Move over, Dallas.
Antonio Cromartie has dubbed the Jets’ upcoming opponent, the New England Patriots, the “new America’s Team.”
“Honestly, you can’t say they’re not,” the Jets cornerback said Wednesday. “Everybody talks about New England. If they’re losing they’re talking about New England. If they’re winning they’re talking about them all the time. So I call them the new America’s Team.”
Cromartie, who called Tom Brady “an a--hole” two years ago, called the Bill Belichick and Brady-led Pats a “dynasty” that have the Super Bowls to back up all the talk.
“They’re always in the playoffs,” Cromartie said of the Pats, who won Super Bowls in the 2001, ’03 and ’04 seasons but have not done so since. “Every single year they’re coming up and having a chance to win the Super Bowl. When you have a dynasty team like Coach Belichick has put together, they’re always going to be talked about.”
The Jets will have a chance Sunday to avenge their two losses to New England last season. Cromartie recalled that in their last meeting, when the Patriots beat Gang Green, 37-16, at MetLife Stadium in November, the Jets got their “ass whupped.”