In case you haven't heard, New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis is not happy with the two years and $13.5 million that remain on the four-year, $46 million contract extension he signed at the tail end of training camp in 2010. The Jets included a provision that allows them to add three years and $9 million to the contract if Revis holds out of training camp. But the four-time Pro Bowl player believes the team promised to re-work his deal and hasn't ruled out skipping camp this summer.
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In April, Revis was non-committal about showing up on time for training camp. Revis repeated that stance in late May and again last week during the team's mandatory minicamp.
A week into the offseason, Revis was asked after his youth football camp in Aliquippa, Pa., on Thursday if he planned to show up on time for training camp. Guess what? He doesn't know.
"I don't know," Revis told Mike Bires of the Beaver County (Pa.) Times. "That's up to (Jets general manager) Mike Tannenbaum. I really don't know."
The Roscoe Diner near Cortland, N.Y. might want to keep a booth reserved for Tannenbaum and Revis' agents, Neil Schwartz and Jonathan Feinsod.
Thus far, the Jets have not been inclined to grant Revis the sit-down he's been looking for, which means this high-stakes game of chicken figures to go right down to the wire. The team opens camp on July 26.
Thanks to the $32.5 million he's earned over the 21 months, Revis has the financial means to stage a holdout. Tannenbaum, who has remained mum on Revis' contract the last few months, appears to have been granted autonomy over the situation by owner Woody Johnson and head coach Rex Ryan, who have deferred to the GM on the matter.
Tannenbaum might want to stock up on the antacids and buffered aspirin before camp.
