During a week in which team executives and agents huddled at seemingly every Starbucks, hotel lounge and restaurant in Indianapolis to talk shop at the NFL Scouting Combine, Jet brass avoided the Darrelle Revis camp, failing to meet with his representatives and raising the question of whether owner Woody Johnson wants to re-sign the All-Pro cornerback.
The Daily News has learned that the Jets’ contingent, which included GM John Idzik, Rex Ryan and Johnson himself, didn’t meet or contact Revis’ representatives during the combine, fueling speculation that Johnson simply doesn’t want to pay the Pro Bowl cornerback as the team enters a rebuilding phase in 2013.
The brushoff comes one month after reports surfaced that Johnson wanted the Jets to explore all options involving Revis — who can become an unrestricted free agent after this season — including trading him.
The two camps are separated by three-tenths of a mile. The walk from the downtown J.W. Marriott, where the Jets brass is based, to the Westin, where Revis’ agents are staying, takes six minutes.
Jets GM John Idzik may not have found time to meet with Darrelle Revis’
agents at the NFL Combine last week, but a source said he did manage to
squeeze in Revis trade talk with multiple teams in Indianapolis.
Despite the damage control talk from Idzik and Rex Ryan in Indy about
how much they value Revis, the source told the Daily News on Tuesday
that Idzik was “actively” shopping Revis at the combine, and interested
teams are now doing their homework on what it would take to get Revis
signed to a new contract if they can satisfy the Jets with compensation.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/myers-jets-gm-shopping-revis-dealing-mistake-article-1.1274592#ixzz2M6ziPxVOThe source said the word around the NFL is the Revis trade talk is at
the directive of Johnson. Even so, Idzik, the rookie GM, is in a final
say decision-making role for the first time in his 20-year career in NFL
front offices and his Jets tenure may eventually be defined by how he
handles this delicate situation.
https://twitter.com/evansilvaFree agent Brady Quinn expected to end up with the #Jets:http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/4149/brady-quinn …
TheYellowDart5 said:https://twitter.com/evansilva
Because whenever you're up against the cap and need a quarterback, you should definitely invest in the guy who is barely more competent than Matt Cassel.
TheYellowDart5 said:https://twitter.com/evansilva
Because whenever you're up against the cap and need a quarterback, you should definitely invest in the guy who is barely more competent than Matt Cassel.
They are just trying to get the least competent former Denver QBs to come back up Sanchez.Morgan's Magic Snowplow said:To be fair, Cassel is much better than Brady Quinn.
I wonder if Sanchez will get psyched out by the "competition" that the Jets keep bringing in to push him - first Tebow, now Quinn...
RedOctober3829 said:They are just trying to get the least competent former Denver QBs to come back up Sanchez.
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Tony C said:They be smart to trade Revis and get salary cap relief and picks to re-stock. But (and?), in the short-term, that'll further undercut Ryan, making a decent season even more difficult and easing his removal.
If that's the plan, I'll enjoy it next year but it's the smart thing to do long-term.
Dogman2 said:Absolutely. Further, there is a 0% chance Revis doesn't hit the market. Jets pull the trigger with SF or any team, really, and they get the picks, cap savings and chance to negotiate with him when he is a FA.
Jets have to do this.
Another good point. I have no doubt the Jets make a trade. The only issue in doubt is what the Jets settle for when the teams that come knocking finish their laughter. IOW, I say he goes for either a 1 and 5 or a 2 and 4.Shelterdog said:And remember if Revis leaves as a free agent the Jets take a $9 million cap hit in 2014--capmeister Tannenbaum's left an upperdecker as a parting gift.
If you're the new GM you want to take that hit this year if possible so you can have a clean slate as soon as possible.
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter
ESPN's Chris Mortensen said a source told him the 49ers are not inclined to pursue Darrelle Revis at this time. So there's that.
Shelterdog said:So, if he's traded does that mean the Jets avoid the cap hit altogether?
kelpapa said:So, if he's traded does that mean the Jets avoid the cap hit altogether?
Wade Boggs Hair said:Brady Quinn was one of only four qualified QBs (Cassel, Skelton, Lindley) with a DVOA lower than Mark Sanchez's in 2012. An open competition, indeed.
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter
ESPN's Chris Mortensen said a source told him the 49ers are not inclined to pursue Darrelle Revis at this time. So there's that.
simplyeric said:As an aside, what happened to Cassel...?
Is he just fundamentally not very good?
Kenny F'ing Powers said:The New York Daily News cant find a real writer?
SeoulSoxFan said:Have you ever lived in NY? The quality of "writing" in the daily rags are entertaining at best.
Not just arm strength but his mechanics and footwork were also terrible. Could be injury, could be a bad OL, could be coaching or lack of committment. In other threads people suggested trading Mallett and signing Cassel. No possible way - Cassel was incredibly terrible last year.Tony C said:But, as well, not that he ever had a gun, but something happened whereby he lost arm strength this past year. It was painful to see him trying to chuck the ball -- I assume an injury, but don't really know. Definitely not the same guy we had here (or KC had at first)
drleather2001 said:They are tabloids. The headlines are designed to get people to do a double take and say "By Gum, that's TERRIBLE!"
Vandalman said:Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter
Via @mortreport: 49ers' interest in trading for Jets CB Darrelle Revis is ".001 on a scale of 1-10," a source said via text message
This is the one situation that I wish the Jets weren't the Patriots' chief "rival". I'd take Revis on a 1-year rental in a SECOND. Too bad I have a better chance of having sex with Kate Upton than the Pats do of landing Revis right now.dcmissle said:Well old Adam confessed error this morning on his estimation of the chances of Revis being traded.
A one-year rental would be tempting to me, for them or Atl, Almost 20 years ago, the 49ers won a SB renting Deion Sanders for a season. This is a real weakness for both of hese teams, perhaps the 49ers only big weakness.
RedOctober3829 said:This is the one situation that I wish the Jets weren't the Patriots' chief "rival". I'd take Revis on a 1-year rental in a SECOND. Too bad I have a better chance of having sex with Kate Upton than the Pats do of landing Revis right now.
Morgan's Magic Snowplow said:All I know is that the Jets are likely to get substantially less than their fan base wants. Its basically a one year rental at a cap charge of $9M. If Revis plays like the Revis of old, you are getting a nice short term bargain. But if Revis is just a little slow coming back from the ACL surgery and is merely a Top 10 CB, you are only breaking even given that cap charge. And if he has some kind of severe performance setback, which seems unlikely but is still certainly possible, then you are getting hammered. I think a 2nd round pick is the most they will get.
Morgan's Magic Snowplow said:All I know is that the Jets are likely to get substantially less than their fan base wants. Its basically a one year rental at a cap charge of $9M. If Revis plays like the Revis of old, you are getting a nice short term bargain. But if Revis is just a little slow coming back from the ACL surgery and is merely a Top 10 CB, you are only breaking even given that cap charge. And if he has some kind of severe performance setback, which seems unlikely but is still certainly possible, then you are getting hammered. I think a 2nd round pick is the most they will get.
Shelterdog said:You're essentially right except for the price tag--the cap hit for another team would be $6 million which isn't bad at all for a one year rental.
Shelterdog said:You're essentially right except for the price tag--the cap hit for another team would be $6 million which isn't bad at all for a one year rental.
I still think a 1st and a 6th or a 2nd and 5th or some conditional option of those.
Wade Boggs Hair said:Per Mike & Mike, the Jets worked out David Garrard yesterday and may be discussing contract terms.