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Antonio Cromartie found himself in the most frightening of positions last year when in Miami he reportedly received word from his then-seven months pregnant wife that she tried to end her life. But all Terricka Cason Cromartie wanted to do was send a message to her husband, whom she assumed was cheating on her, when she allegedly sent these terrifying early-morning texts to him on May 6, 2011:

“God forgive me, I don’t want to die. What have I done?”

“I cut my wrists. I took those pills.”

The Jets cornerback immediately called the Randolph Township (N.J.) police, which knocked down the doors at the Cromarties’ home only to find Terricka and her two daughters safe and sound. She admitted to cops that she faked the whole ordeal because she believed Antonio, baby-daddy extraordinaire, wasn’t being faithful.

“She stated that she had no intention of going through with the act,” the police report said, according to the New York Post. “She said she was exercising her First Amendment right to free speech and could say whatever she wanted.”

Police told Terricka that she needed to undergo a mandatory psychiatric evaluation, but she refused and became “belligerent, uncooperative, irrational and argumentative,” citing that there wasn’t anybody to look after her kids. A child-protection agency temporarily assumed custody of the girls while Terricka underwent her examination.

Terricka made no direct mention on her Twitter page Sunday of the Post’s story, but did send out this rather cryptic tweet:

The Devil is Busy as always …. Believe non of what u hear & only half of what you see.. Good morning hope every1 has a blessed day

— Lady Cro(@iluvTERRICKA) May 20, 2012

Her suicide con wasn’t the first instance we know of where she intentionally tried to mislead people. So, we especially enjoy the irony of her telling people not to believe what they hear.

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It’s time to start brushing through that baby name book, because Antonio Cromartie‘s wife says she and her husband are expecting twins.

Cromartie’s wife, Terricka Cason Cromartie, posted a picture on her Twitter account of a sonogram showing two babies and saying “identical twins run in my family.” She said in a separate tweet that they are expecting twins in November.

“Without the lies i’ll tell u anything u want to kno just ask me.. Ive always been an up front person.. Oh yea we are expecting twins in NOv,” she wrote.

Terricka seems to be upset about all the recent attention concerning her youngest son, Jagger. A New York Post article over the weekend said the two recently had another child, giving Antonio 10. She says her son is a year old and that’s why she doesn’t understand all the recent publicity about it.

Cromartie was approached about doing a reality show about his family and children all over the country, but he turned it down. The bright side is with twins on the way, he’ll now be able to field a full football team.

UPDATE: Cromartie’s wife may have been trying to set up the media with this story to see who would “bite” on it. I suspected that may have been the case with the sonogram, but when she said the following in a tweet “Without the lies i’ll tell u anything u want to kno just ask me.. Ive always been an up front person.. Oh yea we are expecting twins in NOv,” I believed it.

I’ve asked her to confirm whether or not she really is pregnant but she has not given me an exact answer, even though she said if you want to know “just ask me.” I’m now suspecting she was messing around, though she still hasn’t provided me with a straight answer. I’m not sure why she would screw around with a subject that sensitive. If this story was incorrect and she was lying, we really apologize — we rarely make mistakes of this nature.

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Say what you will about Antonio Cromartie, but the life he leads would make for ideal television in the world we live in today. If reality shows like “Teen Mom” and “Wicked Tuna” can draw ratings, I’m sure one about a professional football player who has 10 children by eight different women in six different states would intrigue the masses. As difficult as it may be to believe, the dude who could hardly remember the names of all of his offspring a couple summers ago is not in favor of the idea.

Cromartie had his 10th child about a year ago — a boy named Jagger who is his second child with his wife Terricka. According to the NY Post, a TV production company has reached out to the Jets corner and his eight baby mamas about creating a reality TV show based on their modern family, and the ladies are reportedly interested while Cromartie is not.

For a guy who is known for saying dumb things and acting like a moron, this is probably one of the best career decisions he has ever made. A reality show about his crew would make for intriguing television because it is such a rare phenomenon, but you can imagine how much of an idiot Cro would make himself out to be considering he already struggles to remember all of their names when on camera.

