Woody and Tannenbaum playbook: 1) Throw boatloads of cash at Sancho Buttfumble and Santonio Holmes 2) Play hardball with the best CB in the league, one of best players in franchise history
It would have been nice to get that extra pick in here as a buffer to the cap hit from the trade. Oh well. Bring on Thursday.
Better this year then next. If Revis played out his contract and walked next year, we'd have had a dead cap hit in 14.
Right, and let me pose this question....to the Mevi$ homers.... Do you really think, hes going to be as aggressive in traffic (like covering slot guys) and run support, with no guranteed money? Now, given that we know where his focus is...Im betting against it. If I were an OC, id run my 1s shallow, and crossing all day long to see where his heart is.
The Jets just lost their best player, and people are talking about how the deal was "good quality"? I don't think it very likely that the Jets get a player that turns out to be NEARLY as good as Revis with the Bucs 1st round pick this year...possible, but highly unlikely. That pick could bust out as far as anybody knows. Revis is a proven monster at his position, the undisputed best when healthy...and I don't think the Bucs would make this deal if they didn't do their due diligence to ensure that he'll be recovered from his injury. A third or fourth round draft pick next year is a crap-shoot at best. You have to get damn LUCKY to get a great player at that spot, but it does happen. The bottom line is that the Jets HAD to give up their best player for financial reasons, but the sugar-coating about losing him is pretty entertaining. Nobody would really CHOOSE to lose a guy like that thinking it will somehow make the team better. It's economically better, but the team itself is worse. They got something potentially valuable for him, and that's good --much better than just losing him on the open market next year. In that sense, it was a good move if losing him was inevitable...but my point is that the on-the-field team itself is worse off.
Sanchez was the #5 overall pick and a QB in the days before the rookie salary cap - and his contract reflects that. They overpaid for Holmes but not to an insane degree (at the time). The only contract at the moment that looks really bad is David Harris's You also need to remember we are paying Cro $8m a year - would you want to see nearly $25m of your salary cap gone on your cornerbacks?
because after the Bucs drafted a CB on Thursday what was the market going to be for Revis if they couldn't come to a deal with him?
Exactly! We got a an almost-top-ten 1st rounder, a 3rd rounder AND about 10-12 millions to spend on a FA next year. In a sport with a hard salary cap that's not bad at all!
let him get healthy and you can still move him for 2014 picks or keep until the deadline and move him them
2013 picks have more value now since you can get that player you want right now and train/coach him to be better by 2014. The Bucs will be better with Revis so that 1st rounder could go from 13 into the 20's possibly. The value for deadline deals is usually awful.
FACTS 1. Tampa Passing D is the worst in their division by far and one of the worst in the league in 2012 2. They were going to draft a DB with the 13th, most likely X Rhodes. 3. The want to win now and compete for their division having to deal with Julio Jones, Colson and Cam Newtwon. 4. They ABSOLUTELY needed a DB of Revis caliber for their defense to be serious and focus on rushing the passer which Schiano prefers. 5. By trading for Revis for the 13th, they are essentially "drafting him" because they would have picked a DB anyways. So instead of a rookie, they draft the best DB in the game and one of the top 3 defenders in the NFL. 6. The Jets will most likely take one of the top 2 or guards with the 13th, essentially trading their second best player in franchise history, at age 28, for a rookie guard and (potentially) Tampa's third rounder next year, which will most likely be the 80th-90th pick overall. 7. You think this was sheer managerial brilliance. 8. WE GOT PLAYED. Horrible deal.
