Antonio Cromartie Changes His Mind on Tim Tebow

 

When the New York Jets were in trade talks to acquire Tim Tebow, Antonio Cromartie took his opinions to Twitter and said that Tebow wouldn't help the team. However, now that the trade is official, he says that former Broncos quarterback can help after all. 

"He's a guy that brings a different atmosphere to the locker room and the huddle," Cromartie told the New York Daily News on Friday. "We were missing that last year -- a guy that can take control and do the things that we need to. (General manager Mike Tannenbaum and coach Rex Ryan) feel like he can come in and bring us that spark on offense when he's in certain packages."

Cromartie wrote on Twitter: "We don't need Tebow. We sell out every home game let him go to Jacksonville Tampa or Miami. Our wildcat offense can b ran by (Jeremy) Kerley or Joe McKnight we straight."

Even though he doesn't regret tweeting the following statement, he clarifies that he did not diss the multitalented QB.

"People took it as me dissing Tebow. I never dissed Tebow. I just said we don't need him on our team because Mark (Sanchez) is our quarterback," Cromartie told the Daily News. "I would never degrade an NFL player because he's in the NFL for a reason. Tebow's proven over the past couple years why he's in the NFL. I would never take a shot at any NFL player. He's been a winner all his life. He's pulled his teams out of predicaments. I'm not the kind of person that would degrade or belittle someone in the NFL."

Cromartie also thought that Tebow coming in with his huge fanbase won't affect Sanchez's performance for this season.

"Fans are going to root for who they want to root for," Cromartie told the paper. "They're going to be fans. For guys in the locker room, our job is to make sure that whatever goes on in that locker room or meeting rooms is kept in-house. We are going to back our quarterback no matter what goes on. Mark is our No. 1 quarterback. He's our starting quarterback. He's our guy. Tebow's coming in as the No. 2 guy that can push Mark to his full potential. And that's what we're looking for. He's a guy that can bring a spark in different packages. It's a win-win situation for us.

"It's time for us to let Mark grow and be that quarterback that he needs to be."

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