so really our NTs arent as important as a two system like the Jets, Pats, or Clev. And our GM has filled the roster with raw young projects along the Dline.
The only problem with a one gap system is it can get abused on the ground, especially by a team with a zone blocking scheme.
Thats why the Chargers are only good if they can put up a couple quick TDs.
I’d definitely be enraged if I was you.
Pretty interesting. Do you not like the idea of Cason and Jammer being your starting CBs? Most everything I’m seeing out there is saying you guys are going to pick a NT or RB in the first and the other in the second. I’m actually doing your team’s picks for our mock draft here at GGN. I’ll be posting over there… now.
Jamal
There were several reports that said the Chargers cut him to avoid paying the large salary he was due for 2010. They, supposedly, had every intention of trying to sign him back. This is only my own speculation, but I don’t think Jamal liked the tactic and that might explain signing with Denver. He hated Denver as much as anyone. It was their cheap shot mentality O line that broke his ankle years ago. Jamal was never quiet about his opinions regarding their cut blocking schemes. It would be interesting to see if they make a run for Terrence Cody. He doesn’t seem like an A.J. Smith kind of guy, but he is a beast and could have a chance at filling Jamal’s mammoth shoes. Beyond L.T., Jamal had to have been my favorite player over the last decade. I don’t know what I’ll hate seeing more, L.T. in green or Jamal in orange.
Cry Baby
Wait till you see his matador tackles and how often he gets beat. Great athlete with no ability to make good decisions. At least in NY there is a bigger pool of women to have bastard kids with. As a person this guy is a complete scum bag. Good Luck with him Jets. We are glad to see him gone. A locker room cancer.
He came in with his hands up and said I screwed up on that play for Greene, and I do need to work on my tackling. So he knows his weaknesses, and don’t want to sound arrogant but we have some of the best defensive coaches, especially in the secondary and Rex can get most to run through walls. He will be pressing all day and with the exotic blitzes, we don’t plan on him having to tackle a great deal, because we don’t plan on there being too many completions. Even with a combination of Lito Sheppard/Dwight Lowery and Donald Strickland manning the #2 we were the best pass D in the league and allowed the fewest passing TD’s as well.
As for the kids, he is sorting that out, we are helping him sort that out, and as long as he maintains his payments, which means it’s not effecting his play then he can have as many children as he likes. Were not his parents, of his therapist, he’s a big man. A scum bag who has several charities that are helping kids in bad communities, hosting a youth football camp in Tallahassee to give kids something to do. Providing grants to help keep kids away from gangs, and offering grants to help kids get mentoring. Sponsoring youth empowerment day programs which help kids get a college experience so they can further their education. As well as being active in the Help Haiti foundation…..oh absolute scumbag
Unfortunately for you R V, when a player comes to the Jets, we actually do our research into what kind of guy he is.
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I wish we did our research on
Justin McCareins Doug Brien and David Barrett lol
I’ll be honest I felt Cromartie was too soft but time will tell! If our line/linebackers can get some pressure, i’m excited to see this defense.
He is soft
But really that doesnt mean crap when a guy is in man coverage all day. Either its incomplete, its an INT, or its caught very close to him. You dont have to be a great tackler to tackle a guy in the act of catching the football.
Cro makes so much sense for the Jets its ridiculous, he pretty much lives off of poorly thrown balls.
I love this site
I read great blogs with great responses, the problem is fans of other teams who’s opinion I really don’t care about jump in, and to make matters worse, they act like school in the summer time (NO CLASS). Hey guys, lets not fall to the imbeciles level. Oops, I already did.
We get extremely classy, knowledgable posters from other team blogs all the time
and we usually don’t show them the respect they deserve because they’re drowned out by an idiot or two from one side or the other.
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