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Yes, thats exactly what I am saying to do.
The questions you should be asking is 1) How confident are you that you can resign Revis?
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Fairly confident. The price for the top CB is dropping (when Revis signed his last deal, Asomugha was being paid 15-16M per season. Asomugha's new deal is at 12M per, and nobody is higher - and Aso may well be cut after this season, or at least renegotiate, since his average from 2013-2015 is 13M per and his cap hit in 2013 is significantly higher). Revis has always said he wants to be the top paid CB. At 12+M per, we can do that. And we'll have the cap room to do it, since once we cut Smith, Scott, Hunter and Pace, we'll have close to 30M in cap room, plus our cap picture for 2014 is positively rosy, since we have no significant FAs to worry about that year. Structure the deal so that he takes a large signing bonus in 2013 and a low salary (say 38M in total cash, at a 8M cap hit - 25M signing bonus and 3M salary), give him a significantly higher salary in 2014 (say close to
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2) Is his asking price worth the cap hit in the future? I mean he may be a HOF player but he is a CB not a QB or HOF pass rusher? Can you keep him and realistically keep a quality Team intact?
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Yes. Absolutely, yes. He tilts the field dramatically. He's not a QB or a pass rusher, and won't be paid like one. But he certainly has more of an impact than an average "great" corner, who still requires significant safety help.
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and 3)Are you willing to risk losing Revis for a supplemental 2nd or 3rd round pick?
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Compared to tossing away a season and killing our cap? Yes.
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With the trade we shore up RT and add 2 #1 picks plus 2 additional picks to build for the near future. Keep in mind alot of money is going to come off the cap next year when Bart Scott, Dustin Keller, Shonn Greene, Mike Devito, Calvin Pace, Brandon Moore and Bryan Thomas are all UFAs. I mean most will not be resigned.
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Which is why I don't foresee real problems resigning Revis. Next offseason is when we'll be looking to redo his deal. If anything, we could negotiate this year with the idea of ripping up next year and putting in a guaranteed option bonus (so the cap hit is next season). But we'll have the cap room to extend Revis next season, and of that bunch, Moore and DeVito are the only ones with even a chance of coming back, IMO. No way Greene gets a second deal here, Keller probably walks away unless the market is below what I think is likely (he's very good, but replaceable), and Pace, Scott and Thomas are all likely goners. As are Smith and Hunter. Don't forget we may be resigning Landry, though