I recently read an article on Antonio Cromartie of the San Diego Chargers and there were three statements from him that caught my attention.
- "My job is already easy, to tell you the truth. It's really not hard to do, even if [Brandon Marshall] didn't get traded."
- "Im think I'm the best. If you match up next to Nnamdi from the Raiders, us two are the best."
- "Dwayne Bowe only has two catches on me in two years, so I've never had a hard time against him."
- He followed up his 10 interception 07-08 season with a poor 2 interception 08-09 season
- He was defending on the majority of Brandon Marshall's record 18 catch game
- Nnamdi Asomugha has a forced incompletion rate of 64% compared to Cromartie's 13%
- Dwayne Bowe only has two catches on him in two years because Bowe is the number one receiver in Kansas City, who is defended by the number one corner in San Diego, Quentin Jammer.
Is Cromartie the best? Since he's not even number one on a team which is one of the worst in the NFL at defending the pass, I would have to say absolutely not! Is he a bust? Not yet, but he definitely needs to have a better season this year if he plans to stay in the starting lineup for a contender.
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I don't usually write about sports, but my next post will be about the early days of the AFL. You might find it interesting. Should be done in a couple of days. You probably know about the Lincoln, Lowe, Alworth days. The Charges were probably the first AFL team that could have beaten an NFL team, before the days of the Superbowl.
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