No, the $6M owed by the Jets has no bearing on what the Pats would have to pay or be accounted for. They cut him.
It would probably put the Jets in an interesting conflict of interest position ie. the better he plays the less they owe him.
I'm pretty sure there is an offset. If the Pats pay Revis $1.5MM the Jets obligation would be reduced to $4.5MM.
You're right, I apologize. I found this link that says in fact Revis' Jets contract does contain offset language. Whatever Revis makes will reduce the amount the Jets offer him.
So not only would the Jets be rooting for Revis to play well to hit his incentives, they could instruct Hackenberg to throw him a few pick-sixes to enhance his chances of getting named All-Pro!
Clearly it would depend on him being motivated, in shape, and willing to run the hills and deal with BB and the Pats culture in general
It's such a BB move (see Chung, Patrick). Let a player go for more money, then bring them back when they've been knocked down a peg.
I don't think he was saying it has a bearing on the Pats. He was asking if whatever the Pats paid him would offset what the Jets have to pay.
If Revis was 26 and coming off a bad year, I'd say sure. But he's 32, coming off a terrible year, and still wants to get paid like he's a viable NFL starter.
This would be the big concern for me. In BB we trust and all but based off of what I saw from him last year, that was a dude who was looking to avoid contact if at all possible. Although BB does have a decent history of coaxing good seasons out of aging superstars who looked done.
Exactly.
Not even sure if that would register on TGG any more. They are truly, truly beaten down.
I don't think Revis is anywhere near the 28th best CB in the NFL at this point.
Good. Then let's hope they get beaten down some more.
Pats fan started the Revis thread at TGG with this troll:
For the right $$$, why is that a problem? Gilmore should be able to go one-on-one with #1's, and then let Revis serve in the Browner role from 2014.
Ordering Hackenberg to throw the ball to Revis certainly improves his odds of completing a pass to that receiving corps.
I agree that $6m is way too much, but if he took the $1m guaranteed that Browner took in 2014 (with a bunch of incentives), I think he'd be worth kicking the tires on because if you get even 75% of what he was in 2015 I think you'd end up with a solid #2.
Reggie Wayne redux.
Exactly -- the only two offers that make sense are a.) the veteran minimum (with the Jets shimming out his paycheck to $6MM), or b.) something > six million. And I'd be very surprised if anybody is planning to pay Revis $6,000,001 or more based on last season's performance.
