It says no FULLY guaranteed money, not no guaranteed money. Im sure theres a subtle difference between the 2, like one at least requiring him to play x amount of snaps or games or something, and the fully guaranteed meaning he can join Gholston on special teams and still be the richest corner in the nfl. Anyone who thinks there was NO guaranteed cash @ all is nuts.
I believe he's the Chairman of The Johnson Company, a family trust that includes extensive holdings in Johnson & Johnson. This may have changed since he bought the Jets but that's what it was at that point. The family trust is valued at 13+ billion (or was in 2007, not sure where it's at now.) An educated guess would say that the vast majority of the Johnson Company holdings are Johnson & Johnson related, given that J&J is one of the most stable enterprises in the world, although I might be wrong about that.
I would take that speculation with a grain of salt. It says no FULLY guaranteed. Obviously, Manish didn't clear what the issue was so he doesn't know much about it. Tanny is not dumb. He gave multi-million dollar deals to all those FAs we signed with dozens of millions in guaranteed money. I doubt if he tries to bitch slap Revis, one of his own and best at his position.
Yeah, I don't believe the report to be as accurate as its trying to sound. Maybe Jets offered him $20 mil guaranteed and $10 mil easliy obtainable playing time guarantees along with salaries. Hey, thats $30 mil guaranteed that isn't FULLY guaranteed. Thats all that report is saying. It doesn't mention how much was guaranteed and how much was not FULLY guaranteed. I doubt the Jets offered Revis $3 mil guaranteed and another $17 mil guaranteed if he plays atleast 25 games the first two yrs. If we did offer that, Revis would hold out for longer period. People are getting upset for no reason.
Part of the reason so many fans are buying into the media's negative portrayal of the situation (Woody's budget, PSLs, etc) is the fact that Jets fans expect bad things to happen whenever a season is looking bright. We've been here before, so we were waiting for an "A ha!" moment where we'd find out that everything we've been excitied about is a sham. We've learned to expect the worst-case-scenario, so that's what everyone is doing now.
As others have suggested why not give him 10 million this year and another 5 or 6 to earn in incentives and do the new contract next year when the CBA is in place....
I think something like this is gonna end up being the end result of this. If Revis wants his long term deal with tons of guaranteed money he is gonna need to wait until Tanny knows what he has to work with. If he wants the contract this year he is gonna need to take less than what he seems to want.
What the Jets really should do is offer to split the money in the second buyback year between 2010 and 2012. Offer Revis 7 million of that 15 million up front now and rewrite the buyback to be 8 million instead of 15. He gets his upfront money, and there's no way the Jets aren't paying the 15 in 2012 if they need him anyway, and the Jets get to move some of the cap impact of the deal to an uncapped year. Yes, it won't satisfy Revis desire for a contract based on Aso numbers RIGHT now, but it will give him some real cash for this season and the pressure will still be on the Jets to renegotiate after this season or by 2012 at the latest.
Write Revis a blank check. Can't put a monetary value on waterfront real estate property, especially Revis Island.
