Just Pay Darrelle Revis Already Damn!!!?

Asante Samuel and Nate Clements have contracts for around $10 million per. Revis is better than both players.

Revis wants to top Nnamdi Asomugha’s annual value of $15.1 million per season. Let’s assume $12 million is the starting point. If the Jets won’t top Clements’ deal by $2 million, which was the open market value for a corner not as good as Revis, it’s too low in my book. If the Jets want to top Asomugha’s annual salary by $100,000, they would need to tack on $3.2 million.

Let’s put $3.2 million into perspective for an NFL team. The salary cap in 2009 was worth around $127 million. That extra $3.2 million would count for 2.5% of the team’s cap space. Would it really be worth losing the best defender in the league over 2.5% of the cap? Also consider the cap goes up over time, meaning that $3.2 million would count for less a percentage of the team’s space over time. It’s really not that much more.

This is the one player in the one system for which a corner really is that valuable. The Jets have Revis follow the other team’s top receiver around all game. Nnamdi Asomugha doesn’t do that. Neither does Charles Woodson.He eliminates elite offensive weapons by himself. For most teams to do that, it requires a second defender. That frees somebody else up to do something else, adding an extra player to the defense in essence. It also allows the Jets to roll their coverage and give defenders extra help on secondary targets. These are the guys who usually have an advantage when a defense focuses on shutting down the top option on the other team.

Revis makes every on the defense better. Against good run teams, the Jets don’t have to worry about stacking the box and being vulnerable deep. His coverage makes the pass rush better. Most people say the pass rush is what makes the secondary. Watch the tape again of Jets games last season. Tell me how many times a quarterback had time then eventually had a guy in his face because the coverage held.

Again, this is all because Rex Ryan has Revis follow around the other team’s top receiver and provides little help. It seems like a common sense thing to have your best corner do that, but nobody does it.Rex understands how to get the most out of Revis’ ability. That’s why he’s so valuable, he understood how to develop a scheme that made the most out of Revis’ abilities. The Jets wouldn’t get as much value out of him without the way Rex constructed the defense.

The NFL is a brutal business. Contracts are not guaranteed. What if Darrelle got hurt seriously, came back, and played like Drew Coleman. Do you think the Jets would hesitate for a second to cut him? They wouldn’t honor his contract. He’s one injury away from losing the highest earning potential of his life. He’s also the seventh highest paid defensive back on the team this year. The bottom line to me is he outperformed his contract. He’s earned a new one.

If the team caves to Revis, they will have to cave whenever a player wants a new contract.

This is not the case. Revis is a unique talent. He brings something to the table that nobody else does. This is a special case.

He shouldn’t be rewarded for holding out while guys like Mangold and Harris are in camp working hard for the team.

In an ideal world, this would be correct. The world isn’t a fair place, though. You can work hard for the same employer for three decades, do nothing wrong, and still get a pink slip when the company decides it wants to save some money. That’s not fair. Neither is life in the NFL.

I just think the Jets should do what it takes to keep Revis in green and white. How many players actually impact the game every play they are on the field? Drew Brees does. Peyton Manning does. Tom Brady does. Chris Johnson does. Darrelle Revis is in this group. I don’t particularly care for the way he has handled this situation, but I also don’t want to see the Jets lose him. I'm not saying I necessarily think either side is sympathetic here. It's a billion dollar corporation against a millionaire athlete. If making him the highest paid corner in the game is the only way to keep Revis, though, I think the Jets should do it.

1 good year does not make a player the best at their position. Revis signed a contract. If he wanted more money, he should have asked for more before inking his name on a contract, and 1 good year does not validate becoming the highest paid player at your position. Its poor sportsmanship, and opens the gates for other spoiled players to do it in the future. Revis is not the best defensive player in the league, and anyone who says otherwise is very likely a Jets fan. Second best corner maybe, but not best defensive player.

Jets barely made it into the playoffs.

All the other elite cornerbacks played out their rookie contracts.

Asomugha was actually franchised twice before he got his big deal.

If Revis is the best defensive player in the league, hands down, why was Charles Woodson named Defensive Player of the Year? So, not only is Revis not the best defensive [player in the league, he isn't even the best CB, as Woodson is one too, and he won D.P.O.Y.

From what I hear he is not willing to negotiate, he is only willing to play if he is the top paid CB in the league. You can't let a player just boss you around like that or everyone will try to do that. He still has 3 years left on a contract with 20 mil in guaranteed money coming to him, he should have waited another couple years.

Asomugha is clearly better dude....jets have kyle wilson....a first rounder....they cant just pay revis Asomugha money...idk..but i think jets are doing the right thing.....even Chris johnson, who deserves way more than REVIs is not complaining or even desean jackson..these players are REAL...but i only see revis crying so much ! ....

A corner back doesnt make the team to the afc championchip queer

i agree with you. the dude is freaking awesome. at first i thought he should just come to camp, but really he's the best cover corner probably to ever play the game. peace bro.

Revis is a sissy.