Woody Doesn't Expect Revis to Play for the Jets This Year
Owner Woody Johnson apparently is not anticipating seeing his best cornerback in green and white in 2010.
The New York Jets, responding to a new contract proposal made last Friday by Darrelle Revis' agents, painted a bleak picture Monday of the contract stalemate. A grim-faced Woody Johnson said he's not optimistic about their chances of signing the All-Pro cornerback to a new contract before the start of the regular season.
"The answer is no," the Jets' owner said tersely, adding, "My impression is no progress ... no movement whatsoever."
Expanding on that sentiment, Johnson told ESPN's Jeremy Schaap Monday that he doesn't expect Revis to play for the Jets this season.
"My gut feeling is, I would say no," Johnson said.
Fantastic.
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"Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier, the cigars taste better. The trees are greener."
At least Woody's being straight forward
"Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier, the cigars taste better. The trees are greener."
I guess I should have been more pessimistic
about this whole situation. Honestly, I wasn’t worried at all.
Darrelle Revis once won a game of Connect Four in three moves.
Never did like Woody Johnson.
He has the power to end all of this. All he’s ever cared about is his own behind, and his money. When has he ever cared about the fans?
Can we just sell the team back to Good ol’ Leon Hess? Resurrect him! Give him the team back! I’m sure he’s rolling over in his grave with all the crap Woody’s pulled.
Easy to say when it’s not your money. 16 million dollars a year to pay a freakin’ corner?
TRADE HIS ASS!
by nationalist88 on Aug 9, 2010 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Revis also has the power to end all of it
just sayin
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
Not Woody, the Cap
The Jets were only $300,000 under the cap last year. Their payroll was the max it could be. It is not because Woody was putting the money in his pocket. Revis wants to take it out of the pockets of his teammates in the future. Who are you willing not to sign in order to give Revis what he wants.
First...
…everything anyone says at this point is all showboating. Who knows if he’s even being honest. Its all part of the negotiating process.
Second…the Jets will still be good this year, maybe the crazy hype machine might die down though.
Well while there is more to a team than 1 player,
i can imagine this making the defense less affective.
Man I cant believe it!
I was a fan of Revis since we drafted him got his jersey in his second year. If he really holds out on us this whole year Just trade him for two 1’s and a 3 and be done with his garbage antics and pick some good Defensive linemen and a corner with those picks.
Calm Down Everyone
I for one, am not worried at all. The Jets have all the cards here, and Revis knows it. As the season draws near, I would go to Revis’ agents and say this.
“Your client can either sign this, or holdout all season if he wants. If he does hold out though, we won’t trade him, and our offers will only get lower. He will in effect rot away for 3 possibly 4 seasons, before he can find a new team. By the way, we want all that money that you owe us for not showing up, and he might not even get to play in 2012 even if he wants to. That’s 2 seasons of no pay, and a large sum of cash that you will owe us. Now, do you think your man wants to sign yet??
Get busy winning or get busy losing.
by GangGreenMag on Aug 9, 2010 11:40 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Here's Revis's counter...
Without me you aren’t going to win a Super Bowl. That’s why you own an NFL team. That’s why you built a new stadium. Throw the season away if you want.
Its true you won’t go poor without me playing, but neither will I. I might be passing up on pay, but its not like I can’t pay the rent. Other players have successfully gotten contracts as a result of holding out. I will as well.
Nah he owns and NFL team because he want's to make money...
and he’s doing that with or without Revis.
Yeah,
I like davver’s argument better. The front office may have the chips, but without Revis saying, fine, I’ll take less than Nnamdi’s annual salary (which won’t happen, because he thinks he’s better)—won’t matter. He won’t play until then.
Gonna take a fortnight at least to get this herd down to St. Louis on Mississippi. This glen's gonna be tough to traverse, and that river's got to be 50, 60 meters wide. And God knows how many fathoms. To hell with parliamentary procedure. We've got to wrangle up some cattles!
by Dave.Phuller on Aug 10, 2010 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't think you have anything to worry about....
Truth of the matter is, everything that is said at this point is smoke and mirrors.
Its all a Negotiating ploy…. Don’t put a whole lot of stock into it.
So there I was.....asleep when it happened.....the buzzing of the blackberry woke me up....still groggy, I rubbed my eyes, and read the incoming email.
BRANDON MARSHALL IS A DOLPHIN!
Then I had a beer....took the day off work, and bought a box of condoms.
Its going to be a long night for my wife.
Agreed, nothing to worry about....
It’s all a game of cat and mouse right now. I would expect something positive to happen before or around the third preseason game.
by RidetheLightnin' on Aug 9, 2010 11:53 PM EDT reply actions
15M isn't little money
But I unfortunately agree and think he will suit up by week 1.
Gonna take a fortnight at least to get this herd down to St. Louis on Mississippi. This glen's gonna be tough to traverse, and that river's got to be 50, 60 meters wide. And God knows how many fathoms. To hell with parliamentary procedure. We've got to wrangle up some cattles!
by Dave.Phuller on Aug 10, 2010 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
This is by far the worst news in almost a year
Horrible.
I am on vacation, taking the week off, even told John I wouldnt be on for a week…. but had to sign on for this. i hope he’s blowing smoke up our asses, but it seems like he’s kind of echoing what the Jets’ FO stance on this issue may be now. Meaning, they won’t budge. Thats how I interpret this…
FML. FML. FML.
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Don't worry
It is all smoke. It makes too much sense for a contract to be banged out eventually. If one doesn’t, I would be stunned.
Get busy winning or get busy losing.
by GangGreenMag on Aug 10, 2010 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Obviously you've never followed the Knicks or the Mets
lucky bastard
by secret defense on Aug 10, 2010 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Woody at least cares about his fans
as evident from Manigini getting canned after only 2 season and Terry Bradway when he did a awful job. Dolan and the Wilpons wouldn’t give a rat’s ass about their fanbase.
by secret defense on Aug 10, 2010 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions
if Woody cared about his fans why did he ever decide to bring in Brett Favre knowing full well what he would do?
you think Woody thought Favre was going to get hurt?
Look at last season he had with the Vikings, that team had much better offensive weapons than what he had as a Jet, and he was playing well until he got hurt. I’m pretty sure we would have made the playoffs that season if he stayed healthy, and we still went 9-7, the same record we had under Rex. You think Kellen Clemens or a rookie QB would have got that team to the playoffs? Outside of drafting Flacco, Woody and Mike T simply brought the best QB option available for the team to compete.
by secret defense on Aug 10, 2010 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I would be more pissed if we gave Revis too much, and were not able to resign Mangold or Harris.
Get busy winning or get busy losing.
by GangGreenMag on Aug 10, 2010 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Johnson has more than enough money to pay them all, he bloody owns Johnson & Johnson!
Revis needs to be a team player and take a hit for this year. He WILL get paid. But I think Johnson is exacerbating the situation, saying he feels optimistic about a deal and he’s willing to pay; How about you just work out a damn deal instead of blowing air out of your ass?!
We all know he is rich enough to pay them all what they want
The point is, if the cap comes back next year, and they are paying Revis too much, then we wouldn’t be able to pay mangold, harris, Braylon or Holmes, Pool Cromartie… any of them.
Get busy winning or get busy losing.
by GangGreenMag on Aug 10, 2010 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s why I said he should just bite the bullet. Lord knows that if Mike T is as good as they say he is, he’ll pay Harris and Mangold first for the team work they’re putting in. Question is, does Revis show up and prove to us he’s the player we all know he is, or does he listen to his agents and stay home like the pansies they are?
I don’t think anyone is that good. It sounds like an impossible situation Tanny would be put in, if they pay too much, and we would lose a lot of good talent.
Get busy winning or get busy losing.
by GangGreenMag on Aug 10, 2010 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed.
But it’s well-known that both sides are at fault. Woody and Revis/his agents. Since it’s much harder to change owners than it is to change agents, I say fire them and hire Rosenhaus. I guarantee that if he did that, he’d hold out of training camp but he’d most likely be in uniform for the opener.
The problem is
Revis is not even the highest paid corner on the team. They saved around $13 million by getting rid of Lito this offseason. They ought to offer Darelle Lito’s money for this year. Its an uncapped year, any money they throw at Darelle (who deserves it) will be made back tenfold if this team lives up to its potential.
I can’t believe how ungrateful some of you sound. Darelle is what makes the defense work.
Restructure one year at a time, do this year now, next year if there’s no lockout, worry about it then.
They tried, but his pansy agents said no deal. I still say fire them, hire Rosenhaus and see what happens.
They can only guarantee so much because of the 30% rule.
Get busy winning or get busy losing.
by GangGreenMag on Aug 10, 2010 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions
They should do whatever the rules allow is what I'm saying.
13 million I think is enough to get him on the field.
He doesn't want 13... he wants 16
Get busy winning or get busy losing.
by GangGreenMag on Aug 10, 2010 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions
If I was Revis, I’d take the Band-Aid deal. My gut tells me if he had an agent with HALF A BRAIN (we all know these guys caused the Kendall scandal. What happened to goodfernothin Pete? He played one season in Washington and was washed up,) he would take the deal as well and play this season out. Once the labor landscape clears up he’d work it out then.
He has two greedy agents, 1 moron uncle, and his manager is his best friend who thinks this is Entourage.
Get busy winning or get busy losing.
by GangGreenMag on Aug 10, 2010 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions
How do we fix the problem then? Let’s see:
New Agent? Rosenhaus
Moron Uncle? Does he pay the bills? no. Winning a super bowl with his teammates will def put some extra dough in that fat wallet.
Best friend manager? does he actually do anything other than take money away from Revis? ha. gotta love that job.
Geiger ticks me off more than any of them. What do they tell you at the rookie symposium about hangers-on again?
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I think if he surrounded himself with better people, there would be no problem right now.
Get busy winning or get busy losing.
by GangGreenMag on Aug 10, 2010 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions
This is just ridiculous.
Forget this guy. I say we trade him for some first round picks and maybe a second or two. Doesn’t he realize his chances of winning a superbowl with this team is better than almost every other team in the league? Accept 11 mil a year or so and get to training camp you ******* soulless bastard.
Wanted: Future Hall Of Fame CB
Last Seen: AFC Championship Game
Reward: Lombardi Trophy
Get busy winning or get busy losing.
by GangGreenMag on Aug 10, 2010 1:27 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
System players only make the Hall Of Fame if they remain in their system. MEvis wants out.
by nationalist88 on Aug 10, 2010 1:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, you’re probably right… Let me try a different angle: if it was up to him, don’t you think he’d run as fast as he could to a small market team who was willing to give him $500,000 more than the Jets?
by nationalist88 on Aug 10, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Would you ever consider trading him?
I am not a Jet’s fan, sorry. I was posting on our site and realized that your depth at Corner now with Kyle Wilson is really good, so much so that it would not surprise me if Woody Johnson would get fedup of all this BS and dangle him to the Ravens to see what he could get in exchange. They are probably quite desperate right about now.
So my question: Is this actually something that could happen?
Rebuilding a team properly takes time and patience
Ngata
I think Ngata might be a chance given that Baltimore is extremely thin at CB and could use a #1 CB, even if all their CBs were healthy. I’m not so sure if Baltimore would accept a one-for-one swap, but it’d be close to an even deal.
Jets would not likely trade him to an AFC team, and definitely not to a team we’ll compete with for a playoff spot. Also the Ravens’ defensive system is one of the few Revis could excel in, and that’s not helping us either.
by nationalist88 on Aug 10, 2010 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not a Baltimore fan. I’m a Bills fan.
I just look at the situation with your owner and your new rookie and Cromartie and figure that you guys are sitting in the drivers seat. Baltimore should be a bit desperate at this point. As a Bills fan, I’d hate to see you guys with extra picks for the next few drafts.
Rebuilding a team properly takes time and patience
That deal
That is asking a lot for any player in the NFL and the Jets could not get that much for him. Now if the Jets could somehow get someone like Ngata and a second rounder or a first rounder for Revis, I think it’d be a good deal. It would be even better for them since they could target a top player like Prince Amukamara or Ras-l Downling (both CBs), which would be a need if they can’t get Cromartie. They could also target WR AJ Green or S DeAndre McDaniel (S). They could also try another OLB conversion with Jeremy Beal or Robert Quinn, but just watch out for Gholston v2.0. Sorry if I’m not exactly high on Brodney Pool or the chances both Holmes and Edwards are Jets next season.
Revis is doing exactly what his uncle did over a decade ago
sean gilbert sat out an entire yr, called the teams bluff and got traded and paid a huge contract at the time, if gilbert is mentoring revis and constantly in his ear, it’s definately not good for jet fans. his uncle went thru the same tthing, and it worked! he’s got an example right in his own family! if u take namdi’s rediculous contract out, how much are pro bowl corners making at the high end? 5-7 million per? that’s what i would offer, i dont blame ur owner, wether its smoke and mirrors or not, im not paying a corner “albert haynesworth money”.
"Bad cops Rico, theres nothing lower"
Um try a little higher
Champ Bailey is making 12.5 mill per year from the Broncos, on the downside of his career. Pay the man silly Jets lol
by afceast on Aug 10, 2010 10:44 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
wow, if thats true, even thats too much, and alot of beast LB's and DE's aren't even making half that.
quite frankly as a dolphin fan, the longer this goes on and the more the money goes up, the happier i am, but if i was a jet fan, id rather have that kind of money invested in the front seven, even great corners are only as effective as the pressure up front.
"Bad cops Rico, theres nothing lower"
by sonnycrockett on Aug 10, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
um correct me if I'm wrong
but everywhere I read Bailey signed a 7 year 63 Million contract which equates to 9 Million/year.
by secret defense on Aug 10, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah it worked, but it worked for Gilbert alone. He got the huge deal and was injury plagued, totaling only 8 sack in the three years after his deal. $46.5 Million for only 8 sacks? Can you say EPIC FAIL for Carolina? Even Dom Capers said what a mistake it was to devote such a large contract to one player. Check Wiki if you don’t believe me…
i could care less, i was pointing out that it doesnt look good for either sides if this is the advice revis is getting
"Bad cops Rico, theres nothing lower"
by sonnycrockett on Aug 10, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
This team is built to win now, and without Revis we are just a little worse off than last year, which means some high powered passing offense will knock us right out of the playoffs by throwing to their Pierre Garcon/Austin Collie. Rex Ryan’s defenses have always struggled against above average passing teams. We can’t hang with teams like Indy or Green Bay without Revis. Hell, even the Texans may have a chance against us without Revis blanketing Andre Johnson.
Revis will probably be starting the first game of the regular season, the jets will probably give in to Revis's demands
But if they do trade him the Jets will probably get a 1st, 2nd and a young pro bowl caliber player.
Very rarely in the NFL do you get full value back (exception Champ Bailey for Clinton Portis). They can probably get back a 1st and a 2nd , in that case don’t trade him.
"Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier, the cigars taste better. The trees are greener."
yeah, also
I doubt there are any teams willing to pay him more than 15 Million/year. Even Al Davis regrets giving NA that kind of money.
by secret defense on Aug 10, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Screw it.
I hope Cromartie is back to being great this year and I hope Wilson absolutely lights it up. I don’t care how talented a player is, this kind of attitude is cancerous to a team. As soon as I found out he held to get his current contract I ceased to care about anything else. Revis is simply “one of those guys.”
I hope they hold him to every drop of his existing contract. I realize a lot of people out there say, “Well, he could have a career ending injury.” He got up front money and, frankly, I don’t worry about people making 7 figures. I’m sure he’d survive and still live better than I do if he was smart.
And can Al Davis please die so other teams don’t have to continue to suffer under his insane numbers.
Would you take triple your salary, or would you work for your current salary so your company can hirer better workers and position itseld to be the best that it could be?
Triple thats only 3 million...
but realistically I have to think the jets have to be offering between 10-14 million. Considering the prospects for this season if I play (winning the super bowl, endorsement deals, etc) if I play, vs. what would happen if I don’t I certainly would take less money, cause in the long run it would serve me much better.
Not if he snaps his leg in game 6. You control what you can control. The Superbowl is not pre-ordained. Neither are the playoffs. What if Sanchez sucks? We can hope all we want, but we’ve seen nothing thus far to suggest that Sanchez will be a big time QB. And if he’s not, how good is this team? And how good is it without Revis?
He’s worth the money. Pay the man.
Sure nothings pre ordained...
but he’s certainly going to have one of his better chances now.
He’s not worth the money, no player short of a QB is (and even then he’s probably over paid as well), don’t pay the man or you risk destroying any future this team has.
What if they sign him everything breaks right...
but they come up just short again. But next year because of the cap, and what your paying Revis, you can’t resign Mangold, Harris, Edwards &/or Holmes, and Cromartie.
Sanchez pretty much sucked last year (disagree we’ve seen nothing though) and we were a 1/2 away from the superbowl, and I happen to believe this team addressed every need it had this off season, and is much improved from last year.

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