It was actually not that big of a deal for Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie to give up the No. 21 he wore last season with the Giants, as he obliged the wishes of rookie safety Landon Collins, something a veteran often is not wont to do.
Heck, it’s not that Rodgers-Cromartie was all that emotionally attached to No. 21. He’d played seven years in the NFL and that was his fourth uniform number, following 29, 23 and 45. And so, when Collins explained he wanted No. 21 to honor his idol, the late Sean Taylor, Rodgers-Cromartie gave it willingly and took No.