Ten Questions For Chargers DB Antonio Cromartie

(Bleacher Report) Thanks for taking the time with us here at the Bleacher Report to answer a couple of questions with us Antonio, let’s get started…

1. The Chargers had the second-worst pass defense in the league last year and gave up the most yards in the AFC, didn’t you say you were going to break the record for interceptions at 15? You ended up with two, what was the biggest difference in the two years?

2. Do you think making a statement like that put too much pressure on you to get interceptions, making you gamble more than you would have liked?

3. How much did Merriman not being there effect the defense and how it performed?

4. Give me an example on how you play your game if you have Shawne in there opposed to him not being there?

5. There was mention of you having played the whole season with a broken hip, sustained in the first week of the Carolina game. hHw did you go a whole season with a broken hip? How much effect did the injury have on your performance, and how is the hip feeling now?

6. With Ted Cottrell being released halfway through the 2008 season, what adjustments did you have to make to the new scheme in the middle of the season?  With Rivera coming in as the new coordinator, what changes have you seen thus far and what are your feelings about the new scheme/defensive coordinator?

7.  You have had some electrifying returns, whether it be in kicking game or taking an interception to the house, do you want to see more action in the return game?

8. With the health of the front seven the best it has been in two seasons, how confident are you in this defense going into the season?

9. How much film are you watching of opponents in the offseason?

10. What’s the one game you have circled on this year’s schedule?

Thanks for taking the time with us here at the Bleacher Report, Antonio.