Report: Revis wants $20M a year from Jets

[jaspegs]

Darrelle Revis is seeking an average annual salary that exceeds $20 million per year, according to Michael Lombardi of the National Football Post.

In other words, Revis wants to be one of the highest paid players in NFL history, quarterbacks included. The Raiders signed Nnamdi Asomugha to a record three-year, $45.3 million deal last offseason and Revis wants to blow that out of the water. As Lombardi says, "this will not be an easy contract to get done, especially anytime soon."

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/37175778/ns/sports-player_news/

[penguini 15]

Holy sh1t! How could we possibly give him that and have enough to extend Mangold, DBrick, and Harris?

[Jetkid94]

I think he's being unfair in wanting more then 5 million more a year then nmandi.

[Jetkid94]

I hope he knows by demanding this, he's hurting the team as a whole and will cause us to not win a title for a long time.

[Jerichoholic]

That's a starting number ... But a mighty high one ... Tanny is pretty creative with contracts and I have to believe they would want to lock revis up long term

[Vudu]

LMAOOOOO

[JustInFudge]

Wow. I wonder if Revis wants the Jets to be able to resign other pieces to the puzzle. Hopefully Tanny can make him see how that could become a crippling contract for a team trying to make a SB run with a bunch of players needing to be resigned.

This is going to get ugly I'm sure. If it was hard to sign him as a rookie, how hard is it going to be to get something worked out as one of the best defenders in the league?

[ECURB]

Now we know why they drafted Wilson and traded for Cro...

Just in case Revis is actually that retarded.

[Vudu]

This is what happens when the media and the world tells you you're the absolute best. Revis deserves 20 million a year, he's just that good. But deserve's got nothing to do with it. That's a crippling contract.

[flgreen]

Revis has 3 more years due on his contract. I would like 20 million myself, somehow I don

[Integrity28]

I think he's being unfair in wanting more then 5 million more a year then nmandi.

Well if he is willing to play for 17-18, and Namdi got 15... then his first number should have been around 20. That is how you negotiate.

[rick34125]

WTf!! He does not deserve $20 million. This is a another case of an agent who will ruin player/team relations because of greed. Besides the fact that this agent does not have a good track record with the Jets.

Outside of QB, no player is indispensible. If Revis is going to be a fool then the Jets should buy back Revis' contract for the next 2 years and go from there.

[BroadwayJoe12]

He may want $20 million and feel he has earned it, but the bottom line is that he is under contract for 3 more years, at a much lower price, whether he likes it or not. He could choose to sit out, than he gets absolutely no money. The jets control what he does for the next 3 years. If Revis decides to play hardball, he could sit his ass out for 3 years and then never even sniff half of that money.

The Jets put themselves in a very good negotiating position when they drafted wilson.

[rick34125]

Well if he is willing to play for 17-18, and Namdi got 15... then his first number should have been around 20. That is how you negotiate.

Oakland paid him 15, but that's Oakland. Is a CB, even a good one, worth $15 million of a total payroll let alone $20? That's more than 10% of the cap! Which superbowl team in the last 10 years needed a CB of that caliber to win? Shutdown CB is over-rated, especially at that price.

[flgreen]

I

[CoachTsurfing]

he has three years left, keep him for two and then trade him.

[Klecko73isGod]

Guys!!! Consider the source. This was written by Mike Lombardi.

[rick34125]

Guys!!! Consider the source. This was written by Mike Lombardi.

That might be true, but look at who Revis' agent is.

[NJ]

Guys!!! Consider the source. This was written by Mike Lombardi.

Thank you. Lomtardi is one of the worst.

[SenorGato]

Champ Bailey him....but no offense to Clinton Portis (who is awesome), lets try to get something more valuable than a RB.

Revis to the Lions for CJ.

[L.S. Dylan]

20 mil a year is absurd. Even 15 mil a year is a bit ridiculous.

[Irish Jet]

No, we keep him, regardless. This guy is the most valuable defensive asset in the game today. He will geta huge contract, just not this big. You always demand higher, it's the starting point in what will obviously be lonmg negotiations.

We knew this was coming, talk of trading him is insane.

[rick34125]

No, we keep him, regardless. This guy is the most valuable defensive asset in the game today. He will geta huge contract, just not this big. You always demand higher, it's the starting point in what will obviously be lonmg negotiations.

We knew this was coming, talk of trading him is insane.

Trading a ridiculous contract like that is not insane. Either buy back his contract for the next 2 years or stall negotiations until after this season to see what they have in Cromartie and Wilson. If they're good to go, then trade Revis Island for 2 1st rounders in 2011 and 2012 because it's so insane.

[snow_monkey]

Revis is the best CB in the game, and I love watching him play. But if he's asking for that kind of money, then trade him.

