The outspoken Jets cornerback used Twitter to express his feelings about pursuing Tebow.
"We don't need Tebow," Cromartie tweeted Tuesday. "We sell out every home game let him go to Jacksonville Tampa or Miami."
Cromartie— one of the leaders of the mayhem in the Jets locker room— wasn't through trying to sway the Jets brass from bringing in the unorthodox quarterback.
"Our Wildcat offense can be run by (Jeremy) Kerley or Joe McKnight,"he tweeted. "We have Mark_ Sanchez and just signed Drew. Mark has taken us to 2 AFC championship game. We need to build on the team we have right now."
Could introducing Tebow's ultra-religious character to the dysfunctional Jets locker room have something to do with Cromartie's rant.
Cromartie has a troublesome background and has fathered nine children with eight women in six states and doesn't exactly adhere to Tebow's beliefs.
The Jets cornerback does make some good points for not getting Tebow, but several people in the Jets organization have told the New York Daily News that he might be a good fit.
Many insiders believe the Jets new offensive coordinator Tony Sparano could put Tebow's abilities to good use in certain Wildcat schemes. Sparano was the head coach for the Miami Dolphins when he began using the Wildcat offense to pump up the anemic offense.
There are a lot of pros and cons that come with bringing Tebow into the Jets family.
For one thing, Tebow's character could play a big role in bringing the fractured locker room together, but could just as well split the team in two. The team isn't exactly a group of choirboys.
The media attention surrounding Tebow could distract the press enough to take the cameras away from oft-targeted Sanchez but, on the other side of the coin, there is also the possibility that Tebow could wilt under the 24/7 New York media spotlight. 'Aw, shucks' only goes so far in New York— unless you win it all.
Just ask Eli Manning.
Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum hasn't commented on Tebow except to say that "Tim Tebow is a player under contract with another team."
Tannenbaum also avoided dumping any more negativity onto the tattered psyche of Sanchez— after the 'Peyton Manning to the Jets' stories and disappointing 2011 season— by saying he "feels good about" the quarterbacks on the roster, which includes Greg McElroy and Drew Stanton.
Tebow-mania and Linsanity in the same city might be a little too much anyway.
The Jets cornerback does make some good points for not getting Tebow, but several people in the Jets organization have told the New York Daily News that he might be a good fit.
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