The bottom line is Cromartie’s family situation is sad. There is no possible way he can juggle playing football and being a father for 10 children who are scattered across the United States. The baby mamas want to do the show because they are single mothers who need money, and that’s understandable. That doesn’t mean the situation is one that should be showcased to the entire country.

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Antonio Cromartie was vehemently against the Jets acquiring Tim Tebow, tweeting twice that the team didn’t need the quarterback since they already had two. In one of his tweets, Cromartie suggested Tebow was just a gimmick quarterback who was there to sell tickets. That was all said before the Jets traded for Tebow. Now that the religious quarterback is on the Jets, Cromartie has done a 180.

“He’s going to bring another element to the Jets,” Cromartie told the New York Daily News. “He’s a winner. He’s a guy that never quits. If you give him a chance to win a game, he’s going to go out and win it. I think that’s what (general manager) Mike Tannenbaum and Rex (Ryan) saw in him.”

Cromartie thinks Tebow will be good for the Jets’ locker room and that he should help push Mark Sanchez. He also didn’t back down from his anti-Tebow tweets.

“I don’t have any regrets,” Cromartie told the Daily News. “I think a lot of people took what I said the wrong way. People took it as me dissing Tebow. I never dissed Tebow. I just said we don’t need him on our team because Mark is our quarterback. I would never degrade an NFL player because he’s in the NFL for a reason. Tebow’s proven over the past couple years why he’s in the NFL. I would never take a shot at any NFL player. He’s been a winner all his life. He’s pulled his teams out of predicaments. I’m not the kind of person that would degrade or belittle someone in the NFL.”

Sorry Einstein, but calling Tebow a gimmick QB who’s just a ticket draw is knocking his ability. We know Tebow will take the high road on the matter, but at least Cromartie is trying to improve relations.

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Antonio Cromartie will be in an awkward situation the first time he has to meet his new teammate Tim Tebow. A day after saying on Twitter that the Jets didn’t need Tebow, his team pulled off a trade for the ex-Broncos quarterback. Cromartie remained steadfast in his belief that the Jets don’t need Tebow. About an hour and a half prior to the trade being made, he tweeted:

Cromartie also said in an earlier message “I have faith in the guys that we have in the locker room right now that I will get it done this year.” Here’s the thing: If the Jets were trading for a player in whom Cromartie believed, he wouldn’t be critical. It’s obvious he thinks very little of Tebow as a quarterback. Sadly, Tebow can point to Week 11 last season because he has scoreboard on the Jets.

Antonio Cromartie is never shy about sharing his opinion, and he did just that concerning Tim Tebow. Amid speculation that the Jets were interested in the Broncos quarterback, Cromartie inferred Tebow was only a ticket draw and gimmick quarterback.

“We don’t need Tebow. We sell out every home game let him go to Jacksonville Tampa or Miami. Our wildcat offense can b ran by J. Kerley or Joe McKnight we straight,” the Jets cornerback wrote on Twitter.

If I were Tim Tebow, I’d be honored to make Cromartie’s hit list. Other players he’s gone after include Tom Brady, Matt Hasselbeck, Nnamdi Asomugha, and Mario Manningham. That’s quite a collection of accomplished players. Unfortunately for Cromartie, it looks like the Jets may have serious interest in Tebow.

The Jets and Giants have been trading trash talk most of the week. It started with Rex Ryan saying he believed his team was the best in football. The Giants responded by discrediting Jets CB Darrelle Revis. Now the Jets cornerbacks have had a chance to respond, and it was Antonio Cromartie doing most of the trash talking.

“You got guys that are not even Pro Bowl material,” Cromartie said. “Who really cares what they have to say.

“If I’m (Top 5) in the burn ratio, I guess I do get beat a lot,” Cromartie said sarcastically. “We’ll have to see on Saturday… that’s even if [Mario Manningham] touches the field. He let a guy named Victor Cruz come in and take his job.”

That Victor Cruz is coming awfully close to setting the franchise record for receiving yards, so losing a job to him is not an insult. And if the Giants had gone to Cruz earlier in the year, they may have had more success. But this is typical Cromartie; he loves to talk. And he does get burnt a lot. I expect to see that happen at least once on Saturday.