You can't pay one DB that much cash and still have enough to pay the rest of the guys you need to be a contender. Paying crazy money is never worth it. Look at the Raiders and the Redskins.

[Irish Jet]

Trading a ridiculous contract like that is not insane. Either buy back his contract for the next 2 years or stall negotiations until after this season to see what they have in Cromartie and Wilson. If they're good to go, then trade Revis Island for 2 1st rounders in 2011 and 2012 because it's so insane.

He will not get that contract nor will he be traded. Jets would be crazy to do either.

A deal will eventually get done, Revis' team was never going to make this easy, why would they knowing how valuable he is? Something will get done though. Without him the defense doesn't work, and trading him on the grounds that you hope Wilson can be that type of player is rididculous considering that he's completely unproven and could go either way.

Revis stays.

[Columbia Jet Fan]

The thing thats so messed up is that Revis is making nothing this year (~1mm reported I believe?) which is obviously absurd considering his talent...but given the fact that no one knows what the new CBA/cap situation will be its hard to extend him.

Is there a way to boost his salary this year and then try and work something out when the CBA is announced?

[The Crusher]

I don't understand this thread. Revis is under contract for next year with the option to buy back the last two years. He plays next year, the year after no NFL because of the labor lockout and the year after that the world ends. Easy, nothing to worry about.

[Jetsfan80]

Is there a way to boost his salary this year and then try and work something out when the CBA is announced?

Not a bad idea. Re-structure, then extend the deal. However, the 50 % rule probably would keep us from paying Revis a giant number in 2010.

[Jbro22]

See ya later Darrelle.

Maybe Wilson was brought in for that reason.

[Jetsfan80]

I don't understand this thread. Revis is under contract for next year with the option to buy back the last two years. He plays next year, the year after no NFL because of the labor lockout and the year after that the world ends. Easy, nothing to worry about.

Maybe so, but this coupled with that story a few days ago suggesting that Revis might hold out has got Jets fans in panic mode in May. It happens.

[The Crusher]

Maybe so, but this coupled with that story a few days ago suggesting that Revis might hold out has got Jets fans in panic mode in May. It happens.

Revis has been about the money since day 1. He held out as a rookie, no doubt Ty Law mentoring him contributed to that. He is good enough to deserve to get paid more than any other DB in the league. No doubt. But just because he asked for it doesn;t mean he'll get it. This is going to be a long process and everytime another Jet, ie. Mangold talks about wanting to get his money you will here more Revis stuff. Sad thing is, Mangold contract is already up and he desrves to get extended as much as Revis. Yet Revis is the one already threatening to hold out with one REAL year left on his contract.

[Barton]

Trade him to the Yankees.

[flgreen]

Revis has been about the money since day 1. He held out as a rookie, no doubt Ty Law mentoring him contributed to that. He is good enough to deserve to get paid more than any other DB in the league. No doubt. But just because he asked for it doesn;t mean he'll get it. This is going to be a long process and everytime another Jet, ie. Mangold talks about wanting to get his money you will here more Revis stuff. Sad thing is, Mangold contract is already up and he desrves to get extended as much as Revis. Yet Revis is the one already threatening to hold out with one REAL year left on his contract.

I agree

　

　

If the report is true, and Revis is demanding 20 million Jets should just tell him we’ll see ya in 3 years, and get Mangold, and D’Brick inked

Actually he's got 3 real years left on his contract

[The Crusher]

I agree

　

　

If the report is true, and Revis is demanding 20 million Jets should just tell him we

[Sperm Edwards]

See, if Nnamdi was worth $15M per season then Revis may very well be worth $20M per. The problem is that Nnamdi wasn't worth $15M.

So now where are all the "just pay the man" people? $20M per year for a CB when the (future) salary cap looks like it's going to be around $110-120M.

Lol.

Other than maybe a select few QB's (PManning, Brees, maybe Rivers, and the Tom Brady that existed 3+ seasons ago), there isn't another player in the NFL at any position worth 1/6 of a team's entire salary cap.

Even with Revis's rookie holdout, I guess it turns out that Tannenbaum wasn't such a fool after all for forcing that 6th year on him. $1M this year, $5M in 2011 and then, if Revis reaches every single incentive, $15M in 2012. Then in 2013 we can always franchise him (assuming the franchise tag still exists as it does today) for $18M IF he gets $15M in 2012; otherwise it'll be $5M less. And all that without any additional financial risk to the team should (God forbid) Revis sustain a career-ending injury.

We already have Revis locked up for (an absolute maximum of) $21M for the 3 upcoming seasons and $39M for the next 4 years by franchise tagging him after that. In my book, that IS already locking him up long-term.

There is really no incentive for the Jets to lock him up today at $20M per season. It's not just that he isn't worth $20M/season. He isn't worth $20M/season when we already have him locked up for half that.