kelly Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Something really weird happened in the New York Jets' win in London. It was the rarest of football occurrences, an event that happens as frequently as a lunar eclipse. Darrelle Revis blitzed. With 7:42 remaining in the game, Revis lined up in the left slot to cover Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jarvis Landry, as he had been doing most of the day. When the ball was snapped, the Jets' star cornerback dashed toward quarterback Ryan Tannehill as part of a seven-man rush that resulted in a hurried incomplete pass.A Revis blitz comes along as often as an Eli Manning touchdown run. Since 2008, Revis has blitzed only eight times, according to Pro Football Focus. The previous blitz was last February in the Super Bowl, when he was playing for the New England Patriots -- his one and only blitz for Bill Belichick. When asked about his slot blitz against Tannehill, Revis smiled. "You noticed," he said. Actually, no, I can't take the credit. I happened to see it in the stats furnished by PFF. Oddly, Revis didn't want to divulge any details about it, saying only, "I just do what they tell me to do."Former coach Rex Ryan blitzed Revis only three times from 2009 to 2012 because he felt it made no sense to remove from pass coverage arguably the best cover corner in the NFL. Sound thinking. Ryan's predecessor, Eric Mangini, had different ideas. In his rookie year, 2007, Revis blitzed 11 times. Morale of the story ? Anything is possible with a Todd Bowles-coached defense. Or maybe it was just their European game plan. > http://espn.go.com/blog/newyork-jets/post/_/id/54943/the-rarest-of-assignments-for-darrelle-revis-get-the-quarterback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bachelors3 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Keep doing it once a year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brown Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Moral of the story is Rex is a great defensive mind and that he and Bowles have differing approaches. Rex tends to stick with scheme, and wants players to stay in character while Bowles wants guys who can just play thereby creating unforeseeable mismatches that a QB must adjust for.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyLV Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Moral of the story is Rex is a great defensive mind and that he and Bowles have differing approaches. Rex tends to stick with scheme, and wants players to stay in character while Bowles wants guys who can just play thereby creating unforeseeable mismatches that a QB must adjust for.... I am not convinced Rex is a great defensive mind at all. I think he brought a certain style of defense, but as always happens in the NFL, the NFL adjusted and figured it out and Rex really has no response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointman Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Return kicks now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 -- There's a lot of buzz around Washington Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson -- specifically, two body parts. His hamstring: Jackson has missed four games, but appears close to returning for Sunday against the New York Jets.His mouth: In training camp, Jackson boasted, "I don’t think no one can guard me. It’s how I feel about myself. I don’t feel no one can stop me. You can get Darrelle Revis, Richard Sherman — whoever you want to get.” On Wednesday, Revis wanted no part of a Jackson discussion."I don't care if he plays or not," the Jets' star cornerback said. "It's about us as a team." Revis is well aware of Jackson's comments from the summer, but he insisted they don't matter to him. "No, not at all," he said. Yawn. If Jackson plays -- Redskins coach Jay Gruden said he's "optimistic" -- he'll almost certainly be covered by Revis. The Redskins' other receivers are Pierre Garcon, rookie Jamison Crowder and Ryan Grant."[Jackson] loves to compete against the best and Darrelle is the best," Gruden said on a conference call with New York reporters.Jets coach Todd Bowles said they're "counting on him to play. He's been practicing for two weeks now. I'm pretty sure he'll come out ready to play." The Jets have yet to face an elite receiver, so we haven't seen Revis in a marquee matchup. In the last game, he covered Miami Dolphins slot receiver Jarvis Landry, holding him to four catches for 40 yards. Jackson has elite skills, but it would be a stretch to think he'd be his old self after missing a month with a cranky hamstring. He'll has a built-in alibi if he gets shut down by Revis. "Revis doesn't really care about that," teammate Calvin Pryor said of Jackson's preseason yapping. "Anybody can talk. At the end of the day, you have to get on the field and prove it." > http://espn.go.com/blog/newyork-jets/post/_/id/54983/jets-cb-darrelle-revis-says-he-doesnt-care-if-desean-jackson-plays-or-not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 — During cornerback Buster Skrine's rookie year with the Browns, in 2011, his position coach was Jerome Henderson. The