You may be right, but it's impossible to know. Unless "somebody" comes out and states it for truth. The fact is that Tanny was the contract negotiator years before he got the GM job, and once he got the GM job, the contacts he negotiated started to suck. He wasn't the football guy even when he was GM, so I would look down instead of up if I were to look for culprits.
The contracts negotiated under Parcells weren't wonderful either. The Vinny situation became a rolling cap disaster that kept the Jets from releasing him when it was probably wise to do so from anything but a cap perspective. The Aaron Glenn and Marcus Coleman deals were also pretty bad at the time and the Jets wound up paying the Texans to take them by leaving an OT unprotected in the expansion draft. I'm not going to get into the Curtis Martin deal because I have no doubt at all that he deserved it, even if it was not good for the Jets overall. Very few athletes in history in any sport have sacrificed as much as Martin sacrificed in terms of pain and suffering on the field in order to not let his team down. Early 2002 when he was playing on two sprained ankles and played through it is one of the guttiest sequences I can remember by a Jet. It was like Groin for Broke extended over a 5 game sequence.
The Revis trade was necessary. He is a selfish player that cares nothing about winning or the team and only about how much money he makes. No CB is worth anything near the money he makes. He is paid like a QB, but his impact on a game as a CB is minimal in today's NFL. He can only cover one receiver. Most good passing teams send out 3 WRs and a TE or two on passing downs. Revis can only cover one of the 4-5 receivers. Even if he blankets the opponent's #1, like he did in the 2009 AFC title game vs Indy, the rest of the secondary has to cover the other 3-4 guys. I'd much rather put the money he earns into a more important position, such as DE, OLB, QB, LT or RT. Plus Revis was paid a boat load of money in his two contracts with the Jets, but all we heard from him this time of year was not about how the team would perform or how he was a leader and would control the locker room, but whether he would hold out and how much money he wanted. He was a great player, but not a great leader or teammate or locker room presence. It was all about the money and nothing else. Good riddance.
Revis shares his opinion on the Jets.. Taken from Today's NY Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/jets...D0bFLxNcdgsLJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Jets Guess that says it all. So much for 20/20 hindsight.
Revis just won't keep his mouth shut and be the bigger man. Oh well I guess Julio Jones will have to.
Fuck Revis. Not a team player at all. He will be out of Tampa in 3 years tops... Cowboys will be calling with more money and he will jump ship. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2
as far as the media. he is correct. the preds in florida acts more like cheerleaders and aren't looking for the negative stories. they almost reluctantly go after the bad stuff. as far as the "they just want to win" thats a bit ironic coming from a 2 time holdout that was hellbent on getting every dollar,salary cap be damned
i LOVE to see fans turn on guys as soon as they arent on their team anymore. its quite funny. yeah the media in new york are assholes. yes the offense was always second fiddle to the defense and i bet it was a lockerroom thing too. but revis is an asshole and a greedy fuck. yeah ok quit acting like douches about a guy you used to fawn over. fans act like scorned broads when a guy leaves their team.
Ah yea - a lot of people were saying the same thing when he was here. Thank God this money hungry me first prick is no longer a Jet.
Revis Decision 13' Obviously if Revis doesn't return to his old form than allowing him to leave the Jets and not paying him all that money was a great move. But if he does return to his old form and does recover from his recent injury, do you guy still believe that was the smart move for us?? I understand he wanted an astronomical amount of money but a player of his caliber greatly benefits other aspects of the defense, and make the defense better as a whole by being on the field. So yea his contract demands were a little high and takes up a lot of cap room but he helps supplement that with his superior play. Lastly, I just loved having a guy who is one of the best overall players in the league and having him be a NY Jet. We aren't often privy to a player of his caliber on our Jets.
I think the feeling you have is what a lot of us Jet fans felt; we all had a lot of pride in saying that the best player in the league at his position was one of our guys. It's obviously a nice thing to be able to say. To answer your question I still think it was the responsible move to deal him. Despite his holdouts, I'll never root against him. I'm sure I'll cheer him in week one when they introduce him and/or video montage him. But, if he did return to form for us, he was going to command an enormous amount of money that the Jets most likely could not afford. It was unfortunate, it sucked to lose the guy that was the face of the team, but it had to be done.
Revis was injury-prone? He had one major injury that could happen to anyone, and hammy issues after the ego-driven holdout a few years back, that's it. The problem with having Revis is you NEED to be a good team on the verge of a championship to have that deal be worth it the next three-four years. I don't think that's us right now...or Tampa for that matter.
1 player with 1 assignment on defense is not worth that much. You have to re think this down the road. 1 How does Dee millner play? 2 How is the cap situation later down the road.
We shall see. I'm on the record for saying I would have kept him. You keep once in a generation type players on your team. BTW, Revis is not "injury prone"..
You will not be a Superbowl team if you pay a corner $16 million+ per year. He demanded that, and would have walked. Best of luck to you Revis, but he will not get a ring while he's in his prime. Only when he's in his twilight years and made enough money that he settles for minimum contracts.
I don't think it was a complete plus or minus. Back in 09 & 10 when the team had the talent..Revis was likely worth his salary & off the field headache. You can't replace that match-up nightmare in a playoff setting.Irreplaceable. That said he's not a team player, he was/is never gonna be happy w/ his contract & unless your on the verge of a championship that much money allocated to a corner doesn't make sense in a salary cap system.
Too early to say but I still wish Idzik got a little bit more in the deal after all the negotiating back and forth. Look at what the Vikes got for Harvin who is SUPER injury prone (and is out yet again).
