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This is a solid article that does a good job of summarizing why Belichick doesn't want Revis in press all day, some good excerpts, which I thought I would share here for discussion:
http://www.csnne.com/blog/patriots-talk/revis-great-cant-expect-man-man-all-game
“One of the issues of playing man on every play is just the amount of energy it takes,” said Belichick. “I mean you have to run with the guy 30, 35 yards on a running play because he’s just running you off. It’s really a nothing play for the corner, it’s an inside run, but you don’t know that. You’re in man coverage, the guy runs a go route and you gotta chase him for 40 yards and the ball is back there 40 yards behind you at the line of scrimmage, but you don’t know that. So to do that every single down, is it doable? Yeah. But is it taxing on your secondary to do that, it really is.”
Belichick believes that even someone as gifted as Revis is, someone who very much wants that responsibility, needs to get a break at various points during the game, for reasons of production and to fight the fatigue factor.
“I think there has to be a balance to that, and I would say there’s not too many corners that really want to do that 65, 70 plays, who want to be covering pass routes on every single play, which if you’re in man coverage and they know, they’re just going to run you off.”
http://www.csnne.com/blog/patriots-talk/revis-great-cant-expect-man-man-all-game