The Niners, who already traded befuddled back-up quarterback Alex Smith to the Kansas City Chiefs for a second round pick in this year's draft, are making moves to assure they can win the Super Bowl next year, which by the way, is in Revis' soon-to-be old stomping grounds.
The fact that the Jets have been this obsessed to trade their best player, and treat this off-season as a total rebuilding project, is an embarrassment and total slap in the face at fans who injected thousands of dollars in PSLs over the past few seasons.
One would figure the return of Revis from an ACL injury would be celebrated by the Jets. But don't tell that to owner Woody Johnson, who, as it was reported in January, doesn't feel he can pay Revis what he wants. The corner back has been in a long battle with the front office over his contract for over two years.
It's ironic that the Jets can't pay this man, yet they have the money to pay the worst player on the team; the man who has been the cancer in the clubhouse, and who has got to go ASAP, Mark Sanchez, $8.5 million in guaranteed money!!!
Acquiring Revis would make sense for San Francisco. They have 15 picks in this year's draft, and sending a couple of picks over to the Jets, who seem poised to rebuild, would make sense. Plus the 49ers get a cornerback who is arguably the best corner in the entire sport, even if he is coming off of a knee injury. The only caveat in a deal is that the 49ers would acquire a guy who is the walk year of his contract.
Revis would be a huge difference maker for the 49ers that were this close to winning Super Bowl XLVII last month. If the Niners had a shut down corner, perhaps Joe Flacco doesn't torch them they way he did in the Super Bowl. In short, Revis makes the NFL's top defense that much better.
In New York, meanwhile, trading Revis and keeping Sanchez would be a rough start for the John Idzik administration. While blame cannot be totally affixed to Idzik, because trading Revis has Woody Johnson written all over it; the GM is going to take a lot of heat from fans. The Jets have a conference call with Jets season ticket holders on Monday, March 4 at 1 p.m.
There is no logical reason why the Jets feel the need to get rid of Revis.
They tell people they can't sign him, and it is understandable that the Jets are in salary cap hell. If that is the case, the Jets should be trying to trim payroll from players who are not contributing positively to this team at all. That includes Sanchez, Tim Tebow and Santonio Holmes. Revis should be a piece to the puzzle for the Jets. He should be a guy they build around for a championship team once they figure it out on the offensive side of the ball.
Case in point: the Baltimore Ravens could have easily traded Ray Lewis at any point during the 12 year gap between Super Bowl titles. But they decided to keep their super-star player until they finally found a quarterback, a running back, and competent receivers to lead that team to the promise land. While Lewis had to wait until his final season to win one more ring, it was worth it for everyone. The Ravens have no regrets.
The Jets can't see that future. They don't even want to have the patience to wait a little bit for that future. Trading Revis will go down as one of the dumbest moves in franchise history. A move that makes no sense at all, other than proving that Woody Johnson is indeed a cheep fool.
Meanwhile Mark Sanchez is still the Jets starting quarterback. Makes sense? Ummm, no!
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