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This has now gone way beyond just a convenient story angle for the HBO reality series "Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The New York Jets."
Apparently, Pro Bowl cornerback Darrelle Revis is planning to dig in for the long haul and possibly set things up to where he never puts on the green and white jersey of the New York Jets again. The two sides are still far apart in their negotiations for a new contract for Revis, who has made it clear that anything less than making him the highest paid cornerback ahead of Oakland's Nnamdi Asomougha will not suffice.
Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports dove deep into the Revis-Jets saga Thursday night and came up with a number of reasons why this relationship seems destined for the bottom of the East River. Chief among them is Revis' conviction to his values, and the fact that since Rex Ryan cannot take back his quote at the end of the season -- where he called Revis the best defensive player in the league -- is all the leverage he needs.
Revis only has to look within his own family to see how effective a holdout for the right reasons can be as his uncle, former NFL defensive tackle Sean Gilbert, used the same strategy more than a decade ago. Gilbert was with the Washington Redskins at the time and sat out the entire 1997 season because he was looking for contract worth between $4 million and $5 million a year and the Redskins were only offering $3.2 million. The next year, Carolina signed Gilbert to a 7-year contract worth $46.5 million.
So going back to the praise Ryan, the Jets organization and the city of New York was heaping on Revis during the Jets' surprising run to the AFC Championship, this recent turn of events involving the team trying to take a more economical stance naturally has upset Revis. Heck, every time the words "Revis Island" are shouted on television or printed in newspapers to describe the area of the field he is responsible, the talented corner must see dollar signs.
In the Jets' defense, the uncertainty surrounding 2011 and the labor situation changed the way they needed to approach this season when it came to handling player contracts. Still, had they not been so adamant in public about how valuable Revis was to the team and hinted that he would be rewarded for his stellar play on the field, the Jets might have been able to settle this whole matter sooner and without the drama.
Now, it might take Judge Judy to step in and issue a ruling.
Darrelle Revis Holdout Growing More Disastrous for Jets
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