The Patriots won’t be paying cornerback Darrelle Revis $20 million in 2015. Whether they’ll be paying him anything remains to be seen.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Patriots won’t be picking up the option on the second year of the Revis deal, which means that he will be hitting free agency tomorrow.
Absent the decision to remove him from the roster, Revis would have received $20 million fully guaranteed for 2015, with a cap charge of $25 million. While the two sides never contemplated that the option would be exercised, some doubt had existed in the Revis camp as to whether they would.
The move doesn’t mean Revis won’t return to the Patriots; it means that if he does it will happen as a result of competition on the open market. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Revis could indeed still return to the Patriots.
The only other viable contender is believed to be the Jets. The question is whether the Jets will offer enough extra money on the total deal and enough fully guaranteed money to overcome the player’s built-in preference to stay in New England.
Yes, contrary to his reputation Revis will take less to stay in New England. The question is how much less?
