Rate your confidence in the Patriots keeping Revis in New England

letekro said:

Is the NFL located in some parallel universe where a worker is not entitled to fair market value for his services or should be called a "whore" for seeking the same? The Patriots no doubt have assigned a value to him. If another team goes higher, Revis is gone, and I wish him the best.

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Yes, compared to the real world, the NFL is in a parallel universe. I guess I look a little deeper than money as be-all end-all, but apparently that's just me.

ashley1992 said:

Let's hope that's true, we saw how much of a difference he makes in our defense and the thought of putting Ryan or Dennard on an island by themselves would be very troublesome lol

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I'm just putting it out there. They've had a full YEAR to discuss the parameters of an eventual long term deal with each side well aware of the "placeholder" condition of the roster bonus. I think Revis has been instructed (and rightfully and smartly so) to see if any blow-you-away deal may emerge.

Remember Revis signed a 6/96 deal with NO garuantees with the Bucs. If the incentives are there to make him the highest paid corner and remain with an obvious contender and not some one year wonder you'd have to think positively (at least I am) about the outcome.

Fingers crossed-knock on wood, of course.

Tunescribe said:

Yes, compared to the real world, the NFL is in a parallel universe. I guess I look a little deeper than money as be-all end-all, but apparently that's just me.

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Most people put money at the top of the list when choosing jobs in their field, and they are certainly never ridiculed for doing so. This tendency to seek the biggest paycheck is amplified in the NFL, where 30 or 35 is the end of the prime earning years. Good on you for taking less to do what you love, but most players are already doing what they love.

I really think there is a mistaken assumption that these guys think they can only win in New England or a handful of other places and thus "choose money over championships" when they go elsewhere. This is BS. These guys, particularly the best of the best like Revis, really think (or at least are able to delude themselves into thinking) that they are good enough to make a mediocre team into a contender.

letekro said:

Most people put money at the top of the list when choosing jobs in their field, and they are certainly never ridiculed for doing so. This tendency to seek the biggest paycheck is amplified in the NFL, where 30 or 35 is the end of the prime earning years. Good on you for taking less to do what you love, but most players are already doing what they love.

I really think there is a mistaken assumption that these guys think they can only win in New England or a handful of other places and thus "choose money over championships" when they go elsewhere. This is BS. These guys, particularly the best of the best like Revis, really think (or at least are able to delude themselves into thinking) that they are good enough to make a mediocre team into a contender.

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If Revis ever felt that way he proved himself wrong in New Jersey and Tampa. I doubt he's that vain (or stupid).

Revis is a special case vs. your average NFL player. He already has banked $100 million. Whatever more he might make on a new Jets contract vs. staying with the Patriots won't appreciably improve his lifestyle. (There's another thread on this subject specifically.) Leaving a team that gives him an excellent shot at winning more titles for a mediocre team with a higher offer certainly is his right but would do his legacy no favors.

I think Revis signs here for 4 years and 60 million, with about 40-45 guaranteed. The dude should never be allowed to leave. He's that good, both in games and in practice and his contact should end about the same time, give or take a year, that Brady is done.
But, if he wants to go to the Jets for an extra 6-8 million on the contract to play for an untested head coach, and franchise that has traditionally been both volatile and unstable, that is well within his right to do so. It would be a head scratcher for sure but who the hell knows with todays modern athlete?

I think it would be a colossal mistake to let him slip away but I do trust our head coach completely and I recognize that my instincts are are not 100% when it comes to this team. If you had told me after the KC game, that would win the Super Bowl the same season, my instincts would have said that was never going to happen.

i think hes gone. the jets are involved and they will offer him stupid money just to take him away from the pats. thats what teams do with dumb owners.

Eff 'em

Tunescribe said:

If Revis ever felt that way he proved himself wrong in New Jersey and Tampa. I doubt he's that vain (or stupid).

Revis is a special case vs. your average NFL player. He already has banked $100 million. Whatever more he might make on a new Jets contract vs. staying with the Patriots won't appreciably improve his lifestyle. (There's another thread on this subject specifically.) Leaving a team that gives him an excellent shot at winning more titles for a mediocre team with a higher offer certainly is his right but would do his legacy no favors.

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I loved Seymour but his contact demands and relationship with Belichick got him shipped out and probably cost him a good shot at the Hall of Fame and I would think most of these guys would pass up the few million more for football immortality.

25% shot he stays, The jets are going to give him 4 and 60 with 1/2 guaranteed.

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patman52 said:

25% shot he stays, The jets are going to give him 4 and 60 with 1/2 guaranteed.

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If that's all it takes and the pats don't do that... I'll be pissed

It's almost like the chicken littles want him to go to the Jets so they can get back to sh.tting all over Belichick. Almost to a person they are saying he's gone.

I need to start looking at b the draft a little more, I want to check out the best value with the Jets first rounder, the Patriots could get a quality pass rusher with the 6# overall.

Ivan said:

I need to start looking at b the draft a little more, I want to check out the best value with the Jets first rounder, the Patriots could get a quality pass rusher with the 6# overall.

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No! We need the Green Beans to use that pick on Jameis Winston! That'll doom them well beyond the 50th anniversary of their one and only title.

Ivan said:

It's almost like the chicken littles want him to go to the Jets so they can get back to sh.tting all over Belichick. Almost to a person they are saying he's gone.

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is everybody a chicken little if they honestly think hes leaving?

captain insano said:

is everybody a chicken little if they honestly think hes leaving?

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Not at all, there's just a strong correlation between those saying he is gone and the very well known chicken littles who have been crapping all over Belichick for years. You know the one's who are always saying he can't draft, he's a lousy GM, they would rather have Harbaugh or Payton etc etc etc..... The ones who never believe in them but act like they did when they win it all.

60% of the time, he re-signs, every time.

I think we sign both 24 and 32.

Revis is so good he makes ordinary guys like Matt Patricia NFL head coaching candidates. I can't take another year of a mush secondary and watching Logan Ryan with his back turned towards the football.

bostonia3333 said:

Revis is so good he makes ordinary guys like Matt Patricia NFL head coaching candidates. I can't take another year of a mush secondary and watching Logan Ryan with his back turned towards the football.

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Patricia is a very good defensive coordinator. His in game adjustments this season were excellent.