You should never pay any one player this much money. There is no guarantee that Revis will not get injured or underperform. Football is a team sport and more important, it's a physical sport. Players get injured all the time. Moreover he is a cornerback. Best cornerback or not, he alone does not decide the outcome of a game. There are 11 men on that field. Revis cannot possibly cover everyone and if you're paying someone this much money then he better be able to do just that.
This is absolutely ridiculous. Jets fans should feel disappointed with Revis at this point for being incredibly selfish. If the Jets front office had any sense, they would not cave into these ridiculous demands. The Chargers aren't taking this kind of crap from Vincent Jackson or Marcus McNeill, two Pro Bowlers because they want to make a statement that they're not going to be pushed around by their players. And they'll survive. I'm 100% confident that the Jets defense will be just as formidable without Revis. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to downplay the talent that Revis has. However, Rex Ryan's defenses are always some of the most fearsome defenses in the league. He will find a way to make it work, especially because his 4-6 scheme isn't dependent on your corner play because of the pressure it generates. Revis playing the way he did was more like an added bonus to an already fearsome defense.
And like I said, he is a cornerback. Locking down one receiver does not mean you're going to win the game. The only player on either side of the ball that should be paid this much is the quarterback because his play directly impacts the outcome of a game every single time. Actually, not even a QB should be paid this much. This amount of money is just absurd. If they pay this guy this much money, it'll show how stupid the Jets front office is. Honestly, you win games with every guy on that team making plays. In a sport that is team based like this, you can't pay anyone this much money.
Oh also, I see people arguing that Ryan is able to execute his defense because of Revis. That's not true at all and you don't know anything about Rex Ryan if you think that's true. Rex Ryan has run the 4-6 scheme without solid corners and has had the same impact. He runs pressure schemes that are not contigent on taking the wide recievers out of the game, they focus on bringing the heat on the quarterback. He ran that same scheme without corners ALL the time in Baltimore because he knew he could flush the QB out faster than any route could develop. You don't need an elite CB for that. An average CB can pull off the same thing.
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