Jets' Antonio Cromartie says Eagles' offense seems slower with Sam Bradford than Nick Foles

FLORHAM PARK — Chip Kelly ideally wants his Eagles offense to move at a fast tempo. But it's hard to do that when you can't stay on the field.

Through two games, the 0-2 Eagles rank second-to-last in the NFL in third-down conversions (21.7 percent). 

The Eagles' struggling offense must face a formidable Jets defense on Sunday. One of the Jets' key defenders, cornerback Antonio Cromartie, thinks there is another reason Kelly's offense isn't moving as fast this year — new quarterback Sam Bradford. 

"Honestly, I think when you look at the offense, their up-tempo actually has slowed down more with Sam Bradford than it was with Nick Foles," Cromartie said. "It seems like it. 

When you're watching the game on TV, and then you watch the games from last year with Nick Foles and those guys, it seems like the tempo was a lot quicker. To me, it looks like it's slowed down a little more with Sam Bradford, because he's still trying to grasp the offense. I think Nick Foles understood the offense, so they were able to move at a faster pace." 

For that reason, Cromartie doesn't expect to see his old pal Mark Sanchez on Sunday. 

Sanchez used to be the Jets' starting quarterback, and is now Bradford's understudy. 

Actually, the Eagles' offense isn't slower this year, compared to last year. It is slightly faster, according to information gathered by ESPN.

The Eagles' real-time average gap between snaps is 30.6 seconds this season, compared to 31.5 last season. The Eagles lead the NFL in that category this year, just like last year. They are 3.5 seconds faster than the Texans this year.

Facing Sanchez "would be like practice [from 2009-13 with the Jets]," Cromartie said with a smile. "It would be like the old days.

"Honestly, I don't think Chip Kelly would ever pull Sam Bradford, because he wants him to get the grasp of the whole entire offense, to get him comfortable. I don't think we will see [Sanchez on Sunday]."  

Despite the Eagles' slower pace, Cromartie said they're still structurally using "the same offense" as last season.

Cromartie played for Arizona last season. Jets coach Todd Bowles was the Cardinals' defensive coordinator back then. Arizona beat the Eagles 24-20 last year, though Philadelphia gained 521 yards and was 9 of 20 on third down. 

Stopping the Eagles on third down is critical, Cromartie said. 

"I think that's the biggest thing," he said. "I think if you look at their first two games, Atlanta did a great job and Dallas did a great job of getting off the field on third downs, so they couldn't go up-tempo. I think that's what we have to try to do as a defense, to try to keep them out of the up-tempo mode." 

When studying an up-tempo offense like Philadelphia's, Cromartie likes to watch the TV copy of the game, rather than the coaches' tape. That's because the coaches' tape edits out the time between plays. So it's impossible to ascertain how quickly an up-tempo offense snaps the ball after its last play. 

"I try to watch the TV copy all the time, especially with up-tempo offenses, because it just gives you a better look at when they're snapping the ball," Cromartie said. "You'll get some up-tempo offenses where they get up-tempo, but they might snap the ball until eight seconds on the [play] clock. But [the Eagles] are snapping the ball at 17, 16 seconds. But right now, [the Eagles] can't really get into up-tempo because they're not catching a rhythm yet and getting into everything."

Wife of Jets' Antonio Cromartie faces tinted windows, cell phone charges

The wife of New York Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie, who claimed she was the victim of a racially biased traffic stop in Madison on Friday, has been accused of operating a motor vehicle while on a cell phone and having tinted windows, according to the Madison police chief.

Meanwhile, Madison police have "proactively referred" Cromartie's allegations "to the proper county authority as per the New Jersey Attorney General guidelines," Chief Darren Dachisen said in a statement released late Monday afternoon.

Terricka Cromartie took to Instagram following the incident Friday morning, saying she was "pulled over for driving black in Madison."

Cromartie on Friday claimed she had been pulled over for no reason, asked to roll down her windows and asked why she was in Madison.

She posted both a video of the officer talking to her and her own comments but later both were taken down.

Following the incident Friday, a Madison police spokesman said the department would be "looking into" Cromartie's charges, and that was confirmed in the five-sentence statement issued by Dachisen late Monday afternoon.

Dachisen said the department "discovered" Cromartie's complaint "through a media inquiry and social media," and referred it to the unnamed county agency.

The summonses for the tinted windows and cell phone use will be "adjudicated" in Madison Municipal Court "in the near future," Dachisen said.

Meanwhile, he added, Cromartie's "allegations will be thoroughly and objectively investigated to their logical conclusion."

Dachisen was not immediately available for further comment on which county authority received the complaint or the date of Cromartie's court appearance.

After the Jets' loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, Antonio Cromartie was asked about his wife's profiling allegations against the Madison police.

"Nah, I'm not talking about that," he said.

Antonio Cromartie’s wife films ‘driving while black’ cop stop

Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie’s wife, Terricka, says she was pulled over Friday for “driving while black,” accusing New Jersey police of racial profiling in a string of posts on her Instagram account.

Terricka Cromartie recorded multiple videos Friday, both during the traffic stop — which apparently occurred in the town of Madison — and then afterward.

