Minnesota Vikings Are a Good Opponent for Darrelle Revis' Return

by John B on Oct 5, 2010 8:30 PM EDT

In the opener against Baltimore, the Jets seemed to leave Darrelle Revis on one side of the field instead of having him follow Anquan Boldin around. They were taking extra precautions in case Darrelle was not in ideal shape. Rex Ryan later admitted it was a mistake as Boldin had a 100 yard game.

With Sidney Rice out of the lineup, the Vikings do not have a very good corps of receivers. The Vikings have played one less game than the Jets, but Percy Harvin leads their wide receivers with only 106 yards. Braylon Edwards leads the Jets with 227. Harvin is a speedy, athletic big play threat. He, however, has not shown the consistency of a number one receiver.

Take a look at the other Minnesota receivers. Do Greg Lewis, Bernard Berrian, or Greg Camarillo strike fear in your heart? The Jets should be able to stick Revis on one side of the field. There is no one weapon this team has to take away to slow down Minnesota's passing attack.

The only guys the Jets might want to target with Revis is tight end Visanthe Shiancoe when Minnesota splits him wide. Shiancoe seems to be the target with whom Brett Favre is most comfortable early in the year.

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Yeah but things change a bit if they sign Moss.

by Crackback on Oct 5, 2010 8:34 PM EDT reply actions

Patriots will never give Moss another contract and I would welcome him coming against

us Monday night.Hey! 3 regular season losses to the Jets for always disgruntled Randy.

by Putnan Prince on Oct 5, 2010 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions

But they have to play him too. That would be cutting off your nose to spite your face. I doubt we’re the reason the deal would get done.

by Crackback on Oct 5, 2010 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions

sure would make a great opponent especially if Moss is traded to them.

How ironic would that be, if Moss was traded to the Vikings before Monday. Revis would have to play the same man that he hurt himself covering in week 2. Who would get the better this game.

by DJ. Quillz on Oct 6, 2010 9:36 AM EDT reply actions

Confirmed – Moss to the Vikings.

I have to agree that I think that they should start Cromartie on Moss just because of how well he played against him after Revis went out when we played NE.

If that doesn’t look good by halftime switch it up.

I hear Shiancoe is coming off an injury too so dunno if that’ll hamper him but i think he’s more of a threat than any other reciever Farve has.

by Tamarack on Oct 6, 2010 10:39 AM EDT reply actions

Cro vs. Moss

Is the way to go. Cro shut Moss down two weeks ago and Revis needs a game to get caught up. Let him work against Harvin underneath and Shiancoe when he’s split out. Basically, it’s the same game plan we used in the second half of the Pats game, just adding Revis in.

The other option is to switch up the coverages using both Cro and Revis on Moss. This may confuse Favre a bit.

by struckanerve9 on Oct 6, 2010 12:07 PM EDT reply actions