The New York Jets have released cornerback Antonio Cromartie in a cost-cutting move that will save the team $8m (£5.7m) in salary cap space.The decision on Monday marks the second time in three years that the Jets have cut Cromartie, who was re-signed last off-season after a year in Arizona.Cromartie was in the second year of a four-year, $32m (£22.7m) contract he signed last off-season but his 2016 salary was not guaranteed, allowing the Jets to knock $8m off their salary cap. I would like to [thank] the Jets organization for bringing me back this past season, Cromartie wrote on Instagram.I had a lot of fun and I know my first [half] of the season didnt go well and I thank you guys for pushing and believing in me to keep me on the field so I could finish strong. Today is a sad day for me not because of my release but the guys I became really close [to] in our DB room. Darrelle Revis #24 with former team-mate Antonio Cromartie #31 Cromartie was a headline signing in the Jets spending spree last off-season as he returned to New York along with fellow cornerback Darrelle Revis.The duo formed a dynamic pairing in their first stint together for the Jets (2010 to 2012) but struggled to recreate that form in 2015 with Cromartie in particular struggling at times during the season.According to Pro Football Focus, he gave up a team-high seven touchdown passes and had no interceptions for the first time since his rookie season in 2006 with San Diego. Cromartie, who will turn 32 in April, admitted midway through the season he was not playing as he had hoped. Who will be franchise tagged? Von Miller and Kirk Cousins among players who could be tagged The move to release Cromartie frees up the cap space the Jets will need if they are to apply the franchise tag to Pro Bowl defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson as expected.Before releasing Cromartie, the Jets projected to have around $13m (£9.2m) in cap space and franchising Wilkerson is expected to cost around $13.5m (£9.6m).Cromarties departure will allow a younger player to assume a greater role with Marcus Williams, who led the team with six interceptions, or Dee Milliner, a 2013 first-rounder who has been beset by injuries, expected to compete for snaps alongside Revis and Buster Skrine.Also See:AFC North: In FocusAFC South: In FocusAFC West: In FocusAFC East: In FocusChauncey Gardner-Johnson Saints Jersey . Miller finished in two minutes, 6.09 seconds, one day before the first medal race on the Alpine schedule. The 36-year-old American also turned in the top time in Thursdays opening training session. 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Shane Hnidy joins Brian Munz for the broadcast on TSN 1290 Radio at 7pm ct.European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley insists he will not be afraid to change the rules regarding Ryder Cup eligibility following last months defeat at Hazeltine.Only European Tour members can play on the team, a regulation which meant captain Darren Clarke did not have the option of selecting world No. 12 Paul Casey, who gave up his membership to concentrate on the PGA Tour.The chance to play in the Ryder Cup has long been seen as one of the key ways the European Tour can try to prevent its top stars from playing full time on the more lucrative PGA Tour.But Pelley believes it is his job to make the Tour an attractive enough proposition that players will choose to play on this side of the Atlantic, rather than be forced to do so.We are always talking to our top players, said Pelley, who was responding to calls this week from Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy to change the eligibility criteria. We are always listening to what they have to say. We also want to have the best possible team at the Ryder Cup.We are having discussions regarding the qualification system now. We will continue to have them. We will have them with our players. We will have them with our tournament committee and our board over the coming weeks and months.We will adjust the Ryder Cup qualification if we feel that we need to. We wont be afraid to make the changes.I would say that part of our job at the Tour is to get players to come and play because it is a terrific place to play. We play at world-class resorts, like here in Turkey. We play on great golf courses in great cities. To be a world-class player, the European Tour is a fantastic place to be.Our job as the gatekeepers of the Tour is to provide bigger purses, greateer experiences and greater courses so that the players want to play here and play here more than they need to just to stay a member and so be a Ryder Cup player.ddddddddddddThe Ryder Cup is a critical component of our tour and it is a sensational event. But it shouldnt be the only reason why someone wants to be on our tour. Thats our job at hand right now.Pelley conceded that the topic may have only resurfaced due to the 17-11 defeat at Hazeltine, Europes heaviest in the biennial contest since 1981.McIlroy told the No Laying Up podcast that Caseys absence definitely hurt us and Westwood agreed with his team-mates assertion that the best 12 players should feature on each side, regardless of where they play.At the end of the day, youre still European and you still have the passion to play for Europe and represent them, Westwood said.If you prove that youre world class on, say, the PGA Tour and not the European Tour, why should that have any bearing on whether you can play or not?Speaking during the third round of the Turkish Airlines Open, Pelley also revealed there would be changes in how future Ryder Cup venues are selected, with Turkey a possible host.Italy beat Spain, Germany and Austria to the rights for the 2022 Ryder Cup after what the Tour itself described as an exhaustive and comprehensive bid process.The challenge I had with the process was that all of these organisations host tournaments for us and there is one winner and three losers, Pelley added. The three who were not awarded the Ryder Cup are still our partners. That I found was not a good way forward. ' ' '