Twitter trash talk targets Jets' Antonio Cromartie, Geno Smith
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Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff Writer
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- After getting roughed up by the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, the New York Jets were involved in some social-media trash talk that seems to have come from inside their own locker room.
Insulting tweets, directed at cornerback Antonio Cromartie and quarterback Geno Smith, came from an account that might belong the son of Jets tight ends coach Jimmie Johnson, who was granted access to the locker room and postgame hospitality suite. The account has since been deleted.
Cromartie caught wind of it and fired back at @JimmieJ82, which eventually apologized.
The account posted a picture of Cromartie with the tweet, "Antonio Cromartie with 2 of his 15 kids."
Another tweet from the same account said, "Yo f--- you Cro you weak a-- b---- You gonna be playing till you 60 to pay all that child support."
A few hours later, Cromartie fired back.
The account also took aim at Smith, the Jets' backup quarterback. He posted a picture of Smith posing with a child in the hospitality suite, captioning it, "Bum a-- Geno Smith."
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@JimmieJ82 later apologized directly to Cromartie on Twitter, also tweeting: "Those tweets were really stupid on my part. Will apologize to both of them if I get the chance."
The Jets declined to confirm or deny that the tweets came from Johnson's son. Coach Todd Bowles will have his daily news conference at 3:30 p.m.
Johnson, who played 10 years in the league as a tight end, is in his first season as an assistant with the Jets. He previously worked on the Minnesota Vikings' staff.
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