Browns played a lot of press coverage, close to wide receivers at the line of scrimmage. To show Skrine and Cleveland's other cornerbacks how to effectively defend at the line, Henderson put on film of Darrelle Revis. "He was like, 'Y'all want to know how to press? Watch Revis,'" Skrine said. Before joining the Browns, Henderson was the Jets' defensive backs coach in 2008. He assisted with that position group in 2007, Revis' rookie year with the Jets. Henderson saw how Revis blossomed into an elite cornerback. And during those film study sessions in Cleveland, so did Skrine, who is now Jets teammates with Revis. Through four games, Revis has justified the Jets giving him $39 million fully guaranteed this past offseason. He has two interceptions and three fumble recoveries, and is an important part of a dominant defense. Skrine, the Jets' slot corner, gets to watch Revis' press coverage skills up close now. He notices exactly what he did on film four years ago — that Revis' ability to play laterally while in press coverage separates him from so many other corners."He works lateral," Skrine said of Revis' press technique. "When you're a corner and you're working laterally at the line, it's harder for a receiver to get back on track. So he throws receivers off their line. If a quarterback sees a receiver off his line, he's not going to throw it over there. That's why Revis doesn't get a lot of targets."A lot of guys end up playing press, and they'll just open up [their hips] and they'll just run with the receiver. Revis is getting hands on you every time within that first five yards." So instead of simply pressing up on a receiver at the line, and then turning, letting the receiver run his route, and attempting to track him, Revis often favors a more physically aggressive (and more challenging) approach to press coverage.By squaring up with the receiver, moving side to side, and bumping the receiver, Revis aims to make the receiver go around him and adjust the planned route. As Skrine said, this can disrupt the receiver's timing with his quarterback. The seconds (or even fractions of a second) it takes the receiver to adjust and resume his normal route means valuable time (and timing) lost for the offense. "The receiver tries to hold that line, just so they can come in and out of breaks [during the course of the route]," Skrine said. "If they get pushed to the sideline, you know there's only so many routes they can run. One thing Revis does well is he's good at the line, so he always makes the receiver run a hump."By this, Skrine means the receiver must curve his route to get around Revis — a hump shape in an otherwise straight or angular pass pattern."If the receiver has to run a hump, that's like two seconds," Skrine said. "[Revis] always makes receivers run around him. He always has huge bumps in his [receivers'] routes. If you watch film, you see receivers running five yards in and trying to get back straight. By the time you do all that, the quarterback has looked you off. He's going to the next progression."Said Jets receiver Eric Decker: "If you look at the release of a quarterback, it's three, four seconds. So if you throw off any kind of timing, that's what this game is about. It's small windows. If you can get the quarterback to hold the ball for another half second, that can lead to disruptions, whether it's sacks, whether it's incompletions." Playing laterally like Revis does in press coverage is "definitely easier said than done," Skrine said. "A receiver is not just going to let you put your hands on him. But to be consistent every play like that, that's why he makes the big bucks."You've got some guys that are really good at it, but then you've got some guys that are inconsistent at it. He's probably the best press corner in the NFL."The keys, Skrine said, are Revis' hip movement and hand placement, along with his strength as a 200-pound corner — bulkier than many players at the position."There's not a lot that do it the way he does," Decker said. "He's just smart that he knows every receiver and what their strengths are. He's patient. He does just kind of step laterally and just wait for you to make a move. That, with his smarts and his instincts, just make him a great press corner, to be able to stay square and get [his] hands on players. "He does everything. He can play that way [laterally]. He'll quick jam you and he'll bail [out and run with the receiver]. He does a good job of mixing it up. He's not just a stay square pressing guy. He's able to do a lot of different things. That's what makes it hard for wide receivers. That's why he's Revis Island. That's what makes him the best corner, for sure." > http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2015/10/heres_exactly_why_jets_darrelle_revis_thrives_in_p.html#incart_river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 Revis transforms Jets' defense Without Darrelle Revis patrolling New York's secondary, the Jets wouldn't be sitting at 3-1 and considered playoff contenders. Revis' ability to play man allows the Jets to run their many blitz packages. Most valuable non-QBs (Insider) > http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/nyj/newyork-jets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 -- Darrelle Revis appeared on the covers of Sports Illustrated and ESPN The Magazine before the season, and now he's about to be featured on one of the most popular TV shows in history. The New York Jets' star cornerback will be profiled Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes," in a segment entitled, "Revis Island." What else, right ? Well-respected reporter Armen Keteyian, who conducts the interview, asks Revis to describe Revis Island."It's some place that receivers do not want to go," Revis says with a smile, according to CBS' preview of the piece. "We bring you over. We boat you back too. It's a vacation."Asked if he's the best cornerback in the NFL, Revis replies, "I don't even get into that, but my stats and all of that stuff speaks for itself. And ... the film doesn't lie." The CBS cameras go to his hometown, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, and Scottsdale, Arizona, where he trains in the offseason. Somewhere, owner Woody Johnson will be smiling. He waited a long time to have a face of the franchise, a marketable player.It's remarkable to see a non-quarterback receive so much national exposure -- especially a player who doesn't score touchdowns -- but Revis transcends the usual limits because of his talent and skillful marketing by his handlers. The "Revis Island" moniker doesn't hurt, either. A random thought: I wonder if the "60 Minutes" interview would've happened if he still were playing for the New England Patriots. Bill Belichick frowns upon players receiving celebrity treatment.Revis is off to a fast start in return to the Jets, with two interceptions and three fumble recoveries. "He's still playing like he's 22, 23 years old," coach Todd Bowles said of Revis' attitude. "Just his love of the game and the way he prepares is more impressive than his actual playing." > http://espn.go.com/blog/newyork-jets/post/_/id/55013/darrelle-on-revis-island-a-place-that-receivers-do-not-want-to-go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 A random thought: I wonder if the "60 Minutes" interview would've happened if he still were playing for the New England Patriots. Bill Belichick frowns upon players receiving celebrity treatment.. > http://espn.go.com/blog/newyork-jets/post/_/id/55013/darrelle-on-revis-island-a-place-that-receivers-do-not-want-to-go What a crock of sh*t. Brady was on 60 Minutes last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 Through five games, cornerback Darrelle Revis has absolutely been a difference maker for the 4-1 Jets. He has three interceptions and three fumble recoveries. He hasn't been perfect in coverage, of course, but no corner is. For the most part, opposing receivers haven't done much against Revis this season. Recovering a fumble has a lot to do with luck, and the bounce of the ball. But picking off a pass generally takes significant skill and awareness. Revis demonstrated both in Sunday's 34-20 win over Washington. The game was tied at 13, as Washington lined up for its second play of the second half, with 10:18 remaining in the third quarter. It was second-and-8 from Washington's 23-yard line. You know what came next. Revis intercepted quarterback Kirk Cousins, and the Jets got the ball at Washington's 18. All Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick needed was one play to scramble 18 yards for a touchdown. Like that, it was 20-13, Jets, and they never trailed again for the remainder of the game. So how did Revis' pick unfold ? He said after the game that he "baited" Cousins by letting wide receiver Ryan Grant "cross my face" — a term commonly used by defensive players. Let's take a look back at the film and examine what Revis meant by this, and how he made this game-changing play: The play started with Revis lining up in press coverage against receiver Pierre Garcon. Grant actually lined up in the backfield, next to Cousins, and would run a pass pattern from that position, curling out of the backfield. Revis initially stuck with Garcon, as Cousins examined his route progresses, from right to left. Grant was going to be Cousins' last option in his progression. Revis recognized this. So he let Grant curl in front of him, and get open, near the sideline. This is the "cross my face" part Revis was referring to. Revis made Cousins think he was going to continue covering Garcon, who moved toward the inside of the field, as Grant curled outside. But instead, as soon as Cousins turned and looked toward Grant, Revis had his own eyes locked on Cousins. Revis knew exactly where Cousins was going to throw. Revis jumped Grant's route as soon as Cousins turned his shoulders to throw — a perfectly timed break. By the time the ball was in the air, the play was over. Revis did an excellent job of tracking both Garcon and Grant on this play, while monitoring Cousins, and noticing how the quarterback was going through his progressions. That's a lot for a cornerback to notice at once. And this is why Revis is one of the best to ever