{"id":39598,"date":"2018-03-11T13:09:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T17:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=39598"},"modified":"2018-03-11T13:09:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T17:09:15","slug":"dominique-rodgers-cromartie-released-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/03\/11\/dominique-rodgers-cromartie-released-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie Released by New York Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter, 10-year NFL cornerback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/R\/RodgDo99.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie<\/a><\/strong> has been released by the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/giants\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> New York Giants<\/a> after four seasons with the team. The two sides had been working on a restructured deal but were unable to come to new terms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giants informed CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie that he is being released, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanRaanan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JordanRaanan<\/a> and me. Giants will save $6.5 million by releasing him.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/972851799005847552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Report: Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie Released by New York Giants<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The 31-year-old is now the newest veteran cornerback to hit free agency this year. Established cornerbacks have been on the move this off-season, and that won\u2019t be changing now that Rodgers-Cromartie is on the market. Prior to the official start of free agency, former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/broncos\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denver Broncos<\/a> corner\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/T\/TaliAq99.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aqib Talib<\/a><\/strong> was traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/rams\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> and former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/seahawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seattle Seahawk<\/a> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SherRi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Sherman<\/a><\/strong> signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/49ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers-Cromartie initially entered the league as a second-round pick of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/cardinals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a> in the 2008 draft. Cromartie played in every possible game of his Cardinals tenure, starting all but five. His knack for big plays quickly made him one of the more well-regarded players in the league. Through three seasons in Arizona, Rodgers-Cromartie recorded 13 interceptions, returning four for touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers-Cromartie played well for Arizona, but the Cardinals ultimately traded him prior to the beginning of the 2011 season. Desperate for a franchise quarterback, they sent Rodgers-Cromartie to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> for the services of quarterback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/K\/KolbKe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Kolb<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The trade paired Rodgers-Cromartie with former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/raiders\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Raider<\/a> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AsomNn20.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nnamdi Asomugha<\/a><\/strong>. On paper, this grouping should have been one of the best in the league. Instead, Rodgers-Cromartie struggled in his two seasons with Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles and Rodgers-Cromartie split ways after two years in Philadelphia. The Tennessee State product landed on his feet, spending the 2013 season with the Broncos on a one-year, $5-million dollar contract. Rodgers-Cromartie recorded three interceptions while re-establishing himself as one of the best cornerbacks in the league. Prior to Super Bowl XLVIII, Rodgers-Cromartie openly questioned retirement should the Broncos win.<\/p>\n<p>The Broncos\u00a0ended up losing to the Seahawks and Rodgers-Cromartie would join the fourth team of his career in 2014. Rodgers-Cromartie joined the Giants on five-year, $35-million dollar contract. Overall, Rodgers-Cromartie had a strong tenure with the Giants, going to one Pro Bowl and recording 11 interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>However, he started to show signs of slippage in 2017. Rodgers-Cromartie only started six games all season, recording just one pass defended. His interception total dropped from six in 2016 to zero in 2017. After deciding not to take a pay cut nor ponder a move to safety as the team requested, they decided to let him go.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"LAsYdh0LSlxstbPlqINFVg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/630776460\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'LAsYdh0LSlxstbPlqINFVg',sig:'7RPolnqIx4ICjC6I8j41-5coTrCIjm5dYKzY0iaK6xk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'630776460',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10-year NFL veteran Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie has officially been released by the New York Giants. Rogders-Cromartie and the Giants were unable to come to terms on a renegotiated deal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":39601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,36],"tags":[1072,266,1555,61,92,40,1608,246,605],"class_list":["post-39598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-giants","category-nfl-news","tag-aqib-talib","tag-denver-broncos","tag-dominique-rodgers-cromartie","tag-football","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-free-agency","tag-nfl-news","tag-richard-sherman"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}