The Final Countdown: Darrelle Revis
Position: Cornerback
Player: Darrelle Revis
Summary:
It only took two years for the former Pitt Panther to vault himself into the discussion as one of the best corners in the league as Revis was elected to the Pro Bowl in 2008. Revis is still young, at just 24 years of age with two years of experience. So far, he has 33 passes defensed and 8 interceptions, proving that he’s not just an opportunist looking for interceptions, but an excellent defender all around.
Revis plays best in coverage, but he’s also a good form tackler against runners. His skill takes away an opponent’s top receiver, seemingly game after game and so far during his career. Add on that Darrelle Revis has played against some of the best receivers in the league, and held his own in the process.
Moving Forward:
#24 will have a full plate this season. In-division alone, he’ll face Terrell Owens and Randy Moss, but during the course of the season, he’ll see Houston’s Andre Johnson, Cinci’s Chad OchoCinco, Tampa’s Antonio Bryant, Indy’s Reggie Wayne and Atlanta’s Roddy White, to name a few.
Rex Ryan seems extremely confident in Revis, and there’s no reason not to. Still, the young corner will be working in a new scheme this season, so see how he adjusts to it. My thought is that he could see a lot of time without much over the top help this season, but I guess that will depend on how well his counterpart on the other side of the field plays. If Lito needs the help, they’ll send it his way, if not, then Revis might see more time in single coverage.
Questions:
Does the new scheme change anything for Revis? Can he continue his good run against top WRs in the league? Will Revis get help schemed towards or away from him?
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Revis does have his hands full. Well T.O. is not gonna be a threat because he has no QB, but everyone else is a problem, but we do have a better Secondary this time, maybe Revis can get help time to time.
Similar to the gameplan in the Foxboro win, Revis can take one guy and the other CB will take the other, with safety help. Revis covered both Moss and Welker without help and shut them down for the mostpart, with the main damage coming from TEs and RBs. As a QB, do you throw to Revis’ man or into double coverage? And if you’re throwing underneath, then that’s a harder proposition with Harris/Scott than with Barton/Bowens.
You know who always fared well against Moss, Owens and Andre Johnson? David Barrett…Yup, I said it (even though he could never cover any little guys with quickness to save his life.) They could probably get him for the veteran minimum too. I think I’m joking – I don’t know any more. He was usually good against those bigger guys though.
Off topic but check out foxnews.com
this season will end all arguments on Revis. I believe he will make plays and team will have to throw at him this year. If he put up last season stats against those WR then he is tops in league.
Off topic
FIRST AND INCHES
TRYING A HARD SELL TO OVERCOME PERSONAL SEAT LICENSES
The New York Giants are cutting the price on many of the remaining unsold tickets in their new Meadowlands stadium by about 37 percent in hopes of re-igniting interest.
The move comes after a year-long, Herculean marketing job that sold all but roughly 4,000 seats in their new, 82,500-seat stadium, during which a sagging economy and the $1,000-to-$20,000 cost of the personal seat license fee attached to each ticket dampened demand.
Marked-down club seat tickets, which carry a $7,500 personal seat license fee, which will remain unchanged, will now cost fans $250 per game instead of $400 a game — a savings of $1,500 a season for the 10-game slate.
“I think it’s the right thing to do,” co-owner John Mara said last week, while standing in one of the marked-down sections of the new stadium as roughly 1,000 construction workers set about readying the floor beneath the field, installing the seats and finishing other tasks.
Construction of the $1.6 billion stadium (half of the cost of which will be paid by itsco-owners, the New York Jets) is five months ahead of schedule, Mara said. It could be finished as soon as November and will open for the 2010 season.
In a letter to season ticket holders that began arriving in mailboxes yesterday, the team said it decided to cut the price on 1,570 seats in the four corners of the mezzanine level after executives walked the stadium, sat in the recently-installed seats and decided they were not exactly as previously marketed.
“Those seats are outside the field of play, which means they are more of an end zone seat than a sideline seat,” the letter reads. “After having an opportunity to sit in those seats, we feel strongly that we should create a different price point.”
The Giants, co-owned by Mara and Steve Tisch, have sold out every game in their 33-year history at Giants Stadium, thanks to a legendary 140,000-person waiting list. The team has already made one pass through the massive list and will make a second pass this summer with news of the price cut.
If that doesn’t sell the remaining seats — scattered throughout the lower and middle levels — the team has not ruled out mounting a public marketing campaign. If it comes to that, it will mark the first time in a generation — about 33 years — that Giants season tickets would become widely available.
“The important thing to know is that there isn’t any public money funding this stadium, like there is in other cities,” Mara said with pride. “The only way you can build a stadium in this region is with PSLs.”
While there has been some fan pushback to the PSLs, evidence from around the league shows the value of the licenses has increased substantially (see chart above).
Kyle Burks, the president of STR Marketplace, an online PSL marketplace, said only 2 percent of tickets are sold each, creating heightened demand for little product. It’s not unlike the high prices created by many teams chasing a few free agents, he noted.
The Jets, who are currently soliciting PSL payment from their current season ticket holders, have not said how many seats they have sold
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07192009/business/first_and_inches_180111.htm
You might as well get him one those goofy white first mate hats becasue this guy is going to be left alone on an island all year. Somone should send him a volleyball with a face painted on it
dunno whether he is a shutdown corner (because I don’t know if anyone is)
but he is definitely a complete corner
I think Revis took it to the next level, last season, and if the Jets can get a pass rush going — this guy is going to show everyone how great he really is.