This is certainly a good way to begin my last post toward you.
Anyway, yes, I do watch the TV feed and I tend to watch the superstars. For instance, I was watching the TV feed before when it was Vincent Jackson and Darelle Revis going up for a pass... one on one (again) and Revis managed to rip the ball out of Jackson's hands only to have Jackson try to one arm it, be unsuccessful in his attempt, and have Revis end up with the INT. Revis is absolutely a shutdown corner and he has been all season.
PLEASE learn how to read and comprehend. I never said Revis was anything but a great CB. It's very annoying have to repeat such obvious things to people like yourself who can't be bothered to even attempt to read.
Yes, he does. Many people including players on the field and off the field as well as columnists, commentators, coaches, and casual fans have noticed this. Revis is, by definition, the one true shutdown corner in the league this season. Ryan even said that the beauty of the Jets defense is that they can bring the safeties (like Leonard) to the LOS to rush the passer because they have full confidence in Revis' ability to shutdown another team's #1 WR one on one. THAT, my homer friend, is the main reason why the Jets defense (specifically their pass rush) is so good.
They do NOT bring their safeties to the LOS on every single snap. I know that Revis' ability allows more flexibility in a defense and allows you to more confidently take your safeties away from the deep part of the field. They however do not run a defense that takes their safeties to the LOS every play. They do NOT run a defense that puts Revis one-on-one on an island all game every game.
LMAO! Are you really trying to argue that it's completely uncommon for a player to get better after a couple of years in the league? Seriously? On top of that, a new system was brought in this season that can take full advantage of his efforts. The results are fairly obvious, one would think (though, not to a Patriots homer). Oh, and this is a classic red herring. Not that I would expect you to know what that actually means...
It's completely uncommon for a player to get so much better in one offseason to single handedly bring a pass defense from bottom 5 to best. As a matter of fact, not only is it uncommon, it's pretty impossible. Keep pretending Revis is the sole reason for the Jets defensive success. There is no red herrings here Deus, open your eyes and quit trying desperately to paint me as a "homer" to avoid the facts.
[qutoe]Not to be a snob, but I would venture to guess that I have probably forgotten more about football in my time then you can ever hope to know. Watch the Jets play San Diego. You'll notice one thing. What you'll notice is that the safeties have a tendency to creep up the LOS to support the LB's in the pass rush (usually rushing the a-gaps). Why do they do that? Because they have faith in Revis to shutdown the opposing team's number one WR (like Randy Moss) one on one while the othe safety (Rhodes) stays over the top to help Lito Shepard in coverage against the team's other WR (
which was Welker in this season's case). They do this fairly often, as proven by the amount of times Jim Leonard has gotten into San Diego's backfield to force Rivers out of the pocket tonight. [/quote]
You aren't a snob, you are just very ignorant. You have proven that you lack football knowledge on any intimate level. You should probably be coaching in the NFL though, because you are just so brilliant in your analysis
Wes Welker got 192 yards against the Jets. Do you pay attention to ANYTHING other than media hype? So much for your theories about how Revis is on an island and the rest of the DBs can focus help on Welker. Don't let facts get in the way now!
Also do you believe that pass rush pressure helps or hurts Revis? Do you believe that if both safeties blitzed every play but couldn't quickly generate pressure that a guy like Moss would still be completely shut down by Revis? Do you feel that Revis is so good that he can succeed without QB pressure? Must be the magic juice he drank in the offseason.
Tell me, do you wear Nikes when you back peddle?
I have never back peddled. When I overstate things or make a mistake I am man enough to admit and correct myself. You on the other hand like to throw words in others mouths to make yourself look like you have an argument. Continue to grasp for those straws though.
