New York Jets: Darrelle Revis to be featured on SI cover

Revis is on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week recreating the famous “Broadway Joe” cover that Joe Namath did back in 1965, and in that story he apparently relayed that he seriously considered retiring after having microfracture surgery to fix a torn ACL. “I told him, ‘You can think that”. “We nearly made it, and we didn’t have a quarterback”, he says of those ’09 and ’10 seasons. Revis would miss the remainder of the season before spending a year with the Buccaneers and then winning a Super Bowl with the Patriots last season. Should the Jets move on from Geno Smith? Revis also recreated another memorable picture of Namath poolside in Fort Lauderdale during the week of Super Bowl III, this time by sitting with Namath at a pool in Hollywood, Fla., last month. “A lot of [other players] are brainwashed, feeding into the system”.

“Mark was solid”, Revis said. We’re really jealous of [how the National Basteball Association does business]…

In a league where a player’s career, or even life, can change in an instant from a bad injury, or suffer long-term damage from repeated hits to the head, guaranteed money must be negotiated and only comes in fractions compared to their overall deals.

As expected, the Patriots didn’t exercise a $20 million option, making him a free agent. “I’m not going to waste my time on it”. He still managed to make the All-Pro team, becoming a vital piece on the Patriots’ Super Bowl championship team.

“If that’s how they want to do things, that’s fine”, he said.

With a revamped defensive secondary that will no doubt be centered around Revis, the Jets are looking to have this upcoming season be one that proves they have what it takes to become contenders again thanks to a stout defense.