![]() ![]() At 5-foot-9, Skrine doesn’t fit on the outside, but he’s perfectly suited for the role that Jerraud Powers and Tyrann Mathieu - both also about that height - performed for the Cardinals when Bowles was their defensive coordinator. 2 passing defense by DVOA, and he’s just the type of player Bowles wants in his secondary. Skrine had his best season a year ago as part of the league’s no. A few hours before signing Revis, the Jets gave former Cleveland Brown Buster Skrine a four-year, $25 million deal with $13 million in guarantees. Revis makes up for a lot of woes, but with the issues the Jets had in the secondary last year, even he isn’t enough. Under Bowles, he’ll slide back into the old life he had as a Jet. Revis may not be the player he was in 2009, but he’s still an excellent man-to-man corner. 1 corner famous for driving receivers to befriend volleyballs. Todd Bowles plays mostly man behind his blitz-happy defense, and now he has a no. They filled it not only by signing the best option on the market but one perfectly suited for their new defense. Coming into free agency, cornerback was the Jets’ most pressing need. The fit also makes perfect sense schematically. The Jets will get Revis for his age-30, age-31, and (possibly, because with Revis, it’s hard to say) age-32 seasons, with no extra costs if they choose to move on after that. It’s essentially a tweaked version of what Revis got in New England last year, with an extra guaranteed year stapled to the front. 1 The $39 million guaranteed is a huge number, but the structure of the contract 2 means $33 million of the guaranteed money comes in the first two years. Maccagnan handing Revis a massive deal might seem like an overcorrection from former GM John Idzik’s wait-and-see approach, but it isn’t some irresponsible splash. ![]() It may not soothe all the pain Jets fans endured watching him hoist a trophy as a Patriot, but it’s a start. This time around, the Jets were the team willing to shell it out. And considering the shelf life of NFL careers and the dynamic of nonguaranteed deals, no one - especially other players - can blame him. Revis has never been shy about showing that home is where the money is. Mike Maccagnan managed to coax Revis back to New Jersey last night, with a five-year, $70 million deal that includes $39 million in guarantees. Darrelle Revis is no longer the one that got away. ![]()
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