Jets' season sunk with Darrelle Revis out for the year

It was an ugly sight.

As Dolphins running back Daniel Thomas burst through the tackles, Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis tried to make a play for his team that had spent the entire afternoon tripping over themselves in South Beach. However, as Revis made his move for Thomas, his foot went left, while the rest of his left leg went right, and the Jets famed corner found himself in a heap on the grass, clutching a shattered knee.

Revis tore his ACL, an injury so severe that it will require season-ending surgery.

He will have to wait two to three weeks before he has the surgery, and, once it is completed, he will be on the self for the next six to nine months.

This means that the Jets will have to rely solely on the combo of Antonio Cromartie, Kyle Wilson and others to get the job done for the rest of the 2012 season.

For a Jets team that was already licking its wounds from a rather lackluster effort in their 23-20 victory over the Miami Dolphins, this injury will not help.

Revis is the best player on the team. He, alone, strikes fear into the hearts of opposing quarterbacks who do not dare throw the ball in his direction, because, if they do, it will either be picked off or knocked away. Revis built a reputation as a shutdown corner of some of the best wide receivers in the game that enter "Revis Island" at their peril.

For a defense that has struggled to generate a pass rush, Revis was the one guy who could help create that rush with his ability to cover top wide-outs, forcing opposing quarterbacks to look for different options.

All one has to do is look at the Jets 27-10 loss to Pittsburgh this year to see what life without Revis is like. It wasn't pretty. Ben Roethlisberger tore apart the Jets defense, and the secondary couldn't cover anybody.

Without Revis, it is fair to say that this Jets season is destined for failure.

They don't have an offense that inspires confidence. Their quarterback is a total mess; they have no idea what to do with Tim Tebow; they can't run the ball and don't have the horses at wide reciever to win shootouts.

Now they don't have a complete defense that can stop opponents and keep games close. That is a dangerous combination for a team already walking a tightrope.

The Jets better hope that they get the best out of Cromartie and Wilson for the rest of this season, or else the Revis injury will be one of many sad headlines in this 2012 season.