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The Jets aren't done yet, either. They have been negotiating with Antonio Cromartie, trying to bring the Pro Bowl cornerback back after a season with the Arizona Cardinals. Revis and Cromartie played three seasons together with the Jets, making for a formidable tandem in then-coach Rex Ryan's defense.
After not signing him last offseason, owner Woody Johnson and the Jets desperately wanted him back. And, they got him with an enormous deal.
Revis will make $33 million in the first two years of the deal,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, and $48 million through the first three, making him one of the highest-paid players ever at his position. Arizona's Patrick Peterson also signed a five-year, $70 million contract extension last season in a deal that included $48 million guaranteed.
Revis was New York's first-round draft pick in 2007 when then-general manager Mike Tannenbaum traded up to No. 14 to select the former University of Pittsburgh star. At that time,2018 Nike Air Max 98, Revis told Tannenbaum he would do "everything in my power" to bring the championship-starved Jets a Lombardi Trophy.
Then,NFL Jerseys Authentic, he helped the Patriots win the Super Bowl. Once a Jets fan favorite, he was now the enemy — with a championship ring.
"I'm going to get in contact with him very soon here," Revis said, "and try to convince him to hopefully come back and join our Batman-and-Robin tandem we had a couple of years ago."
Revis signed a five-year contract worth $70 million, with $39 million fully guaranteed, on Wednesday night — about 24 hours after agreeing to the deal with the Jets.
"It's been a crazy last two or three years," Revis said. "But at the same time, I grew a lot as a man and as a football player."
"It was a no-brainer to come back here, because I know the organization," Revis said during a conference call. "I have a lot of history here. I've just got a lot of ties here. This is where my heart is."
The Jets fans who cheered him for six years and booed him the last two were back celebrating his return on social media and sports talk radio.
Revis joins former Cleveland cornerback Buster Skrine in the Jets' revamped secondary. New York officially announced earlier in the day that they had signed Skrine, who agreed on a four-year deal on Tuesday.
The Patriots declined a $20 million option for 2015, making him a free agent. The cornerback would have counted $25 million against the Patriots' salary cap this year,Cheap Jerseys From China, and it was expected New England wouldn't pay that exorbitant amount.
Revis alone instantly upgrades the Jets' secondary, a glaring weak spot in Ryan's defense last season after then-GM John Idzik failed to sufficiently upgrade it through free agency, and young cornerbacks Dee Milliner and Dexter McDougle suffered season-ending injuries.
"I still feel that way," Ravis said. "That was probably one of the big reasons to really come back home, because I still have that mindset."
New Jets general manager Mike Maccagnan and coach Todd Bowles were aggressive in bringing back one of the franchise's biggest stars in recent years. Revis had established a reputation on the field with the Jets as a shutdown cornerback, routinely holding wide receivers to quiet games — and earning the nickname "Revis Island."
"I understand they struggled last year, but this is a new year," Revis said. "It's pretty surreal, but at the same time, it's exciting. All that I've went through, and the history that I have with this organization, it's just great. They accepted me back with open arms. We've been through a lot."
"I was on both sides of the fence with that experience,NFL Jerseys Cheap," Revis said with a laugh. "I've been on both sides and now I'm back in the green and white. ... My experience on both sides of the fence, they've been awesome and they will continue to be awesome when I get to play against them twice a year again."
At the very least,China Jerseys Authentic, Revis now knows what it takes to win a title — something the Jets haven't done since Joe Namath made good on his guarantee in 1969. After six years with the Jets, including a 2012 season that was cut short by a serious knee injury, he was traded to Tampa Bay in 2013 to cap what had been a messy divorce filled with contract disputes. He was released by the Buccaneers after that season, and signed by rival New England — a scenario that sickened Jets fans.
NEW YORK (AP) — Darrelle Revis is back where he started, and he wants to make good on his vow.
"It's been a whirlwind," Revis said. "That's how things turned out."
That means trying to deliver a Super Bowl title to the New York Jets. |
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