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Mike Francesa takes on Darrelle Revis in WFAN tilt

It was the match-up of the 2011 season, as Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis took on his toughest test yet as a guest on Mike Francesa's program on WFAN.

Francesa, who is open about his dislike for the New York Jets coupled with the fact that he rarely gets any Jet guests on his show for various reasons, was really hard on Revis, forcing the all-pro cornerback to answer questions about whether he performed an illegal move on Brandon Marshall that resulted in Revis' 100 yard interception return.

Revis was not too happy having to answer the question. He sounded disturbed and frustrated when he had to respond Francesa's first question about whether he got away with pass interference. At one point, Francesa asked Revis if he thought Marshall was a tough receiver, whereupon Revis angrily replied that Marshall was indeed a talented receiver.

Francesa tried to change the subject to the Jets upcoming Chargers game, but soon Revis decided to jump right back into the discussion about the interceptions, when he said, "You know I didn't mug him."

Francesa shot back telling him to admit that he got away with a "bad call," and offered to donate to any charity that Revis sponsored as long as he admitted that he got away with pass interference. LISTEN to the argument. WFAN page.

Revis, now steaming, shot back at Francesa saying that Big Mike knew nothing about pro football, and that he should only focus on asking questions and not on how to play cornerback. Francesa tried to laugh it off and move on, but Revis wouldn't hear of it. He kept telling Mike to get off the idea that he fouled Marshall in last week's contest.

Then suddenly, a bizarre thing happened: A Jets P.R. staff-person, who identified himself as Jared, broke into the conversation and told Revis to hang up. Revis sent one more shot at Francesa stating, "This is why nobody comes on your show!" Jared told Revis once again to hang up, and the two were gone, just like that.

Many blame Francesa from bullying Revis. It was clear that Francesa entered the conversation aggressively, which set Revis aback a bit, but truth is Mike tried to move away from the subject. Revis was too sensitive; he should have know that Francesa has a tendency to pounce on his guests, his way of proving that only HE is correct. Revis should have let it go, and moved on.

This is also a huge black eye for the Jets PR staff, who should have reminded Revis that Francesa can get under the epidermis of his guests and to just take it. Instead, by hanging up, they created a mountain out of a molehill -- a situation that was already bad when Revis and Francesa started to yell at each other; it could have been handled a lot better by all parties.

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