JetNation Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 By Glenn Naughton The sinking of “Revis Island” has been discussed ad nauseam this season. All of the jokes and puns have been worn out by writers, bloggers and internet trolls for months now. It’s not a question, but a widely known and accepted fact. What’s not known however, is what the future holds for Gang Green’s most overpaid player, and it appears Revis doesn’t know either. Revis’ season has been a nightmare from the moment it started. According to Connor Hughes of NJ advanced media (you can follow him here), Revis was asked about his desire to remain with the club after surrendering a pair of touchdowns in the Jets’ 22-17 loss to the Patriots. Revis answered by simply saying “We’ll see how it goes”. After seeing how it’s been going for the duration of the 2016 season, it’s fair to say that plenty of Jets fans would be more than happy to show Revis the door as soon as the opportunity presents itself. It’s a shocking development if you stop and think about where he stood with the fans and organization during training camp. Well aware of the fact that he was getting up there in years, the 31 year-old Revis spoke frankly in saying that he would be willing to consider a switch to safety later on in his career, and most Jets fans were on board with the idea. Few fans expected Revis to continue to dominate at the cornerback position with father time nipping at his heels, but nobody expected such a drastic dropoff not only play, but even more damning, in effort. Reivs has been dogged by fans and the media for months now after several clips of game film circulated on the internet, showing the former All-Pro seemingly going out of his way to avoid contact. A “business decision” as its known nowadays, Revis has shown an alarming lack of effort. Hardly a trait any player can have if there are any plans on moving to the safety position where he can afford to be a step slower, but would never get away with avoiding contact. The Jets brought Revis back in to the fold last off-season with a mega-deal. It was a 5-year/$70 million contract that guaranteed the former Pitt star $39 million. Some have balked at the idea of parting ways with Revis, pointing to the $8 million in dead money the team would take on next season. The only problem with that line of thinking is that keeping Revis at his $15 million price tag is essentially dead money itself given his play. Unless the organization is recklessly trotting an injured Revis out there on a weekly basis, a decision for which they should be criticized if so, then Revis should not be a Jet next season. It’s time for the Jets to take a glimpse at their future at cornerback and go with Juston Burris. The roster spot and the $7 million his release would create is worth taking on the dead money in place of an under-performing, overpaid, uninterested player for an organization that must be focused on the future. In all reality, Revis should be benched for the remainder of this season. Injured or not, the Jets would be doing Revis and the organization a huge favor by announcing an injury of some kind during the week, putting Revis on IR, protecting what’s left of his pride, and getting increased reps to a younger cornerback such as rookie Juston Burris. It’s been a terrible ending for a player who should have been able to march off in to the sunset as arguably the greatest player ever to wear Green and White. Sadly, much of his career will be remembered just as much for the multiple contract holdouts, winning his only Super Bowl as a member of that team from Connecticut, only to come back to Woody Johnson, his own personal ATM, to cash in one last time. Even knowing all of that, there’s no doubt that some day down the road, one day Revis will get his rightful place in the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame, and most certainly the Ring of Honor at MetLife Stadium. The only question is, how will Jets fans receive him? We’ll see how it goes. Click here to read the full story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Time to say goodbye to Revis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Bring in a new coaching staff a DC who actually knows what he's doing and scheme the defense on your strengths and weaknesses. Without a legitimate pass rush any secondary in the NFL will be exposed. Revis is the high profile player in the secondary he's not as good he was but still a top CB in this league under the right circumstances. He was exposed part too blame for poor coaching and defensive schemes the Jets plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prime21 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Revis will be our version of Tiki Barber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Sadly one of the best players in Jets history has a Super Bowl ring with the NE Patriots.......sheesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Rex Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 8 minutes ago, joewilly12 said: Bring in a new coaching staff a DC who actually knows what he's doing and scheme the defense on your strengths and weaknesses. Without a legitimate pass rush any secondary in the NFL will be exposed. Revis is the high profile player in the secondary he's not as good he was but still a top CB in this league under the right circumstances. He was exposed part too blame for poor coaching and defensive schemes the Jets plays. I believe what happened to Revis is that he KNOWS Bowles is lax about discipline and he took advantage of that and got fat and lazy. I think he can still be a very good player if he trains hard in the offseason. But, THAT will take a new head coach - one with big boots to kick some fat a$$es - to make that happen. Otherwise, yeah cut him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 12 minutes ago, joewilly12 said: Sadly one of the best players in Jets history has a Super Bowl ring with the NE Patriots.......sheesh Watch us cut Revis, eat $7 mil in dead cap money next season and he gets signed by the pats and wins a second ring with them next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 He'll probably be back next year. But it's time to maybe consider decreasing his snaps and giving Burres or McDougle more chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Just now, August said: He'll probably be back next year. But it's time to maybe consider decreasing his snaps and giving Burres or McDougle more chances. If they're going to show enough guts to sit him, no reason to half-ass it. Sit him for good, say thanks...see you in Canton. Again, that is unless this FO is recklessly playing him while injured and he's a better player than he's able to show right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 3 minutes ago, August said: He'll probably be back next year. But it's time to maybe consider decreasing his snaps and giving Burres or McDougle more chances. I think they cut Gilchrist, move Revis to FS and give Burris a shot at being the starting Corner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 3 minutes ago, August said: He'll probably be back next year. But it's time to maybe consider decreasing his snaps and giving Burres or McDougle more chances. McDougle?????? Other than Roberts the late season acquisition they have all played terrible Burris has shown some signs of being good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Just now, drdetroit said: I think they cut Gilchrist, move Revis to FS and give Burris a shot at being the starting Corner Gilchrist is a goner he is terrible never did anything here game changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 5 minutes ago, joewilly12 said: Gilchrist is a goner he is terrible never did anything here game changing. I never got that signing the only thing it accomplished was move Pryor out of FS which he was horrible in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 15 minutes ago, AFJF said: If they're going to show enough guts to sit him, no reason to half-ass it. Sit him for good, say thanks...see you in Canton. Again, that is unless this FO is recklessly playing him while injured and he's a better player than he's able to show right now. That's not half assing it in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Just now, August said: That's not half assing it in my opinion. To each his own. If they get to the point where they're willing to admit he needs to be on the bench, then that's where they should keep him unless somebody else gets injured. Trotting him out there just because, while taking reps away from younger guys who need experience makes little sense IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSJ Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Just try to remember that on the touchdown, Brady fumbled the ball, picked it up, took about 5 steps, then threw the ball. Where was the pass rush? Where was the blitz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 1 minute ago, AFJF said: To each his own. If they get to the point where they're willing to admit he needs to be on the bench, then that's where they should keep him unless somebody else gets injured. Trotting him out there just because, while taking reps away from younger guys who need experience makes little sense IMO. Because you can put him in certain lineups that could still make him useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 1 minute ago, August said: Because you can put him in certain lineups that could still make him useful. We an agree to disagree here too. Haven't seen anything from him this season that would suggest he's useful. Opposing QB's have a rating of well over 100 when throwing his way, he has zero interceptions and 2 PD's. He's either too hurt to play, or he's done. Again...JMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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