Would you have given Revis that contract?

With the team we have now, no.

If we were a team on that looked like to be the on the cusp of the SB, I would consider it if we had cap room and other positions set for the long term.

EDIT: Just saw the poll. No, I wish we would have kept him, but this had to be done is my thinking haha

 

It's not $96 million. It's $16 million per year. Big difference. TB can essentially cut him after this year, at no penalty.

Revis would never have accepted this deal with the NYJ. Too much bad blood between sides.

The question should be, is he worth $16 million a year? The answer is NO. Is he worth the headache of his inevitable hold out next year for guaranteed money? Again, the answer is NO.

Great trade IMO.

 

I dont see how anyone in our position could pay that much of our cap to a CB. I would rather have kept him but that salary is way to high for the vast majority of teams.

Thanks but goodbye!

 

The only player worth paying that much to is a franchise QB, who has proven he can win a SB.

Bye bye MEvi$, may you get hurt before week one so we never face you, yep hoping for an injury, but he can pay for the very best care.

 

Revis will last 3 years there before the Bucs cut him. Hes essentially going to cut before those 6 years, he cant play at the high level at the age of 34.

 

Agreed. Except for franchise QB, nobody should be commanding 16M a year in today's salary cap era. Only possible exception to this rule is MVP-level RB (like Adrian Peterson).

Maybe the soft salary cap in NBA & lack of salary cap in MLB has thrown off NY fans' understanding of how salary cap works.

 

The only $ that matters is guaranteed money.

 

I would have found a way to keep Revis. Possibly would have lost him next year if I could not get a deal done though. I understand why it all happened, but when I look up and down the roster at what the Jets are paying others with MUCH MUCH MUCH less talent than Revis, it is sickening.

 

No.

It seems most people, even those in support of the deal, are saying that the contract is essentially a 2 or 3 year deal.

While I don't think it's probable, there is a very real situation in my opinion where it's a one year deal. $16 million is a crazy amount of money to tie up in one player, and if Revis isn't back to his legendary form, they're overpaying a "very good CB" by about $8-$10 million.

In that scenario, with no guaranteed money on the line, there's every reason for them to renegotiate, which opens a can of Darrelles.

 

Exactly! I would have done it... and I would've traded Cromartie away for like a 2nd rounder. But people are specualting he wouldn'th have accepted that deal from us so who knows...

 

Absolutely not. And I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he came back and showed he was 100% this year then held out next year for guaranteed money.

 

One Jets fan wrote "Revis was not even that good in 2011 and was hurt in 2012. The Jets got a sweet deal! Revis was great 08-10." What do you guys think about that? Maybe the team was not great in 2011, but Revis still was.

 

I don't see how the Jets could win in this situation. Any contract they signed Revis to wouldn't have made him happy ... as Tampa will find out in a couple of short years. Just as soon as someone gets a contract that is $1 over his. I get players need to maximize their earnings, but at some point you have to not be a distraction.

I miss him already, I wish him the best of luck in Tampa, but at his price tag he had to go.

 

Change the poll to including "non guaranteed". It's not a 96 million dollar commitment.

 

Any Jets fan trying to argue his ability is just butt hurt. He's a great player, an all-time great player. That's not arguable.

The real question is about money/cap and the current state of the Jets.

 

I'd love for people to show me the franchise QB we have that should be commanding this kind of money.

And if you draft one, they don't get that kind of money for four years.

Yes, the highest paid player should be an elite franchise QB, IF YOU HAVE ONE. We don't have one, so why not make the defense your strength (since that is the only other path to a title)?

 

this. revis doesnt honor contracts.i can almost bet he looked at this as a 1 year deal witha new guarenteed contract coming next year

 

You seem to believe the defense cannot be the strength without Revis. Did Rex Ryan have elite defenses without elite corners prior to Revis?