Revis To Bucs, And Why We Should Rejoice

[jarhead]

I do not understand why we should rejoice when our rival just picked up the best corner in the NFL.

[rayzor]

I do not understand why we should rejoice when our rival just picked up the best corner in the NFL.

because it cost them a ton of money and a first round pick and it is really easy to work around. all he can do is maybe shut down one receiver which shouldn't be a problem because we should be spreading the ball around to multiple receivers all game anyway. revis is essentially their pass defense. they have no other good DBs against the pass and they have no pass rush to speak of.

[FirstRoundPick]

Pass rushers > linebackers > cornerbacks.

I would love to hear the logic of linebackers > cornerbacks.

[TheRed]

because it cost them a ton of money and a first round pick and it is really easy to work around. all he can do is maybe shut down one receiver which shouldn't be a problem because we should be spreading the ball around to multiple receivers all game anyway. revis is essentially their pass defense. they have no other good DBs against the pass and they have no pass rush to speak of.

Don't waste your breath anymore. I suppose we should just go ahead and trade for our own overrated corner back coming off a season ending injury and sign him to a 100 million dollar contract. Somehow people don't seem to mind this scenario but are the same ones who screamed endlessly about our over investing in one position (RB).

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

Want to know the real reason we should rejoice that the Bucs signed Revis?

Because Ted Ginn is now in a Panthers uniform and can burn him again...just like above.

[PhillyB]

i wouldn't say we should rejoice, but it's clear this isn't the final cog in the chain the bucs would like it to be. our best course of action is to react to it by building our offense, schematically and personnel-wise, to cope with the threat, and that starts with wide receiver. if revis more or less removes smith (a legitimate possibility) from the game, or at least marginalizes him, then negate revis with guys that can take advantage of subpar DBs (by, say, drafting a top-notch receiver, for starters.)

revis is good.

revis is a threat.

we have a general manager who can plan to negate a threat.

we'll be alright.

[Match.com]

Yeah great move by the bucs

[rayzor]

i wouldn't say we should rejoice, but it's clear this isn't the final cog in the chain the bucs would like it to be. our best course of action is to react to it by building our offense, schematically and personnel-wise, to cope with the threat, and that starts with wide receiver. if revis more or less removes smith (a legitimate possibility) from the game, or at least marginalizes him, then negate revis with guys that can take advantage of subpar DBs (by, say, drafting a top-notch receiver, for starters.)

revis is good.

revis is a threat.

we have a general manager who can plan to negate a threat.

we'll be alright.

agree with all that except I'd add two things.

revis is a threat.....to just one player, the WR he's covering. if you can avoid throwing to that WR and still be productive the you've made revis irrelevant. he can't shut down an offense unless that offense is solely dependent on that WR for success and keeps throwing to that WR (see jake circa 2009).

about gettleman negating rivera, agreed to a point, but it also depends on shula's gameplan and management/playcalling. if he calls a more traditional gameplan and/or focuses on smitty too much we'll lose to them again. negating the revis effect and that defense as a whole depends on our ability to not play to the bucs D strengths. keep it in the air and away from smith.