PFP on Darrelle Revis
Here’s another installment from Pro Football Prospectus 2008 on the Jets. Today’s topic Darrelle Revis.
Revis had a tremendous rookie season. His stats don’t look great — he was one of the ten cornerbacks with the most first downs plus touchdowns allowed — but his performance was very strong for a number one cornerback who had to cover Randy Moss twice, Lee Evans twice, Terrell Owens, Braylon Edwards, and so on. Revis is entrenched as the top cornerback …
Watching Revis improve game-by-game was one of the best things about last year. With him and Rhodes locked up in the secondary for the next five years, there’s a great core to work around. We will have to see how the other two starting slots in the secondary work out, but expect to see some situational rotation there as we did last season.
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15 Responses to PFP on Darrelle Revis
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Jeff says:
Yea Braylon Edwards pretty much owned Revis. To his defense though Edwards has the height and he is physical and can jump, one of the top-5 receivers in the NFL. Revis pretty much shut-down half the field though. But he only allowed like 2rds all season which is great.
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K.C. says:
it was his ROOKIE YEAR!? DARRELL REVIS IS THE MAN!
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RK says:
I disagree that Revis was owned. He was in the right place to make a play on the highlights I saw in both the first down that Edwards grabbed over is outside shoulder, which was a perfectly placed ball that he barely got to, and the TD in which Revis was playing it perfectly but Edwards got lucky the ball was behind him. He did not jump over Revis to grab it he went behind his back on that play.
I would rather have a CB be in the right place to make a play and not than a CB who gambles and gives up big plays all the time. Also the offense has the advantage on every play and Revis was a rookie playing against one of the best receivers in the league.
I don’t think he got owned at all. 3 receptions for 63 yards and 1 TD is not owned. The TD, as I mentioned, could have easily gone the other way because Revis was in a good spot. Would 2 receptions and 0 TD be considered owned if that play was incomplete?
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vinnywasthebest says:
If he got owned in the game against the Brownies, we would have been blown out. The game was close the whole way. As a fantasy football player, i noticed Braylon Edwards had a down game. This is a ROOKIE. Next year with some personal coaching touches from Mangini, this guy WILL dominate.
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GhoulHouse says:
I have no problem with Revis’s play last year. I consider this year his first year in the league because he was drafted as a junior in college. I didnt see one receiver dominate revis at all last year and that is important because usually in the nfl the first year for a cornerback is usually difficult when he starts especially when he is covering the top receivers in the leauge and they have the advantage of action versus reaction. Revis’s interception numbers will greatly improve this year and if he does get 10 interceptions then we know we have either the best or one of the top cornerbacks in the league. Look at Cromartie in his second year. I however would rather have a cornerback like Revis who improved on shutting down his side of the field every game than one who at the end of the season has more interceptions than the next cornerback in the league. My goal if I were revis this year: 0 tds thrown his way on his side of the field. 24 will not disappoint he keeps getting better every day!!!
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AL says:
I thought Revis had an awesome year. He was always in great position, is extremely quick and plays the run exceptionally well for a corner. I think he’s going to the pro bowl this year.
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RK,
By all means, Revis had a really good year for a rookie but he has to get a lot better to be considered a shut down corner.
If you notice, most of the catches that he lets up downfield are because he doesnt even look for the ball.
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Dave says:
Edwards didn’t “own” Revis. He had 3 receptions and 63 yards and a TD. It was probably Revis’ worst game, but he still held Edwards below his season average of 5 receptions, 80.5 yards and a TD a game.
I’m guessing that they have 1st downs given up + touchdowns allowed as one cumulative stat, because Revis only gave up 2 TDs all year. He really was phenomenal and you really can’t discredit anything he did considering the front seven was having a ton of trouble both stopping the run and rushing the passer with ill-fit 3-4 personnel.
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Revis was awesome for a rookie. To give him a B- is being way too hard on him. As noted above, Edwards caught less than his average against Revis, so how can anyone say he owned him? What does Revis have to do, hold every receiver to 1 catch for 5 yards every game?
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Najy:
You really seem to be down on number 24 lately. He was a shutdown corner last year based on what he had to work with. He had a rotating secondary with the only exception being Rhodes. First of even all of the great “shutdown” corners had help in their development which it clearly shows here. You dont give 24 enough credit here. Revis had just started and basically learned on the fly through most of the season. He had to work with Rhodes who switched roles from last year from being agressive at the line to working in the backfield because of the defense’s lack of stopping the running and pass rush. Revis needed Rhodes just as much as Rhodes needed him and so does it apply to the rest of the secondary. You say that he gives up a lot of passes when they are thrown downfield and he doesnt even look at them well yes he does but remember either he trying to get to the receiver to make up a break up or he would be expecting help from the safety who ever it was. Dont isolate him on silly things like not looking at the ball or being beat by tall receivers because he did shut down Moss in Foxboro and he did shut down TO in Dallas until the last 6 minutes of the game when it was out of reach. He is developing every day and I am afraid personally because he wont be us for much long because barring injury he will skyrocket as a “shutdown” corner.
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Revis was good, and showed flashes. What impressed me most was his run support and tackling ability.
But what is overlooked is that Revis wasn’t close to the most important rookie last year– David Harris. He plays a more important position, and was phenomenal in stopping the run. Now imagine him behind 380 lb Jenkins rather than D’wayne. A lot to look forward to.
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pat d says:
It’s hard to be a shut down coenerback when the front seven were so weak.
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Speaking of David Harris and D Rob, Shanahan seems to love him so, barring injury, the trade of Robertson will yield a nice draft pick.
And Harris will be even better along with an improved Bryan Thomas who Tannenbaum was praising for his effort in this off season. And along with Pace and Gholston what a young hungry LB core this could be.
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GhoulHouse,
I love Revis man. He was the best corner on our team in his rookie year.
He did a very nice job in his rookie year covering all the number 1 receivers of the other teams but he got beat serveral times pretty badly. He needs to continue to improve so that we can consider him a shut down corner.
He is one of the bright spots on the enitre team but dont forget, we traded up to get him in the 1 st round as the 14th overall pick. He was the first corner taken in the draft and the draft was pretty deep with corners that year. You should expect him to become a shut down corner.
I didnt realize it until I saw the highlights of the Browns game frolm last year but Braylon Edwards ****ted on Revis for most of the game.
Revis has a lot of talent and athleticism but he just have to keep improving.
I give him a B- for his rookie year.