“So apparently you can’t be black, you can’t drive a nice car in Madison at 11 in the morning. I mean, who cares if you just came from the nail shop, you didn’t get a ticket, the police let you go and say have a nice day. Like that’s OK,’’ a clearly exasperated Terricka said in the post-stop video.

She also posted two videos from the stop — which elicited numerous comments from followers — with the following messages:

“Driving while Black… I’m thankful to be able to even make this message so many weren’t as luck. But how do you deal with a police office who is simply just harassing you.”

“When you get pulled over for driving Black in Madison.. Why are you in Madison??? What did I do officer. Roll your windows Down.. SmDH. FYI I was pulled over for no reason, just to ask me to roll my windows, and why am I in Madison. Like how you don’t know I live here. What am I doing in Madison is freaking 11:30a.m.”

Cromartie claims she asked the officer multiple times why she had been pulled over, and she has been stopped three to four times per month. She presumes it’s because she’s black.

A spokesman for Madison police gave NJ.com two different reasons for not addressing the incident when reached Friday.

“We haven’t even looked into it right now,” Acting Lt. John Miscia told the website. “We have no comment on it right now. I’m not at liberty to talk about it.”

Part of Cromartie’s dialogue with the officer that was captured on video.

Cromartie: “…roll my windows down in my car.”

Officer: “For safety reasons.”

Cromartie: “For safety. But I’m not authorized to do that, either.”

Officer: “You don’t have to, which I explained to you.”

Cromartie: “So now I have to tell you why I’m in Madison?”

Officer: “You don’t have to.”

Cromartie: “But why are you asking me why I’m in Madison?”

Officer: “Just curious.”

Cromartie: “You don’t have to be curious about why I’m in Madison.”

Officer: “OK. All right. Just hang tight, ma’am, for me. And I’ll be right back, all right?”

The officer presumably returns to his vehicle at this point in the footage. Cromarite claims in responses under her Instagram post she was not ticketed. Further details about the traffic stop — its genesis, the precise timing and whereabouts, or the outcome — were not clear.

Antonio Cromartie re-signed with the Jets this offseason for $32 million.

Antonio Cromartie suffers knee injury in Jets' win

The Jets' rebuilt secondary already has been compromised.

Cornerback Antonio Cromartie was carted off the field during the second quarter of the Jets' 31-10 win over the Cleveland Browns with a potentially serious knee injury.

NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reports that Cromartie likely has damage to multiple ligaments and is scheduled to have an MRI on Monday.Cromartie suffered the non-contact injury while in coverage on aBrowns pass play. Cromartie was in immediate pain and was quickly surrounded by medical personnel and teammates while down on the turf. CBS cameras later showed Cromartie with a towel draped over his head as he was carted to the locker room for tests.

If Cromartie faces a lengthy absence, the Jets will take a serious hit to a secondary that was supposed to go from weakness to strength after the signings of Cromartie, Darrelle Revis and Buster Skrine in the offseason.

Expect Skrine to take over as New York's No. 2 corner if Cromartie exits the picture.

Wife of Jet star Antonio Cromartie has record of violence

The wife of Jet cornerback Antonio Cromartie — who griped that she was stopped by police in New Jersey for “driving while black” — has a history of violent and vehicular offenses.

Terricka Lynne Cason, 34, has a rap sheet going back 15 years, with convictions in California for domestic violence, two cases of theft, twice driving without a license, and speeding, court records show.

“I was pulled over for no reason, just to ask me to roll my windows, and why am I in Madison,” she wrote on Instagram Sept. 25. “But how do you deal with a police office who are simply just harassing you.”

Cason also posted a video, since removed, of her encounter with the white cop in Madison.

The Madison Police Department responded on Monday, saying Cason was issued summonses for talking on her cellphone while driving and tinted windows. It said her racial-profiling complaint would be investigated.

Cason’s run-ins with the law began in February 2000 when she was a student at California State University, Northridge, and was convicted of petty theft for stealing from Macy’s.

Later that month, she was charged with assaulting two women after a dance at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

“I’m going to kick [name redacted] ass!” Cason had said, a witness told cops.

She jumped one woman from behind and kicked and punched her in the eye, witnesses told cops.

Battery charges were dismissed by the Santa Barbara district attorney five years later, in April 2005.

In November 2005, Cason, who had a baby daughter, pleaded no contest to domestic violence against an unidentified lover or ­domestic partner, who received an order of protection against her.

While on three years of probation, she repeatedly failed to show at court hearings, generating several warrants for her arrest.

In July 2006, she was busted when cops were summoned to California State University, Long Beach, over a dispute with a parking officer. Cops found a warrant for Cason.

Cason, who has launched a career in commercials and dancing in music videos, was convicted of driving without a license in Van Nuys in 2008, speeding in Riverside County in 2009, and driving without a license near Los Angeles International Airport in 2010. She pleaded no contest in Glendale to grand theft from a Sunglass Hut in 2010.

Cason starred in E!’s “Candy Girls,” a 2009 reality show about four young black women who danced, hosted celebrity parties and served as “eye candy” at events.

She married Cromartie in July 2010. They have two children. Cromartie has eight other kids with seven women.

Asked about her record, Cason said: “That’s none of your business. This is harassment.”

Cason had been on her way to get her nails done when the Madison cop pulled her over, her spokeswoman said.

“She did nothing wrong, and she was afraid,” the rep said.