Considering Revis shadows #1 receivers each week I'm not sure how Sherman, who doesn't even shadow #1 receivers and hasn't had a single season (let alone 3) with a sub 42% catch rate, can still claim he's the best.
Sherman is the better play-maker IMO, but Revis will more than likely shut down your #1 receiver by following him all over the field
This. It's also a matter of system. Revis and Sherman aren't deployed in the same manner so it's really a difficult comparison to make, cornerback wise. I think any team in the NFL would be thrilled to have either of them.
wow....so Revis fails to get the job done 42%+ of the time! Wish I could get $16M/yr by f-ing up almost half the time. DAMN!
Former Patriots CB Darrelle Revis getting burned inside by former Jets WR Percy Harvin: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-videos/0ap3000000498263/Smith-delivers-before-big-hit
One of the larger reasons Sherman is so effective stems somewhat from teams shying away from targeting his side of the field. Look at Green Bay on opening night. They didn't throw at him once. You never give yourself a chance at beating him if you don't at least throw some bullshit his way every once in a while to keep the entire defense honest. Every team that plays the Seahawks need to go back and watch the Chargers game tape versus them. It's not like he can burned, but he can give up yardage like every corner in this league. You need to attack him laterally. He's not going to be burned on go routes, corner or posts or even double moves deep because he's too physically imposing and has too good of ball skills. Send lots of crossers, slants, and make Sherman move his hips side to side. He's too big of a guy to be that effective covering the Welker's of the world. That's what makes Revis so effective. He can cover anyone in any slot on the field but at the same time teams are going to throw at him more because they refuse to completely abandon their number one target. Teams just keep the number one target away from Sherman's side. Someone said it before though that any team in the league would kill to have either of them. They effect every game plan an offense has. The career body of work for #1 probably goes to Sherman having two Superbowl visits and his defense demolishing the #1 passing offense in NFL history, along with a DPOY even though Revis was robbed of one. Give me either though really.
Correct, and why I included the lame *sarcasm* emoticon next to the "getting burned" comment (meaning Revis is still good money).
I don't know if Revis re-signed with us because of the money or that he considers himself a Jet. But he wouldn't have come back if not for the contract. If equal offers from other teams not sure what he'd have done. He wanted that 16 mil very bad. But in terms of his play on the field. He says he's better but physically he's older and off of serious injuries. But if we were going to overpay he's the guy I'd have done it for. He will bring great leadership, knowledge and his smarts will compensate if he's lost a step or two. I love having him back.
Seattle's defense was pretty beat up that game IIRC. I think Kam left that game and was injured prior to that game. Bobby Wagner wasn't 100% either. Gates definitely took them to school that game though, that was a great game.
Sherman is a system corner. Just like Asomugha. Revis is elite no matter how you use him, no matter what he does, no matter what defense you put him in. Sherman will struggle without elite safety play, he will struggle if you throw the ball to him and challenge him (Derek Carr abused him in the preseason). Give me Revis all day. We had the same discussion when Asomugha was playing, he was a Sherman clone. Same size, skillset, same talent, same preferences, same long arms, same one trick pony. You remove him from that defense he falls apart.
I completely disagree. You can say the opposite in that Sherman makes the safeties lives easy. He also plays on the same side wit Chancellor who doesn't have too much range going back due to his gigantic size (6'4", 230). He's a downhill hitter. We all like to romanticize Revis as if he's the only great corner in the league yet 20 years from now people will remember the DPOY, and back to back Superbowls that Sherman lead the Seahawks to along with the dismantling of Peyton in one, not the analytics that say Revis is just as good. Asomugha was a product of a system that had Fabian Washington at the other corner and some guys named Stuart Schweigert and Michael Huff at safety. After Asomugha proved he can catch the ball in 2006, they ripped the Raiders defense apart by not even bothering to throw at him since he was the only decent player on the field. Sherman is one of many good players on the field and still forces teams to throw away from him.
