Should Revis Island Be Closed?

There's no denying the fact that, once his career is over, Darrelle Revis is one of the greatest cornerbacks to ever step foot on a football field in the National Football League. He's been the best shutdown corner in the game for a long time now. It seems that the once great player with the New York Jets is no longer there. Sure, the physical person is still there and he is still getting paid like it, but anybody who has watched him as of late can say that Revis Island isn't operating as it once was. His play has gone down hill the last couple of seasons, and the Jets can try to hide that fact all they want. The truth of the matter is, Revis just isn't as good anymore as he once was. If the Jets do decide to cut ties with the future Hall of Fame Corner, they may now have an excuse to do it.

Let's face the facts, Darrelle Revis had a bad year. He was using 2016 to try to convince the Jets that he still had enough in the tank to be effective. Clearly that didn't happen. Revis was trying to make it hard for the Jets to cut ties with him. What happened over the weekend may have just made it easier. One night last weekend in Pittsburgh, which so happens to be Revis hometown, resulted in four felonies and a misdemeanor charged against the Jets' fading star, including two assault-related charges. Here's some of what is known with this incident so far. Police charged Revis with two felony counts of aggravated assault, one felony count each of robbery and conspiracy, and a misdemeanor count of terroristic threats (ESPN). The incident occurred at 2:43 a.m. ET Sunday in Pittsburgh's popular South Side. Two men, ages 22 and 21, told police they were punched by Revis amid a verbal altercation. Witnesses said the two men were unconscious for 10 minutes, according to police (ESPN). We are still waiting for more details to surface on what exactly happened and how the Jets are going to react to it. So once more word comes out we will pass it along.

This incident may have all but sealed his fate of playing with the Jets again. Sure, Revis is set to make $15 million this season, but to be totally honest, he's not worth it anymore. Maybe you could have him move to safety and pay him a little bit less then he was making as a corner, but who knows if it would have worked out well for him or not. Fact of the matter is that Revis can't play at the same level he had in his career. He's seemed to become more of a liability as of late then an asset.

The Jets, should they let Revis go, will end up eating $6 million that is the guaranteed portion of his base salary. I'm sure no owner wants to do something like that, but the Jets have to make the logical choice and decision here. To make the matter worse as to what the Jets should do is the news coming out of Pittsburgh that we mentioned earlier. Since he came back to New York in 2015, shortly after winning a title with the Pats, Revis hasn't been the same ballplayer he was when he left. He's delt with injuries. He had to have offseason wrist surgery after he resigned. Then came the acrimonious split with his longtime agents, followed by a lawsuit against them. He showed up to training camp out of shape. Then came his awful performance in 2016, exacerbated by curious and dumb comments. Now we look at his bad play on the field last year and these incidents in PA over the weekend.

Revis was a great football player, who seemed to have a ticket punched to the Hall of Fame, which he still does it seems. But now, when speaking of Darrelle Revis, you think of the sad player on the field and the even sadder one off of it.