CBs Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie (31) formed quite a tandem for the Jets. (Alan Maglaque, USA TODAY Sports)
Judging from the hefty contracts Joe Haden, Darrelle Revis and Richard Sherman signed this offseason — not to mention the money Patrick Peterson is due next year after his 2015 option was activated — they stand at the top of their profession, and each could make an argument as the NFL’s best cornerback right now.
Another corner has already weighed in with his own verdict.
“To me, right now, it’s either me or (Revis),” Antonio Cromartie said Thursday on NFL Network’s NFL Total Access.
“You got three young guys that are up and coming, but right now it’s either me or (Revis) when we’re healthy. … We have zero help at all; we tell the safety to roll up to the other side. So we know what we can do. I want these guys (Sherman, Peterson and Haden) to be on an island by themselves and play zero coverage (no safety help) – they (haven’t done) it yet. They haven’t done anything that me and Revis have done in a Rex Ryan defense.
“Yes, (Sherman) has been playing great for these past two years, but I think my 2012 season versus his 2012 season was a lot better than his season; that was the season when Revis went down.”
To review, Cromartie and Revis were New York Jets teammates from 2010 through 2012, though Revis missed most of that final season with a torn ACL, giving Cromartie an opportunity to shine as New York’s lockdown corner.
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