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| The Bucs have landed another playmaker in the back end of their defense, but is Darrelle Revis worth his new contract? |
The Bucs may have managed to give up less than the Jets
wanted to acquire Revis, but it is his new hefty contract that could cause a
lot of headaches in years to come. People will say that this is a great
contract for the Bucs, but I think otherwise. Paying $16 million dollars a year
for a corner back is ludicrous. Even if Revis is back to 100%, this is too much
money for any defensive player. The NFL is a league in which you need a
quarterback to win, and since winning quarterbacks cost around $17-20 million
to retain, that does not leave much money for the other 52 players on the
roster.
I strongly believe that Revis is the most dominant defensive
player in the league, but with the majority of teams running some form of the
spread offense, shutting down one offensive player does not have the effect
that it used to. Teams will still be able to throw away from Revis, like they
did for years playing against a once dominant Nnamdi Asomugha in Oakland.
Technically, there is no guaranteed money in Revis’ new
contract, but since the Bucs gave up two high picks for him, there is almost no
situation in which he is not on the team for the next two seasons, even if he
is plagued by injuries and/or inconsistency. In that case, there is almost an
assumed guaranteed $32 million. After those first two years, the Bucs will then
still be paying a 30 year old player $16 million a season if they want him to
stay on the team.
