Although I believe that Revis is the best corner in football, Cromartie has earned the right to be covering the opponent's best receiver, in this case Jennings. And although Revis is "100%" now, Cro has been playing at a high level all season long. Still can't be sure what you're getting from Revis as this would be his first game without the injured hammy. Plus, I'm not concerned with Cromartie on Jennings. I think he matches up well with Jennings and Revis better with Driver. Revis is better at covering the short routes IMO while Cromartie has been better deep.
Cromartie has done a good job with fast receivers....I still get worried with the quick ones. I think Cromartie would have trouble with Jennings Cromartie has done a great job, but it doesn't overshadow what we all know a healthy Revis can do. Revis should be on Jennings, Cro's been great...but Revis is the top CB in the NFL. __________________________________________ I never though I'd see the day where people on a Jets board are underrating Darrelle Revis
The point was revis has the speed to cover deep threats. lets not forget that just cause cro has been blanketing other teams speed guys
I think Revis on Jennings all day is a terrible idea. I think they have to (and likely will) slowly ease him back into the things. You got to remember this guy hasn't played football @ 100% since last fricken january. I think you throw Revis on Jennings depending on what side of the field hes on, and other times its Cromartie. And slowly give him more action on the top guys. Because lets be honest, Cromartie has been a shutdown corner this year so it would be stupid not to use em. Same thing next week against Calvin Johnson slowly getting Revis up to speed. Then with the Browns basically being a bye week for our corners Revis VS Andre Johnson should be the first time this year where we let Revis claim his island back. Till then we got Cromartie lets take advantage of it.
100% is 100%. This is Darrelle Revis we are talking about. If he is 100% he will be the best DB in the NFL. He needs to do what he did last year, it allows him to be so dominant. He is an NFL athlete, his job is to play his best football whenever he can get on the field. At 100% he should be following the #1 everywhere from here on out...
Once I saw some of the plays he made in Denver including that wonderful hit I knew he was close just not quite there yet. During the bye week he was at the facility everyday and I believe him when he says he's 100%. Revis would not say that and risk embarrassment again. It's finally time for the Revis and Cro show.
I feel like all season now because of the few first weeks everyone is going to be calling for Cro to be on the big physical receiver on the opponent team every week. Don't get me wrong, Cro has played very well so far this season, but when Revis is 100%, you lock him on the best weapon of the opponent ever week, period. I don't recall him having any issues with the big tall physical receivers last year did he? Revis at 100% is on the best receiver, end of story.
So far in 6 games he's only allowed 1 sack, they have been doing a great job protecting Mark, for the most part. For instance, Wake is top 10 in sacks and he never really got close to Sanchez and only had 1 tackle too. Clay Mathews is better, but our line is getting better each and every week. I really hope Conner gets a good hit on him early, maybe make him think twice before heading back there again...lol
Matthews is a beast, he's not going to stop, ever. I wouldn't be surprised if they have Keller chip him a lot before going out on pass routes.
He is a little banged up, they held him out of the Dolphin game to rest him for the Vikings game. He too is having trouble with his hammy. Maybe we send Conner in to terminate his hamstring.
This is true. My guess is they'll play him straight up with Woody for the first few series' to see how effective he is. If Woody starts to have problems containing him then Shotty will adjust.
I think it's foolish for people to just say that Revis should cover the other team's #1 simply because he's our best corner when healthy. The Jets are too smart to not play matchups, and when you lay everything out Cromartie is best suited to be the guy that follows around Jennings and covers him wherever he is on the field. His speed and length make him hard to beat deep, and that's where Greg Jennings does his damage. Like someone said earlier, the quicker receivers can do damage against Cro because he's not exactly the smartest/most technical corner the world has ever seen. Jennings will be out there a good portion of the snaps, and it'll limit the things that Cro has to prepare for. It's clear that when he gets to match up against against one particular guy he's a lot better, less to key on. Now, with Revis, he'll have the much tougher task of switching between Driver and the very dangerous James Jones. Those are the guys that are going to hurt the Jets on third downs (which the Jets have not been good at stopping). Revis is going to have to switch between them through the course of the game, which I would imagine he can do a lot easier than Alcrotraz.
I'm not quite sure about this. The only reason why Revis was put on teams' best receivers week after week last season was because we really didn't have much of a choice. This year, we have an extremely solid #2 CB who's playing at elite-caliber thus far. We need to take advantage of that. You really have two hypotheticals here: Situation 1: Revis is put on the opponent's tall, streaky deep threat (generally-speaking their #1 threat) and shuts him down. Cromartie is then relegated to the quicker, slant-guy routes and is likely burned on a few catches for decent yardage, since he's not a very smart/technically-sound player. Zero net gain. Situation 2: Revis is stuck on the opponent's quick route runners and almost definitely shuts them down. Cromartie is put on the team's deep threat where he excels due his physicality and style of play and, based on historical performance, more than likely shuts him down for much of the game. Positive net gain. I understand your rationale for sticking Revis on the the best WR, but I think that strategy applied moreso last year when our secondary was mostly garbage outside of Revis. This year, we have some great options in Revis, Cro, Leonhard, etc. and can afford to mix it up a little more to achieve optimal matchups based on individual strengths and playing style.
theres healthy and theres game shape. i think thats what he was alluding to. I believe Revis is 100% healthy but you play 2.5/6 games after missing camp its hard to say you pickup right where you left off last year. I have no problem with Revis on Jennings with that being said. I would like them to mix it up just for the sake of it since AlCrotraz has been great this yr. beyond just go routes
I don't recall anyone complaining about Revis' lack of size last year when going up against tall receivers like Moss, Vincent Jackson, and Andre Johnson. Revis is great not because of his height, but because of how physical he is with receivers. He knocks them off their timing and has amazing awareness of where the ball is. Cro's idea of playing bump and run is to play up close with them and just run with them the whole time, he's hardly ever physical with the receiver at the line of scrimmage. I don't care about the differences in size, I want Revis on their best weapon.
they have been slowly easing him for the past 6 weeks! he's healthy, and he's a professional. No reason why he wouldn't cover jennings
