Revis wants to come back. But are we willing? Maybe he realized that 16m/year isn't going to happen. Anyone willing to give him 12? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The Pats have like $14M in cap space right now. Who are they going to ask to take a cut so they can bring Revis in and also sign their rookies and also a reserve fund for emergencies? They can sort of back load a Revis deal but not very much, since he wants his money and isn't going to put himself at risk of another cut next year. Do they ask Wilfork to give up some of the $7.5M he's getting this year? How about Mankins, does he give up some of his $6.25M? The next highest salary on the Pats this year is $3.9M. I guess they could cut Devin McCourty and let us pick him up cheap on the rebound. Still they're going to be up against the cap if they sign Revis. I don't think it's going to happen. I think he's going to Cleveland. That's where the money is.
I'm not convinced that the Patriots are pursuing Revis at all, but the cap doesn't make it impossible. https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/...relle-revis/nr2wP7XEs2XqJnHx8OtJ4L/story.html The important part to save you the click: Because believe it or not, fitting Revis in under the salary cap wouldn’t be too difficult. How? Let’s explain: Revis is set to make $16 million per year — $13 million in base salary, plus a $1.5 million roster bonus due each March and a $1.5 million workout bonus for showing up each offseason. At that structure, Revis’s $16 million salary cap number would be the largest on the Patriots – higher than Tom Brady’s $14.8 million. But that contract comes with a big asterisk, as discovered by the Tampa Tribune. Per the contract, the team can convert Revis’s $13 million salary into a guaranteed bonus at any time. Revis actually would prefer this to happen — instead of waiting for the fall to receive his salary in 17 installments, he’d receive most of it up front in a big, fat check. Converting salary money to bonus money allows a team to spread that cap money over the life of the contract, as the Cardinals did with Larry Fitzgerald last month. So, for example, in 2014 the Patriots could decide to turn $10 million of Revis’s $13 million into bonus money, which would be spread over the final five years of his deal at $2 million per season. That would put Revis’s 2014 salary cap number at $8 million — $3 million in base salary, $2 million bonus proration, $1.5 million roster bonus and $1.5 million workout bonus — which the Patriots easily could handle. The Patriots currently sit with $12.7 million in cap space for 2014, and can create an extra $9.2 million by cutting Dan Connolly, Isaac Sopoaga, Tommy Kelly, Adrian Wilson, and Jake Bequette. They can create even more space by giving contract extensions to Vince Wilfork, Devin McCourty, and Stephen Gostkowski.
Per the Boston Herald. The Pats can do anything they want really, but who knows what they are thinking on the Revis front. If he gets cut, they'll at least take a sniff. the Patriots have $14,945,872 in salary cap space, according to NFLPA records. Factoring in salaries for draft picks and season-ending bonus money, that gives the Pats about $10 million in cap space to do whatever they want. But really, they can be as aggressive as they'd like. The Patriots can still save about $4 million to $5 million by extending Vince Wilfork's contract, $1 million to $2 million by extending Devin McCourty's deal, $2.5 million by releasing Isaac Sopoaga, $2.5 million by cutting Tommy Kelly (or about $1.5 million by asking him to take a pay cut), $1.16 million by releasing Adrian Wilson and $3 million by cutting Dan Connolly (or about $1 million by extending him). The Pats could also save an extra few million by restructuring Logan Mankins and Jerod Mayo (turning base salaries into signing bonuses). Restructuring contracts frees up cap space at the front end but increases the player's cap hit in future seasons. Since the salary cap is projected to increase by another $10 million in 2015 and Aaron Hernandez' contract also comes off the books after the 2014 season, the Patriots certainly have enough freedom to make those moves. If the Pats choose to get extremely aggressive by restructuring, extending or terminating all of those contracts, they could conceivably create an extra $15 million in cap space for the 2014 season. One final thing to remember: These transactions don't have to happen today, this month or by any upcoming deadline. The Patriots would need to trim some fat if they begin signing players to lucrative deals to keep their top-51 contracts beneath the $133 million salary cap threshold before Week 1 of the 2014 season when rosters are set
I'm assuming the Pats still want to sign a vet receiver for Brady with Edelman on the market. I really don't think they have enough cap space to absorb Revis without doing very un-Patslike things in the process. They're usually showing the 29-30 guys looking for a huge deal the door instead of bringing those guys in.
They'd be stupid NOT to put their hat in the Revis ring. Their window is closing. Brady is aging... They haven't gone ALL-in on a defensive player yet in the Brady era and its costing them more titles than they should have.. Not too mention, Denver is going all in that's for sure. They might not have been over paying in recent years, but they also don't have a title to show for it since 03.. Either way This isn't Lawyer Milloy, this is a Darrelle Revis... He's A better Ty Law in his prime. We saw how that worked out when they had him.
The last time they tried to go all in on a defensive player was that guy from the Ravens some years back who was supposed to be a beast but got hurt, now I remember - Adalius Thomas.
Schefter reports it too ^ 1 year 12 million is so strange though. I guess Revis is betting he doesn't get hurt and will play top level and get another shot at a large contract next year
http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/10597820/darrelle-revis-agrees-new-england-patriots Per Adam Shefter... Cornerback Darrelle Revis and the New England Patriots have reached agreement on a one-year, $12 million deal, according to league sources. Revis still needs to pass his physical and sign his contract. Once he does, it will continues Revis' reign as the NFL's highest paid cornerback and gives the Patriots the player they needed to replace cornerback Aqib Talib, who unexpectedly bolted for the Denver Broncos late Tuesday night. Once Tampa Bay released Revis, New England immediately stepped up its pursuit. The two sides quickly were able to come together to reach the one-year agreement that once again will give the cornerback the chance to hit the free-agent market after the 2014 season and become one of the biggest stories of next March.
Brian Costello @BrianCoz 1m Revis' business manager RT @JohnGeiger_: As of now, nothing has been agreed to with Revis and Patriots. Gotta be drama with Revis
Almost as laughable as Pats fans for years saying the guy was overrated... Now those same mass holes feel a little different about the guy.... Hmmm
