New York Jets to Let Antonio Cromartie Leave?

And if we don’t get him we’re probably going with a corner again with the first pick. It makes sense financially. If we get 2 first rounders in the fold and develop them into solid, reliable players, we won’t be beholden to revis when his contract is up again. And if we get lucky and have lightning strike twice and find another revis, then all the better.

With his situation, he just might be a canidate for a 2-3 year deal that’s not expensive if we can guaranty a sizeable portion of it.

If we could lock him in at 2 yrs 12M and guaranty like 9M, he just might go for that. It gives him stability for the next 2 yrs and one more shot at a big contract. He’s probably the best example of a player that can’t afford to go a year without a paycheck. That gives us some leverage with him. 6m per makes sense for us, imo. And if wilson comes along, we can cut cro without it really hurting, bc wilson’s positive play would offset the negative of cutting cro.

Most of you are talking about his talents but what im intrested in is why did the JETS give up 2nd rounder for a player that they dont want to re-signe. IS the JETS FO that stupid that they would trade for a player that thay did not know how good he was? IMO if he is not good enogh to be signed he is not worth a 2nd rounder.

I can’t see him leaving at that price. He still is a top 10 CB talent and only 26yrs old. That’s a great No.2 CB. I think Crackback has it right, if they let him go it’s because he is uncoachable. However, can you determine that after 1 yr in a new system? MAybe they can continue to drill it in his head to get his hands on WR’s. That’s why you pay these coaches big $. Also, Have you forgotten Cro saved our asses when Revis was hurt? What if Revis went out last yr and Lito was our No.1 CB – fergetaboutit! SO in the end, I think they bring him back at about 6MIL which is 3X his rookie contract salary. 3yr’s at 18M with 8-9 guaranteed and front loaded. We try one more yr with this experiment with more heat up front and see how it goes. If not then cut him. At least then we got something for our 2nd rd pick.

BTW Wilson is not ready. he is a good cover guy but has no ball skills. Lowery moves to FS and might be our starter, actually. We need that nickel spot, it’s killing us so WILSON has got to develop or Cole. I can’t see them getting another CB in draft when they HAVE to get a Pass Rusher and some DL depth. I see draft in 1st,3rd and 4th as all OLB, NT , DE, but I can’t guess the order.

Lastly, NO WAY we cut Jenkins—Prob restructure 2M plus incentives for playing 10+ games. And no Nambdi he’s gonna want at least 10-12M

Yess Lito costed as a 3rd and 5th and if we would have signt him it would have been 2nd and 5th. I dont understand.Giving picks away IMO.

I’m going to go against the general consensus here and say that I’m really not thrilled at the idea of letting Cro go, for a few reasons.
First, we gave up a lot to get him. Now, that by itself isn’t enough to keep him, but it does factor in to the decision to let him go or keep him.
Second, I don’t see a viable replacement for him on the team or in FA. Wilson looked pretty awful most of the year (got outplayed by COLEMAN, who couldn’t cover my grandmother). Cole may grow into a decent nickel and Coleman, well, I think my feelings on him are clear. FA is a huge risk right now with the CBA situation, so I won’t even get into it. Plus, the guys we could get are probably way too expensive anyway and I don’t want to gut the run defense/offense just to improve the pass defense. Drafting where we are, I don’t see an obvious replacement. Plus we have other areas of need to address (DT/DL, OLB) in the pass rush.
Third, Cro showed some additional skills that I don’t think anyone realized he had in the playoffs. He looks like he could be a real weapon in the return game. Put him back to return kick offs and now he looks like a bargain.

I think if we do let him walk we will have to do A LOT of work on the pass rush to protect that 2nd CB, who will surely get picked on mercilessly.