{"id":18399,"date":"2013-03-07T16:53:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T20:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=18399"},"modified":"2013-03-07T16:53:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T20:53:36","slug":"could-jets-standing-up-to-revis-lead-to-long-term-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2013\/03\/07\/could-jets-standing-up-to-revis-lead-to-long-term-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Jets Standing Up To Revis Lead To Long Term Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can\u2019t look at a newspaper or go on the internet without seeing some report about the New York Jets<\/a>, led by owner Woody Johnson, \u201cdetermined\u201d to trade star cornerback Darrelle Revis.<\/p>\n

Revis himself has done interviews talking about trade rumors \u201chitting home<\/a>\u201d and how the Jets didn\u2019t even contact \u201ctheir best player<\/a>\u201d about potentially trading him.<\/p>\n

A prevailing theme is Woody Johnson simply does not want to \u201cpay the man\u201d while opinions vary on Johnson he\u2019s definitely not cheap.\u00a0 In fact the Jets usually spend most of the payroll allowed under the salary cap rules and this year will be no exception.\u00a0 The team has also doled out many big dollar contracts<\/a>, some were the highest in NFL history (David Harris<\/a>, Alan Faneca<\/a>), much to the detriment of the team\u2019s current finances.<\/p>\n

It was unclear whether John Idzik was informed about Johnson\u2019s desire to look at trade possibilities for Revis before he was introduced Jets new general manager as the Revis trade rumor news broke a day before his official introduction.\u00a0 However one thing is clear Idzik, Johnson and the Jets as a whole are showing they\u2019re ready to move on without Darrelle Revis in green and white.<\/p>\n

Many Jets supporters feel trading Revis is lunacy and how could they trade away their best player?\u00a0 The thing these fans might be missing is by sending Revis a message that no one player is bigger than the team and they\u2019re willing to move on puts the Jets in a position of strength, which might just lead to Revis resigning with the them.<\/p>\n

Revis has held-out twice<\/a> in his short career once before his rookie season in 2007 and again in 2010 eventually receiving a new 4 year deal which ends after the 2013 season.\u00a0 Revis has been paid $55 million during his six year career with the Jets.<\/p>\n

There is $9 million in paid bonus money<\/a> for Darrelle Revis which counts $3 million under the 2014, 2015 and 2016 salary caps, so that money needs to be accounted for when negotiating a deal, it doesn\u2019t just disappear if he signs a new contract.\u00a0 Basically the Jets are at a disadvantage since they don\u2019t start from a clean slate (zero) during contract talks with Revis.<\/p>\n

By exploring Revis trade offers interested teams are setting a pseudo-market before he potentially hits free agency next year.\u00a0 Most teams would like a sign and trade deal but are hesitant to make a huge financial commitment and give up valuable draft resources while Revis has not fully recovered from his injury.\u00a0 Revis will get some idea, even though the injury right now deflates his value, at the kind of offers he might expect if he hits free agency in 2014.<\/p>\n

The Jets will also know the kind of contract which Revis might except given his current situation.\u00a0 Revis\u2019 biggest concern is his financial security if he got injured again in 2013 as it would damage his value heading into free agency next offseason.\u00a0 This is leverage the Jets could use to facilitate a new deal even with tight finances the team could pay Revis more this season while committing to him long term but he would have to except certain concessions to make the deal work for both sides.<\/p>\n

So Idzik needs to offer a fair long term contract structure which takes all factors into account and protects both team as well as player.\u00a0 Revis is a great player and if he can return from his knee injury deserves a big contract but like with any contract the team must have a budget and evaluate the risk factors involved with terms of an agreement.<\/p>\n

So the \u201cjust pay the man\u201d phrase is easy to say but putting an offer on paper which allows for player compensation while not stifling the teams ability to put a viable product on the field given resources are limited by a salary cap is much more difficult.<\/p>\n

Revis has stated<\/a> he wants to remain a \u201cJet for life\u201d but John Idzik will negotiate from a position of strength.\u00a0 He will let Revis know while the Jets want him they won\u2019t be pushed around and will find alternatives if a fair deal can\u2019t be obtained.\u00a0 This strategy could ultimately lead to Revis getting<\/a> the \u201cretirement contract\u201d with the Jets we all desire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can\u2019t look at a newspaper or go on the internet without seeing some report about the New York Jets, led by owner Woody Johnson, \u201cdetermined\u201d to trade star cornerback Darrelle Revis. Revis himself has done interviews talking about trade rumors \u201chitting home\u201d and how the Jets didn\u2019t even contact \u201ctheir best player\u201d about potentially […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":18408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,1337],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-editorials","8":"category-home-slider"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Revis-Full.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-4ML","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18399"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18407,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18399\/revisions\/18407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}