Florio: Jets File Tampering charges AGAINST Pats

Patstopia said:

What the Jets have tried to do is taint public opinion by trivializing BOTH tampering charges. The Jets charge is ridiculous, but now being associated with such a tit-4-tat charges, they both seem diminished.
You already have all the moron press laughing and joking about it. Soon both charges will be considered a joke!

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“He’s an outstanding football player,’’ Jones said late Tuesday afternoon from the NFL Annual Meetings. “Under the right circumstances it would have been good for everybody for him to be here.

“On the other hand, our best chance of getting better was to make the decision we made.’’

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"I think anytime you lose a quality player like that, especially in the short term, that is to your detriment," Mayhew said over lunch with beat reporters today at the NFL owners meetings. "I think in the long term, I think we're going to be glad we don't have that contract on our books. But in the short term, that's an issue."

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“The fan in me wishes he were still us,” he began, speaking about Revis. “We thought we made a very competitive offer. We wanted to keep him. We wanted him in our system, and we have certain disciplines. We had hoped it worked out. It didn’t. I think he feels a great commitment there [with New York], so we understand going back. We’re sorry he didn’t stay with us.”
Kraft bristled when a New York reporter suggested that Patriots head coach Bill Belichick no longer wanted Revis, widely considered the best corner in the game.

“Bill wanted him,” Kraft stressed. “But, I mean… you probably don’t have to work on a budget. When you get a budget, there are certain things you can’t do. We have a budget. In the end, we’ll judge it by what the results are, what happens in wins and losses at the end of the year. Also, it takes two sides. I think each side, in the end, did what was right for them.”

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