As you may note, Revis hasn't caused problems in the locker room. He has been a hard worker and a very good player on the field throughout his tenure. And his contract complaints disappeared after signing a contract.
Yes, complaints re-appeared, but only when his deals were nearing an end. It shouldn't be, for a number of reasons. First, the Bucs will give Revis a massive contract if they manage to trade for him. That would take care of Revis' objections for at least the first three or four years of his contract, if not longer.
More importantly: the Bucs can build in simple clauses in his contract to prevent holdouts, similar to the ones the Jets built into his current contract. And for those of you worried that Revis would then stink it up in the regular season: he hasn't done that before. He's always been a good worker when he was in town. So those worries are, essentially, baseless. If the Bucs do trade for Darrelle Revis, they won't contract any contract headaches for at least three years, and probably for the lifetime of that deal.
And if those headaches do show up, they can simply ignore them. They'll build provisions into the contract that will neuter Revis' ability to turn himself into a distraction.
Problem solved. You can worry about a lot of things in this potential trade: Revis' health, his ability to get back to his normal level of play and the price the Bucs would have to pay the Jets and him to acquire him. One thing you don't need to worry about is Revis' penchant for holdouts.
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Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. So if he gets the money he wants, what's the problem? So what about those holdouts? Will this be an issue for the Buccaneers? It made him the highest-paid defensive player in football. What's the equivalent to that today?
Obviously, the Jets aren't going to give Revis a deal like that. The closest Revis could come to hope for is something closer to the Julius Peppers deal. After all, Revis is more valuable to the Jets defense than a player like Carr or Finnegan, but is he really as valuable to the Jets as a supreme pass-rusher is? The numbers may come to his defense there, and the Jets' scheme in certainly would say that Revis had as much value as an elite pass-rusher, but the fact is that Revis isn't going to get that much more than he got on his previous contract.
Doesn't that make all of this a moot point? Let's say the Jets tacked on another three years to Revis's remaining two years and gave him a pay raise. The Jets won't backload the deal. They'll want to try to give Revis as much as they can in the first two years.
So a piece of advice to Mike Tannenbaum: Leave this one alone. Call Revis on his bluff. Renegotiating with Revis will only limit roster flexibility and send one really, really bad message from the organization. Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox!
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