I'm not exaggerating anything and I don't want to believe anything. I hate the Jets with a fiery passion. The intensity of a thousand suns. Ask anybody around here (Jets fans included). However, I'm not so much of a homer as to deny the fact that he was in one on one coverage with Moss the VAST majority of the time. By the way, Kerry Rhodes just sacked Philip Rivers. You should know why by now. Anyway, Revis going one on one, basically shut down Andre Johnson, Terrell Ownes (twice), Randy Moss (twice), Marques Colston, Steve Smith, Roddy White, and Chad Ochocinco. Today, he has managed to make Vincent Jackson AND Antonio Gates ineffective when he's covered them. To put it simply, there's a reason why they call it "Revis Island".
Can you please prove to me he was in one-on-one coverage with Moss the ENTIRE time? Please give me the proof, because you claim you are such a non-homer that this is truth. And if Revis was one-on-one with Moss the ENTIRE time, why the hell did the idiot Jets let Welker get 192 yards?
Revis did not go one-on-one with 0 safety help and no pass rush all game against any of those guys. Please try to learn about how many different things go into a successful NFL defense aside from your fantasy of having a shutdown corner be the only thing that effects anything. Revis DOES play one-on-one at times, just not every single play. Revis IS a great CB, but he's not this amazingly infallible one-man-show you make him out to be. Revis does help the Jets defense a lot, but he does not make that defense by himself.
Yet another red herring. Nobody said Revis was HOF material and to insinuate such is just assanine. What I said was that he was a shutdown corner in 2009. If you can bring up cold, hard FACTS to bring that up, be my guest. Of course, I won't be reading (or responding) to it.
Why is it that when you have a bad argument and can't argue with facts and logic you result to these keywords like red herrings and homer? You ARE insinuating he is HOF material because nothing less than HOF material DB could single handedly make a defense #1 in the league, like you continuously try to sell. They were #29 pass defense in 2008, #1 in 2009. You attribute that solely to Revis (even though Revis was there in 2008).
The discussion wasn't about what happened last season. So that's the third red herring in one post from you. Congratulations. I didn't know that was possible. Again, it's amazing what can happen you spend another year in the league and become a part of a complete scheme change (Ryan's defense is vastly different than Mangini's) that is tailor made to play to your strengths. If you honestly think that Ryan's defense would work the same without Revis, you have another thing coming. Those safeties would not be sneaking up to the LOS as much as they are and the LB's wouldn't be free to rush the passer as much as they have been. Is Revis a one man show? No. Is he a very big reason of why the Jets defense in 2009 has been so good? Absolutely. Is he a big reason why the Jets have currently held the potent San Diego Chargers defense to just 7 points so far in this game? Absolutely. Would he be a big reason for the Jets advancing to the AFC title game against the Colts? You bet your ass. Without him, guys like Ochocinco and Jackson would be free to make big time catches and the opposing quarterbacks would be seeing a lot more time in the pocket. But keep denying facts, it's what you're good at.
The fact of the matter is Rex Ryan is more responsible for the defensive shift from 08-09 than is Revis. There is no red herring. Revis was there in 2008, Rex Ryan was not. Diss Mangini all you want (and rightfully so), but unless you claim that he never used Revis in man-to-man coverage then you are reaching.
I understand that Revis is great, but he's not great alone. Tom Brady is great but he can't succeed throwing to Aiken and Slater, to credit the entire offense along with receivers for 2007 is not a diss to Tom Brady.
And I'm sorry, but not only are you a moron but you are a GIGANTIC homer. One of the biggest and most annoying in this forum. When I respond to you, I actually wonder why I did so. With that in mind, I'll be adding you to my ignore list so I don't have to be subjected to watching you post with the blinders on. If you wish to respond to this with your usual "hands firmly over eyes" approach, then be my guest. I just hope that you enjoy the feeling that I get when I respond to your posts. You know that "why am I wasting my time?", feeling? Take it easy.
I'm one of the few bringing some of you loud mouthed posters to task around here. You loud-mouth knee-jerk know-it-alls have driven away plenty of quality posters. Now call me a moron and a homer all you want, it doesn't make it true. You can pretend to speak for the entire board all you want, but I will not sit there and let people just talk mumbo jumbo all they want. I'll never pretend to be an expert of all things in the NFL, and if I were I'd be looking into getting a job in the NFL.
