"You had walls separating guys, " said Mr. Cromartie, whom the Jets signed over the offseason.
"We have confidence in Mark, " Cromartie said from Hawaii after practice for the Pro Bowl.
There was one position where the Jets could afford an upgrade, though: the starting spot opposite Cromartie.
"When you don't have a supporting cast around him, you're going to get an average or below-average quarterback, " Cromartie said.
Broncos boss John Elway was far from done, though, adding cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie on a one-year deal later in the evening.
Notes: Cromartie also weighed in on struggling QB Mark Sanchez, saying he wasn't the sole reason for the Jets' 6-10 season.
Ryan and Cromartie with gusto into a sort of gleaming, futuristic sports mausoleum.
Although the deal with Welker received a bulk of the attention, the Rodgers-Cromartie, Bradley and Knighton deals could also influence Denver's starting lineups.
The trade leaves Antonio Cromartie as the Jets' top cornerback, a role he flourished in last season with Revis sidelined by a knee injury.
Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie asserted that only "one side of the ball" appeared to be giving effort, a not-so-veiled shot at Holmes at least.
As Michael Cromartie, a member of the president's commission on international religious freedom, points out, the timing of Mr Kuo's criticism is awkward and misleading.
"He's a great leader in the locker room and also in our DB room, making sure that guys are accountable for each other, " Cromartie told NFL.com.
Moreover, their activity will quiet and quell any comments coming out of splinter players or groups such as the Antonio Cromartie outburst a couple of weeks ago.
Cromartie says Robertson speaks for an ever diminishing group of people and gives a bad name to evangelicals by presenting a wrathful God of judgment, not mercy.
Rodgers-Cromartie played for Philadelphia last season and had three interceptions.
Cromartie, though, has muffed two kicks this season: a kickoff at Oakland that led to a Raiders touchdown and a punt against Buffalo that led to a Bills touchdown.
Ryan, who called Celek "a little better than average" as a tight end, suggested that the Eagles executed their gameplan to avoid Cromartie and Revis and instead attack the center of the field perfectly Sunday.
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And even if he's able to play at running back Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, there's a good chance Ryan might hold him out of returning kicks and use Cromartie there instead.
Defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman said first-round pick Dee Milliner will compete for a starting job at cornerback opposite Antonio Cromartie, while Josh Bush, Antonio Allen and Jaiquawn Jarrett will be in the mix at safety opposite Dawan Landry.
Similarly, even after Revis's departure to Tampa Bay, cornerback already was a rare position that could be called a strength for the Jets, with Pro Bowl selection Antonio Cromartie and solid nickel corners in Ellis Lankster and Isaiah Trufant.
McKnight got a shot when Cromartie injured his ribs in Week 3 against the Oakland Raiders, and made the most of it by running a kick back 107 yards for a score a week later against the Baltimore Ravens.
"I don't know a religious conservative leader Protestant, Catholic or Jewish who has not run out of patience with Mr. Robertson's comments, " says Michael Cromartie, director of an evangelical studies project at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Jets fans are excited Antonio Cromartie is back, and there's also the signing of Plaxico Burress when you have a chance to land a 33-year-old wide receiver who hasn't played football for two seasons because he was in prison, you gotta do it but on Friday the Eagles stunned New York and the NFL by signing the coveted cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha.
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