Jets part ways with CB Revis
Darrelle Revis’ time with the New York Jets is over. The Jets announced last night that they plan to release the cornerback and one of the best-known faces in the NFL.
“Darrelle Revis is one of the greatest players to ever wear a Jets uniform,” Jets owner Woody Johnson said in a statement. “His combination of talent, preparation and instincts is rare and helped him become one of the most dominant players of his generation.”
Getting rid of Revis, according to a league source, was “100 percent a football decision” and had nothing to do with his recent legal trouble. The Jets will save $9 million in salary-cap space by cutting Revis.
After helping the Patriots win a Super Bowl, he signed a fiveyear, $70 million deal to return to the Jets in 2015. Revis was due to make $15.3 million in 2017.
Revis is also facing aggravated assault and other charges alleging he was in a fight with two men on Feb. 12 in Pittsburgh.
Veteran RBs on market
The free agent marketplace gained two big names at running back, lost the prime quarterback potentially available, and saw two top defenders removed from the grab bag.
Nine days before the free-forall begins, Adrian Peterson was told his $18 million option would not be picked up by the Vikings, and Jamaal Charles was released by the Chiefs. Together, they have rushed for more than 19,000 yards and scored 165 touchdowns.
The Redskins decided to keep quarterback Kirk Cousins, giving him an exclusive franchise tag. They have until July 15 to work out a lengthy contract, but meanwhile he will be due to make somewhere near $24 million in 2017 — a pretty hefty number for a player with no postseason victories. Cousins got a non-exclusive tag last year.
Charles’ teammate, All-Pro safety Eric Berry, said he wouldn’t play for Kansas City if he was tagged for a second straight year. That was avoided when the Chiefs finalized a $78 million, sixyear deal with Berry.
Pass rusher Jason Pierre-Paul has shown the Giants he’s recovered from a serious hand injury sustained in a fireworks accident in 2015. The team placed a nonexclusive franchise tag on the two-time Pro Bowl defensive end.
League eyes full-time refs
The NFL is considering making referees full-time employees and centralizing replay review at its New York headquarters as it aims for more consistent, shorter games.
Those were the major topics of discussion when the league’s competition committee met Tuesday in advance of the league’s annual scouting combine.
Falcons president Rich McKay, chairman of the competition committee, noted that the collective bargaining agreement allows the league to hire as many as 17 full-time officials. “That is being discussed,” he told The Associated Press.
The positives, McKay said, are better, centralized training and, ultimately, greater consistency between crews. . . .
Indianapolis Colts defensive lineman David Parry has been arrested in Scottsdale, Ariz., on suspicion of assaulting the driver of a motorized cart and then stealing and crashing the vehicle.