*Once considered the best cornerback in the NFL, New York Jets player Darrelle Revis has seen his share of wide receivers fly past him this season.
According to the New York Daily News, the struggling athlete is ready to walk away from the game for good.
“He’s done,” a Revis confidant told the paper. “If he had his way, he’d be done right now. He doesn’t want to play anymore. He’s made a lot of money.”
Just two years ago, Revis was the NFL’s third ranked corner, according to Pro Football Focus’ metrics. But he dropped to 30th last season, and currently finds himself at No. 81 through 12 weeks of 2016.
Via Daily News’ Manish Mehta:
Although it’s impossible to get inside Revis’ head, people close to him sense that the guy, who once ate, slept and breathed football is gone forever, replaced by this sad version.
While he can’t say for certain what Revis is thinking, the Revis confidant put the cornerback’s season this way: “He tanked it.”
Revis used to be a game-changing force, but certainly isn’t worth the $13 million that he’s scheduled to make in the third year of his five-year, $70 million blockbuster deal that brought him back to the Jets last year.
There’s about as much chance of the president-elect curtailing his use of exclamation points in his tweets as there is of Revis getting that $13 million next year.
The Jets paid Revis All-Pro money this season, but received Pop Warner production. His latest indignity: Giving up two touchdowns to Patriots fourth-round rookie receiver Malcolm Mitchell, including the game-winner last week.
The Jets will have to make a decision on Revis’ future by the second day of the 2017 league year (March) when a non-guaranteed $2 million roster bonus is due. The right move for Revis would be to approach Johnson and the rest of the brain trust right now with a fair resolution to reduce his pay.
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