play his position. This Sunday, Revis gets to face his old pal, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Will Revis continue his 2015 success in a matchup with one of the all-time greats ? > http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2015/10/how_darrelle_revis_made_game-changing_pick_vs_wash.html#incart_river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 Rich Cimini ESPN Staff Writer Patriots coach Bill Belichick, in a conference call with NY reporters, didn't have too much to say about Darrelle Revis: "He was a pleasure to coach and really has a great understanding, instinctiveness for the game." Belichick praised the Jets, saying, "Everything they're doing has been very impressive." > http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/nyj/newyork-jets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick34125 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 kelly is that a tombstone you're leaning on in your avatar? Rest In Peace. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 — Jets-Patriots Week means it's Darrelle Revis Week: The all-world cornerback is back with the Jets after having spent a Super Bowl-winning season as a member of head coach Bill Belichick's Patriots.Naturally, then, with the Jets (4-1) playing the Patriots on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Gillette Stadium, reporters had questions for Revis, who signed on to return to One Jets Drive for $39 million guaranteed. And Revis had answers. Here they are. • On his lone season with the Pats, and winning a Super Bowl with them. "It's a memory that I won't ever forget. We had a great team," Revis said. "It's 2015 now. I'm here. All of that's behind me at this point. When I'm sitting down somewhere when I'm done, that's a memory that I can always cherish." • On what intel he gleaned about Tom Brady by being his teammate. Brady, the Patriots' quarterback, told reporters this week Revis had "an intimate knowledge" of how the Patriots conduct their affairs. Said Revis: "I've my notes. I have my notes." • Did he think the Patriots would bring him back? The Patriots had a contract option on Revis for this year that would have paid him $20 million, with a $25 million cap hit. In March, at the start of the league year, they chose not to exercise that option, making him a free agent. Did Revis think he'd be back up until the Pats chose not to pick up the option? "No," he said. "The number was too high." • Was it weird at first, after so many prior seasons with the Jets, to play for the Patriots? "No," Revis said. "I can have a pink jersey on. It doesn't matter. ... I've had three different-color jerseys on." • How big is Sunday's game? "As big as you want it to be," Revis said. "For us, it's still early in the season. ... It is a big game because it is a conference game, but at the same time, it's still early in the season. Whoever's on the schedule that week, that's who we've got to play." • On John Geiger's unhinged Twitter rant. Geiger is Revis' ex-business manager. The backstory is here. Said Revis: "No reaction. It is what it is." • On what kind of crowd reaction he expects at Gillette Stadium. "I don't know," Revis said. "I don't think I will be welcomed back with open arms, I can tell you that. They're fans, and they love the Patriots, and I'm not in that color jersey. We'll see how it goes. It'll be fun." • Biggest takeaway from playing for Belichick. "He had so much accountability, whether you were a player or a coach—it didn't matter," Revis said. "He had so much accountability to himself. He's very driven. He wants to win, and he wants to win big. That's his motto." • Any similarities between Jets head coach Todd Bowles and Belichick? "They come from the same coaching background [under Bill Parcells]. I believe coach Bowles has a lot of power and accountability in how he approaches the game as a head coach. ... You can see some similarities." • It's Patriots Week different without Rex Ryan here to treat it like a Super Bowl? "I think it's a different approach for us this time around," Revis said. "We have to follow behind coach Bowles. Rex, he has his way of doing things in the past, and now it's different for us. ... We know it's a long season." > http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2015/10/jets_darrelle_revis_on_facing_tom_brady_winning_su.html#incart_river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 kelly is that a tombstone you're leaning on in your avatar? Rest In Peace. lol. here ya go.. > https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/1012069_10204240177278612_2512451009652855037_n.jpg?oh=e80feb96a29584665567f46327d680b7&oe=56C8A620 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage69 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 kelly is that a tombstone you're leaning on in your avatar? Rest In Peace. lol. That's not Kelly plus it's a female.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 That's not Kelly plus it's a female.. 'fraid so.. cheers ~ ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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