Two years ago, the Jets used the ninth overall pick in the draft on cornerback Dee Milliner. This year, Milliner is battling just to make the roster. So does that make Milliner a bust?
Not according to fellow cornerback Antonio Cromartie, who says Milliner is just going through the natural growing pains of a young player who has had to deal with injuries.
“It’s not a point of saying, ‘He’s a first-round bust,’ because I don’t believe that,” Cromartie told NJ.com. “He shows a lot of potential in what he can do, when he’s healthy.”
Cromartie believes there’s a role for Milliner on the Jets.
“Dee can play,” Cromartie said. “That’s something that he has to figure out himself, and come in into the system, and say, ‘I’m ready to go, I’m healthy, I’m going to be ready to go when training camp gets here, and I need to show everyone that I can come in and play with the best of them.’ ”
Cromartie may be right. But Milliner is running out of time to prove it.