Antonio Cromartie on Jets trading Darrelle Revis to Bucs: 'It sucks'

Antonio Cromartie (right) said he was surprised that the Jets agreed to trade fellow cornerback Darrelle Revis (left) to the Bucs on Sunday. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Darrelle Revis' former partner in the New York Jets' secondary summed up his feelings on the team's pending trade of the All-Pro cornerback in two words: "It sucks," Antonio Cromartie told the New York Daily News.

After months of speculation, the Jets agreed to trade Revis to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, pending a physical.

Cromartie, who formed one of the NFL's top cornerback tandems with Revis in 2010 and '11, lamented the move shortly after it was announced.

From the Daily News' Manish Mehta:

“It sucks. That’s my reaction: It sucks,” Cromartie told the News. “Losing a guy like that just sucks. A leader in the locker room, a leader in the classroom, a leader on the field. A great playmaker on the field. It just sucks losing a guy like that.”

“I’m surprised really, to tell you the truth,” Cromartie added. “I’m surprised more so than anything.”

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“I know it’s a business… but I don’t even have a reaction now,” Cromartie said. “I don’t even know what to say…. I was thinking last year when I saw him that it was going to be the both of us (on the Jets) for a long time. But I understand the business standpoint of it.”