Every now and then a player comes along who attempts to reinvent how
the rules are written. Darrelle Revis is a very special talent. No one
will ever dispute that. But this idea that he deserves special
treatment during a time of organizational chaos shows he’s not quite
the team guy he wants you to believe he is.
The Jets may have a
new general manager and basically a new coaching staff, but that
doesn’t mean they have the first clue what their plan is personnel-wise
going forward. They are in the most radical state of transition that I
can remember in my near 35 years of watching them. Odds are they are
still formulating an approach on how to move forward and leave the last
two years under former GM Mike Tannenbaum in the rearview.
The
Jets have a plethora of holes to fill and, with Tuesday’s announcement
of a bunch of cuts, are barely under the salary cap enough to even say
with any conviction they know what the next steps will be to re-fill
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draft, but considering the talent pool they’ll have to choose from it’s
difficult to say if they’ll get any immediate impact. They should be
able to build for the future at positions of need, but if you are
hoping for someone they select to take the league by storm, well, you
might have to temper your enthusiasm just a bit.
This Revis
thing bugs me because he wants to know his future before the Jets really
know his future, which is ironic considering this is the same guy who
held out twice and threatened a third not really caring about the Jets’
future. He wants a phone call. He wants to know about a potential
trade. He wants to know if he’s going to get paid. It’s all about him,
when the reality is he’s going to likely end up in a good situation
with all the dollars that go with it, regardless if that situation is
with the Jets or not. I don’t think a lot of teams are overly concerned
about his knee, because the man has been diligent in his rehab, is a
physical specimen in every way and was the beneficiary of medical
science that is improving in leaps and bounds by the day.
The
diehard Revis supporters worship the guy and understandably so, but
they often conveniently overlook the fact that he signed a few
contracts and then tried to change the rules, and the Jets and their
fans were left in a lurch, trying to figure out how or if they should
pay a player who doesn’t just want to be the highest paid at his
position,Full custom bobbleheads
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the highest paid in the game. I mean he wants to rival the top flight
quarterbacks in salary, playing a position that, let’s face it, does not
directly determine the outcome of games anywhere near as often as the
responsibility that falls on the shoulders of a Peyton Manning, Drew
Brees or any other elite signal caller you’d care to mention.
Now
is this appropriate? That’s for the Jets to decide, but is such a
complex decision to ponder it’s understandable that it is taking as
long as it is for the organization to get to a place where it can live
with itself either way. So Revis has to understand that this isn’t the
Jets playing tit for tat due to his past holdouts, though there are
many who wouldn’t blame them if they did. It’s about making probably
the most important decision that has ever faced the franchise.Home Ventilation system gently and naturally ventilate your home with fresher.
Maybe
Revis’ comments weren’t all about bravado. Maybe he’s lost some self
confidence, which I get considering this is the first time he’s ever
been legitimately injured. Maybe he thinks he’ll never get the monster
contract he’s craved now that he may perceive himself as somewhat
damaged goods. Like I said earlier, I do believe he’ll get whatever he
wants eventually, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Revis right now
thinks he can. Either way, the Jets are under no obligation to give him a
head’s up as to their plans, though I do believe they would if they
actually knew what their plans are.
It’s no secret owner Woody
Johnson has soured on Revis the off-the-field guy, and that’s not to
say he’s not a good man or charitable or there for the fans. Johnson is
pretty much sick and tired of the dog and pony contract show Revis
puts on every time he’s not happy, this holding the fans and
organization hostage emotionally because he knows he can. Johnson may
have decided long ago to move on from Revis, if you believe the rumors
and unsubstantiated reports.
But that doesn’t mean he won’t
change his mind, now that he has different people chewing his ear.
Maybe John Idzik really likes Revis and wants him to be part of the
future, and, more importantly, can find a way to make it work
financially. Maybe Rex Ryan has more of a say in personnel than you
have been led to believe. Either way, this owner has to trust his
football people, who are now somewhat different than what he was used to
dealing with before.
Again, this is a massive decision,When I first started creating broken china-mosaics. one that will benefit the Jets regardless of how they choose to go.
But
they have to get it right. They have to leave no stone unturned. They
either have to get a king’s ransom by trading Revis or make him an
offer that appeases him but also doesn’t blow up their cap situation
for several years. The Jets are trying to avoid the bad decisions of
the past and even though Revis is Revis, perhaps giving him what he
wants will eventually come back to bite them when Revis isn’t Revis
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There are just too many numbers to crunch and aspects of an
organizational future to think about to be hasty just because one
extraordinary player has a different, albeit more accelerated,
timetable for getting something done.
Revis just needs to
chill. That’s the best advice I can offer. He can talk until he’s blue
in the face. He can make all the headlines he wants. He can have his
people carry his message to the ends of the Earth.
But at the
end of the day the Jets are going to do what is best for a team of many,
not a team of one. They owe that much to themselves and the legions of
millions that pay the bills.
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