When he visited Denver as a free agent, cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was struck by the Broncos’ honesty.
“The one thing that stood out when talking to everybody, they didn’t really just talk about what I can do as a player, they pointed out my flaws and told me how they can help me get better,” he said after signing.
At the time, Rodgers-Cromartie said his consistency was a big point of emphasis.
Tuesday at the NFL owners meetings, Head Coach John Fox echoed that sentiment.
“If you turn on a 60-play game, 30 of those plays he does stuff you can’t coach. On 30 of those plays you’re maybe not so happy,” Fox said. “But at the end of the day he’s got the skill set. We really liked him. We were very, very up-front with him. He understands. We’ll see where it takes us — him and us.”
Rodgers-Cromartie, 27, has already made one Pro Bowl five seasons into his NFL career. However, he grabbed three interceptions in the past two seasons in Philadelphia after picking off 13 in his first three years in Arizona.
Originally a first-round pick by the Cardinals in the 2008 NFL Draft, the cornerback trails only Asante Samuel, Tramon Williams and DeAngelo Hall in interceptions — including the postseason — by cornerbacks since he was drafted. He has returned four of his picks for touchdowns.
In his career, he has also accumulated 208 tackles, 84 passes defensed, three forced fumbles, a sack and two blocked field goals.
“There’s no question that ‘DRC’ has great ability,” Fox said. “It’s our job to get the most of it out of him, just like anybody that had him before. We’ll see how that goes, how hard he’s willing to work and adapt to what we’re teaching him.”
It a good thing he does things that can’t be coached, because you proved you can’t coach during the Ravens game.
The jets screwed Tebow he is a much better qb then Sanchez n they def didn’t kno how to use Tebow
Also just read denver offer to doom a better offer than the ravens deal come on doom make the right/smart choice
Welcome DRC..now we have Champ-DRC-Harris-Carter-Bolden as our CB core…..not bad at all,I’d say tops in the league!
Oh yeah……sign the contract Doom,if you really wanna be a BRONCO!!!!
Lmao @ Glen.
Im glad they see DRCs inconsitencies too. Thats why I was skeptical about getting him. The kid has a phenomenal skill set and measurement but he is so inconsistent and a bit of a diva. And he doesn’t get as physical as he should with the kinda size he has … shys away from tackling a bit as well, if we can fix what Cards or Philly couldn’t … we will have our self one dynamic CB … Glad they only signed him to a 1yr gauranteed deal (I don’t think the second year is gauranteed). Kids got alot to prove and if he is not injury plagued like porter (who sadly received no interest this offseason tho a great cb) then we should make it to the superbowl, because Porter woulda come in real handy against the Ravens.
They passed the crown of the helmet rule … sigh .. so essentially RBs are meant to just run up straight, exposing their chest and get blasted … what type of sense does that make. RBs can get small and brace for impact without dipping their head .. hope nobody expects to see many broken tackles this season
Florida, Sucks for Tebow. Sanches sucks. He should have started. They had nothing to lose. Sanchez was at 50 percent for a while and throwing INTs. Say what you want about Tebow, but he wasn’t chucking INTs and can run where things break down. Also our Tebow offense is used more around the league by many teams. Its becoming a staple now. The kid has somethign to offer but i fear being with the Jets hurt his stock and it was already shaky. Say what u want about the kid but when he got the start … he got the job done … period! Until you put him out there and he gets himself a losing season, it will still forever go down, that when he had a chance, he helped his team win. But i don’t blame any coach for not wanting to role the dice with their career.
TRB
RBs cant get small*
Tebow smebow,glad we don’t have that drama here anymore…great kid,but I think he likes the drama that follows him!
the fact that Doom has not signed i not a good one. Time to move on. Doom you can watch from your couch as they say in Feb ” this one is for Champ”
I read an arena team is interested in Tebow… Orlando Predators.
