Revis Wins ESPN The Magazine's 'Best Defender' Award

by Matt Birch on Jul 2, 2010 7:07 AM EDT

He went up against arguably every top WR1 in the league last season, and still managed to give up (on average) less than 30 ypg against them. While many of us felt he was snubbed after finishing'runner-up' in the DPOY voting last year, the stud CB was recently given a a title that is much more prestigious.

NYJets.Com is reporting ESPN The Magazine and senior writer Shaun Assael recently named Revis the ‘Best Defender' [in all of sports]. Given the sample size of the field he was up against, that's a pretty impressive title to hold.

Revis shared some thoughts on the award:

"They didn't give me a trophy. They're putting me in the magazine," said Revis last week at a photo shoot at the Home of the Jets. "It's a great honor. I appreciate ESPN reaching out to me, and thinking of me as the top defensive player in all of team sports is great."

ESPN must have checked Pro Football Focus's CB rankings, which has Revis rated at an incredible 31.0 in pass coverage, with Woodson the closest CB behind him at 19.9 Oh, and for what it's worth, Miami's CB tandem COMBINED for a rating of 7.7 in coverage between the two of them. (Fish fans: you should be soo proud of your boys!)

Another notch on the bedpost? Surely, there are many more awards coming for the Jet's shutdown corner.

It certainly is refreshing to see some positive news surrounding Revis, and not another daily update on the 'Revis Contract Saga' which has been a focal point for the media over the last month.

Sorry, Charles Woodson: ‘Best Defender'> DPOY.

(For a refresher on why Darrelle Revis was snubbed in the DPOY voting, check out John's article from earlier this year entitled "Why Darrelle Revis Should Have Won Defensive Player of the Year" (here) )

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Anddd once again I've won the award for 'most times to reset the GGN front page font defaults.'

Sorry, John.

Damn you, MS Word!

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by Matt Birch on Jul 2, 2010 7:09 AM EDT reply actions

he is the best defender

Nobody throws on Revis Island, not even Brady & Manning

by SportsFanatic88 on Jul 2, 2010 9:31 PM EDT reply actions

he is real good........

i would love to have him on my team…….however, i’m not sure if i believe that he as good as many say he is……one more year will prove whether or not he’s worth the outrageous money he thinks he’s worth………

obviously i’m hoping brandon marshall will support his ego and prove his dominance on revis island……we’ll see…….it’ll be a fun year for jets fans and dolfans

Just one man's opinion...
"mark my words...we will draft 2 corners within the first 4 picks" - 2009
"mark my words...we will draft 4 new linebackers this off-season" - 2010

by hwyatt3 on Jul 3, 2010 10:01 AM EDT reply actions

I am not disputing that Jets fans have an argument for Revis being DPOY,

but there is no way that I believe ESPN the Magazine’s ‘Best Defender’ award is as prestigious as the NFL DPOY. I myself don’t know who has even won ESPN’s award in the past (maybe its brand new?), but I can name plenty of players who have won DPOY. This isn’t boxing where a magazine is the authority on who is the best. I doubt that a HOF bust would ever say “won ESPN the Magazine’s ‘Best Defender’ award”, but I’m pretty sure there are a couple that mention of DPOY.

by GoPhish13 on Jul 3, 2010 7:05 PM EDT reply actions

And by the way, I AM so proud of my boys.

And those rankings, Asomugha, (who a lot of people think may actually be better than your precious Revis-and he plays in OAKLAND) is rated 4.0 in coverage, less than one of our boys; not to mention that Woodson is ranked higher than Revis OVERALL.

by GoPhish13 on Jul 3, 2010 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions