Schefter: Revis will go to where best deal is

JoeSixPat said:

I've yet to see an agent NOT play one team off another

Officially they'd take an offer from EVERY team to set the market as high as possible

New York does offer the benefit of having to over pay and a lucrative endorsement/media market as well

But you didn't exactly see him courting Tampa Bay too closely either

But again, to my point - WHY wasn't a bottom dweller team interested in tying up so much cap space for Revis??? Because it just makes no sense to use all that salary to vault from being a bad team to a mediocre one

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Why would Revis have been courting Tampa? Tampa traded for him (no courting there) and then cut him (obviously no courting there).

My thoughts:

1) At his age, Revis wants to have a good day-to-day experience with his teammates. He wants to go to work with hard-working people and then play with hard-working people. Leaving for the unknown, moving to a new location, starting all over again may not be worth $1 million extra dollars in salary to somebody who needs to stay mentally focused day in and day out.

2) There is no better player to learn about staying elite in his 30's than Tom Brady. Brady is not just inspirational, it shows the road to playing for 5+ more years goes through the Patriots. If he could be within 10% of the highest paid cornerback but play for many years on a team of hard-working people who don't endanger his health, he will be happy with that. He could even play for 7-10 years at the right price and role.

3) The articles about giving Jets a chance last off-season shows he's loyal to growing with one team, which is good for the Patriots.

4) The Patriots were not going to afford to sign Revis with Talib on the team. Of course the Patriots were not in the conversation last off-season, while the Jets were (his former team). We will have to see what happens.

5) If he feels he's earned more than he's being offered with the Patriots, he will leave. Every player has an ego, and he wants to feel like he's always getting better, not worse. The "best deal" will not be only about the monetary amount. He chose the Patriots once already, after all.

6) I think his day-to-day experiences with the Patriots will have a bigger reason for him to stay than winning the Super Bowl. To play devil's advocate, if the Patriots fall short, he may want to try again. If the Pats win, he'll have a ring, and his value might be even higher than before (especially if he is a contender for Super Bowl MVP) and he might be happy to join another team that pays him an insane amount. Who knows!

7) It's possible to structure the contract in such a way he can be called a top-paid cornerback while having to prove himself every year to actually get paid (with a high minimum of course). He might be happy with something like that.

8) If he ends up on another team, it's not because the Patriots are cheap or uncreative, but because there was something else he didn't like or liked much better elsewhere (i.e. Rex coaches another team and pays him an insane amount.)

9) As long as our team is drama-free and the Patriots want him back, there's a good chance he will be back. And if not, Belichick is good at creating a balanced team and will put the money elsewhere.

BS. Revis could of signed a lot better deal then he got in NE. If money was the only determining factor I'm sure a lot of other teams offered more money.

patsfan-1982 said:

the thing with Revis is at 30 years old he may not be a shutdown CB anymore BB is already not putting him on guys with sprinter speed like mike Wallace and T.Y Hilton and in todays NFL getting to the QB is the only way to really shutdown a teams pass offense,

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Tom meets Kaepernick said:

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I agree with the cat.

Wheelman said:

None of those players are once in a generation player though.

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You're evaluating the situation like Bill Belichick not patsfans.com.

BB has stated that the game is going towards players who play in space (note: Jamie Collins). Take him at his word.

Deus Irae said:

Why would Revis have been courting Tampa? Tampa traded for him (no courting there) and then cut him (obviously no courting there).

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Again, my point exactly

Revis and his agent would like to make it seem like every team wants him and will pay top dollar

That's what agents do

Neither Tampa nor the NYJ wanted him (let's assume he was sincere about wanting to stay with the Jets)

Why? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that there's a good reason not every team makes sense for him

He'll have his suitors - and he'll have his preferences out of the mix

But I still find it unfathomable that he'd choose the Raiders over the Patriots if they offered him a dollar more

Here's another possible kind of contract that will make sense....but it has a few "ifs" involved.

Revis strikes me as a the kind of a guy who really takes care of himself and is a real student of the game, so lets say the Pats create, not a 3 year deal, but a 5 year deal. On that takes into consideration that Revis might want to end his career as an elite S as opposed to a fading CB. Here's how that kind of deal would work.

Its all about the upfront money. Assuming the Pats braintrust and Revis Inc agree the Pats would be able to structure a deal that could give the Pats the kind of long term $/yr that makes sense, while not being too heavy a burden on the annual cap. They make that palatable for Revis by really heavily front load the deal.

