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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Disagree. It's a 3 year deal basically. Even with an expected decline in his play over the next couple seasons, he's well worth it. Does anyone really think he won't still be a top 10 CB 2 years from now, with the possibility of still being a top 3? Plus what he can teach other players.
No regrets here whatsoever as a Jet fan on the Revis deal.
Disagree. It's a 3 year deal basically. Even with an expected decline in his play over the next couple seasons, he's well worth it. Does anyone really think he won't still be a top 10 CB 2 years from now, with the possibility of still being a top 3? Plus what he can teach other players.
No regrets here whatsoever as a Jet fan on the Revis deal.
I don't think Suh has really done anything any time he has faced the Patriots. I know the last two times he was invisible.
The problem with the Revis contract is that he is payed a lot more during those 3 years than other corners. He has an average cap hit of a bit over $16M for those years. The next corners in line gets $14M, like Sherman. And that's pretty evenly distributed $14M per year, so possibly a real 4 year contract for Sherman. I don't think it's a good contract for Revis simply because of his age, and because how much more he gets compared to other top corners. Your basically betting on him performing above all other corners, as well as not getting affected by age as he hits 30, and so continues to perform above the other corners atleast through age 32.
"even with expected decline in his play he is well worth it" is a statement made by overzealous fans that have little understanding or no knowledge of how building a competitive team works when under a salary cap. If a GM was to think the way you think -- assuming his job is to build a SB winner -- he should be fired immediately.
Outside of that roll the dice, big immediate investment but little future investment signing for a single shot at the SB (basically trading cap value for the here and now shot at the SB), devoting big portion of the cap to a single player better be for a player who also provides a equal cap dollar to production percentage. For Revis money his production should be so big he is capable of glossing over multiple unproductive spots on the team.
Ultimately, for a major unchangeable cap hit that is going to see less production per cap dollar for a team that isn't 'one step away from the SB'? You just moved the goal post even further away to get to that 'one step away'.
So from a Patriots' fan perspective and since you very likely aren't threatening the Patriots for the division title this year, I wholeheartedly concur with your 'no regrets' sentiment. I know I certainly have no regrets that you are less likely to end up challenging the Patriots for the division title for the 2016 and 2017 seasons (and possibly 2018 ramifications too).
Apt comparison as far as this old timer is concerned and he is just as competent.Old timers get this one....
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JetsFan79:
What you and your Jets' kin don't get is that depth is just as important as the stars. The reason the Pats are dominating your team and the AFC East again is depth. They have the longest injury list in the League going into this weekend, and the Jets one of the shortest, and yet the Pats find a way to plug holes. The Jets can't afford to do that because they pay a single CB so much money. The Pats put a value on a position and stick to it. That's just as much a reason why they win as Brady and Gronk.
But Jets' fans (and the fans of many teams that are traditional losers) are distracted by the shiny objects called "stars" and see that as the way out of the forest. It is an immediate gratification strategy that leads to misery.