Yea its funny how we brought out the read option and now multiple teams wanna use it after constantly saying it wouldn’t work after the season he had teams should be thanking us for allowing that to formidable in the NFL n Tebow especially for opening gates for rg3 cap cam wilson n anybody else who use it
Doom knows this is our year he will sign he just wants pull our chains a lil for making him take the paycut
Yeah but too bad for Tebow that he dosen’t have the arm that the other QBs do,like RG3,Cam,Kap,Wilson,etc….
BTW Tebow didn’t open the gate,McCoy did!
Hey, this happened last season, the broncos signed drayton florence, got burnt several times in pre season, they cut him. Same goes for DRC, if shows inconsistency the broncos will cut him. I think he’ll be just fine, there’s something about having a QB like manning that makes buy want to play hard in denver. Even the playoff lost to the ravens, you can’t sit there with a straight face and say the broncos didn’t play their asses off. A few miss opportunities or plays was the difference from them not winning, you don’t put up 35 by not playing.
Mccoy really didn’t do anything he consulted with urban Meyer to get advice on that package Tebow had as well as qb coaches Tebow previously had he just called the few plays he did n we gave people different looks on how the lined up
Regardless of who is credited … for something they called a gimmick and would be figured out … and wouldn’t last successfully in the NFL. Thats the truly interesting part. So to say he has no place in the NFL not unless he plays in a typical offense like have been stated by analysts is proving itself false .. more teams are now using it, and 3 of them were playoff teams and one of them a superbowl contender …. I suppose u could say (and have) that the passing capabilities of the QBs negate the ability to key in on the run like they would with Tebow because he doesn’t have the arm … while true, that Tebow is not the polished passer they are … ask the steelers how that game plan worked out lol. How long it will last in the league is another story …. but its the perfect training wheels for incoming QBs as they adapt to a more pro form.
TRB
As far as dumervil, do he want to continue his career in a proven system and top defense or do he want to start fresh in a rebuilding team, stats may go down as well as his value.
Agreed TRB: Defensive nightmare! If the QB has a good arm and can run like the wind…Look out! Imagine the discipline a defense would have to have with say, Peyton Manning. Then imagine if Peyton Manning could run like Holliday…Wow!
He has the build and potential of Champ Bailey. I’ve literally ALWAYS liked DRC. I was surprised that he didn’t succeed in Philly even more than Nhamdi because he was/is so young with souch talent. He’s coming back to a team that will require MOSTLY press coverage rather than zone. Here’s his chance to be as good as once before. Maybe even better…
I love seeing Tebow back on the blog!!!
It makes me sick to continue to see him marginalized by a broken, deceptive NFL contract system. It is sad to see the cultural phenomenon that the the NFL is…codify and normalize ‘lying’ under the umbrella of ‘business as usual’. (In business, as with politics, lying is normal and accepted…except that when publicly caught, consequences are severe and careers are lost.)
Tebow came out of college having passed and rushed for ridiculous numbers. We all have heard about his stats. Then on Tebow’s senior day or the combine, (I forget which) Tebow shows up with the flu and running a fever and looks terrible. Coach Billick – I think – starts in analyzing Tebow’s throwing motion. After those winning seasons in High School and College along with a Heisman…Tebow’s draft stock went in the trash after one excusably bad showing, highlighted by a marginal coach in the media.
I think Tebow would have great success if he could get a training camp working with first string wide receivers and if the coaches would quit trying to remake the kid, and let him play.
Tebow is an emotional player and needs to be playing with passion wherever he is playing.
It may be an phenomenon to watch arena football hit the big time with Tebow at the helm.
It ain’t over!!!
I just don’t see Tebow getting another chance in the NFL this year, he should go to the arena league, look at what it did for Kurt
I would love for us to have gotten Steven Jackson, we did to get a running back who does not get hurt all the time, hopefully someone in the draft.
Stuff like not attempting to make a tackle. Glad he is out of Philly!