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Cortland – The Mike Tannenbaum and Rex Ryan contract extensions are being brought up a lot in relation to the Darrelle Revis’ holdout. That is a reach . . .
Tannenbaum and Ryan are probably both making in the $3-5 million a year range, so how is that money in any way commensurate with Revis, who is seeking $16 million a year?
Rex summed it up best on Sunday night in Cortland.
“I will offer [Revis] my contract and I will take the offer he just turned down,” said Ryan.
This an irrelevant angle to the story . . .
The buzz out of Cortland is the Revis holdout could be a long one . . .
There is so much talk about how the Jets are going to split the carries between LaDainian Tomlinson and Shonn Greene, but Mark Sanchez looks at it a different way. While Tomlinson is still a capable runner, his receiving out of the backfield is probably going to be his biggest contribution to the team.
“As a receiver out of the backfield, he’s one of the best ever,” Sanchez said.
And the Jets really missed having a scatback catching passes out of the backfield last year after the Leon Washington injury. Tomlinson should be able to fill that void very, very well.
While some people thing L.T. is done, it was hard to tell that on the first day of camp.
“He looked tremendous today in the conditioning run,” said fullback Tony Richardson . ..
Speaking of T-Rich, he and Shonn Greene are roommates. Richardson is almost old enough to be Greene’s father, but that is exactly the point. It’s akin to Mark Brunell being brought in to mentor Mark Sanchez. Richardson can impart a lot of wisdom on Greene . . .
To show you what a good guy Bryan Thomas is, he actually went to Jason Taylor and offered him the #99 because he knows how much the number means to him . ..
Don’ t assume that Mark Brunell’s arrival means the end of Kellen Clemens stay with the Jets. Even though Brunell is probably going to be the #2, that doesn’t mean if Mark Sanchez suffered a long-term injury, Brunell would be their best option for a long stretch of games. Clemens might be a better option for that assignment. The feeling is that Brunell, at his age (40 in September), might be good for two or three games, but if he had to play 10-11, that might be too much. So theoretically, the Jets could keep both Brunell and Clemens.
“I don’t think because he’s here, I’m gone,” said Clemens in Cortland on Sunday . . .
The players to a man are saying that the Revis holdout isn’t a distraction.
“It’s only a distraction to the people outside,” Nick Mangold said.
And this isn’t just lip service. That is the way players think . . .
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the Jets have a better situation at corner than a lot teams with Antonio Cromartie and Kyle Wilson starting. Cromartie was outstanding in the spring – Revis-like and Wilson might have been the best corner in the draft.
This isn’t to say a long Revis holdout is a positive in any way, but the Jets can survive without him.
Without Kris Jenkins, a dominating nose tackle, for most of last year, they were the #1 defense in the league.
Cromartie can be a knucklehead at times, but he might be the best athlete in the league.