For example: The Pats want a deal that averages $12MM/yr. Revis wants one that averages $16MM, On a 3 year deal that would be hard to do. But say the Pats do a deal that is 5 years in length and averages 13MM.
($65MMtotal and Mr Kraft writes Darelle one of those $30MM Brady like checks at the signing. Abd while its hugely expensive up front, in those last 2 years, when Revis' contribution might not be as great, neither will his relative cap hit. (much like Brady's)

This is based on the assumption that Revis has 3 good years as an elite to near elite CB, and is willing to transition to a S roles in his declining years, much like Charles Woodson is doing now (and with much success on a bad team, I might add). Clearly Revis is a great student of the game, and his fantastic ability to anticipate what is about to happen on routes would translate beautifully as a S

Of course you could always do a 5 year deal anyways, but I'd have a tough time committing to him for that long with any expectation of getting an elite performance for the elite dollars I'd be paying him over the last half of the contract. HOWEVER, if I knew he was open to the S transition when the time came, I'd feel a lot better about that kind of long term deal

We'll know soon enough. The best shot for Revis and the Pats to hammer out a deal will be before the option date for the second year. If the Pats void the deal and Revis hits free agency, I will assume he's gone. Both sides already know that fair market price is in the $14+ million range. Ty Law has already said "$15 million will do it..." I assume he's not just picking a number of out thin air.

New England Pride said:

I think New England will have the best offer, or at least 90-95 percent of his best offer.

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That why i agree he will stay because we will have the bet offer

Brady_to_Moss said:

That why i agree he will stay because we will have the bet offer

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You mean money wise or overall situation? A 90 percent offer in New England is the best deal IMO.

If we don't win the Superbowl and Revis played every playoff games, then he can go wherever he wants in the offseason. I'm dead serious.

Unless Revis is a soulless mercenary, at this point is fair to imagine that not even him have an idea about his next contract, so who the hell is this Schefter to come out and affirm something like that?

It's just the old reporter trick, say something, if turns out he was right he goes like brilliant, if not no one will remember.

reneluar said:

Malcolm Butler just need 3 more games to be an elite corner, i dont care whan happen with Revis.

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Revis Is Jet at heart, if the Woodster wasn't such a cheamp. Chump, I would have had the pleasure of watching #24, one of the greatest corners of all time, in green again. Revis will most likely stay with NE next season, in my opinion, but he'll return to the Jets as a Free Saftey in his mid thirties.

Jetsfan25678 said:

Revis Is Jet at heart, if the Woodster wasn't such a cheamp. Chump, I would have had the pleasure of watching #24, one of the greatest corners of all time, in green again. Revis will most likely stay with NE next season, in my opinion, but he'll return to the Jets as a Free Saftey in his mid thirties.

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patsfanincleveland said:

It should be realized that players that take over don't need luck. That's the problem with people confronted with reality that disproves the nonsense they feel they need to believe.

Yeah....great.....some playoff hopes.......thanks for making my point.

Your real goal should be to strive to attain that tenth.

You might want to talk to that jay52 poster.....seems more your level.

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Talk about word salad...

hwc said:

Ty Law has already said "$15 million will do it..." I assume he's not just picking a number of out thin air.

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Why not? We've been picking numbers out of thin air for weeks. Miguel has given several contract options. No one has a clue what it will take, with the possible exception of Revis and his agent.

Does Miquel say what it would take?

hwc said:

We'll know soon enough. The best shot for Revis and the Pats to hammer out a deal will be before the option date for the second year. If the Pats void the deal and Revis hits free agency, I will assume he's gone. Both sides already know that fair market price is in the $14+ million range. Ty Law has already said "$15 million will do it..." I assume he's not just picking a number of out thin air.

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Poor Ty's kids had to starve while he was negotiating - he knows.

Schefter sits down with Steve Young,Trent Dilfer, Tony Dungy and Bill Polian to discuss Peytie Pooch's alarming loss of velocity and sudden vulnerability going into the 2014 playoffs...

"guys, we HAVE to do something to throw off the Patriots somehow...create some HUGE distraction out of thin air NOW so that they are under constant pressure from the rest of the press corps for the duration of the playoffs....I got it!!! Let's start the "REVIS WILL LEAVE CHEAP PATRIOTS!" rumor and watch them get barraged with daily questions from here on out...after all, creating complete bullshyt distractions has worked wonderfully for us before on these Patriots..remember what we did in 2007??? THAT was our masterpiece...and now we NEED something else or our precious Peytie will be left to stand on his own under the harsh glare of the rest of the press corps. WE are the steersmen! WE are the shytstirrers! Come now, and let us whip this Revis "controversy" up into a storm of such intensity and magnitude that those Patriots will HAVE to wilt under the harsh glare of our bullshyt rumor mongering..."

I expect that chihuahua in the 5000 dollar sports jacket, Albert Breer, to start his yipping and yapping on the subject no later than pregame this afternoon.Really, Schefter is such a proven sleazy, slimeball, self promoting media whore, he practically defines the Greg Easterbrook paradigm of patheticness in this age of libelous free-for-alls.