I watched the pats basically make Hopkins irrelevant on thursday with logan ryan mainly being on him. other then 2-3 short catches that required high skill, he was invisible. we need to take more of that approach: physical up front, with help over the top and linebackers getting deep drops. 4 man rush up front. bring 5 if the back stays in. we dont need to get fancy. we dont need to play our safties 5-10 yards from the line of scrimmage. revis will be not just fine, but probably excel if you start letting him do what he does best, and take away his only weakness (deep ball over the top). instead we have been playing him off, away from his strength and not covering up his weaknees, nudering him on both ends. we can talk all we want about how many steps he has lost, but we arent really putting him in a position to succeed either. he is going to be declining and overpaid the rest of his time here.... thats out of our control. what is in our control is to start putting our guys in positions where they can succeed.
is the concensus that revis is dogging in? because i just dont buy that. he has always been about the money but every time he has been paid he has still gone to work with that same insane work ethic and dedication. i just dont buy he is dogging it or becoming a fat cat. i think the more likely, and obvious awnser is that: -the wrist is still healing -he is playing an off coverage not suited to him and less man to man and less press -he lost a step, and were not giving him much help deep with 1 saftey deep most times not 2 -some overreaction, as 1 of the 2 big plays he gave up wasnt even on him once you watch the film (the AJ green play marcus williams was supposed to be in deep help revis heals up a bit, bowles stops being stubborn and starts going more 2 deep and i think the complaints on revis go away
I think I deserve quite a few apologies for a lot of people in this thread. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/12/01/report-darrelle-revis-doesnt-want-to-play-anymore/