Winning not the only thing for rich Revis
Being on an 0-8 team isn’t bothering Darrelle Revis these days.
The cornerback was traded from the New York Jets to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers earlier this year and the Buccaneers signed Revis to a six-year contract worth $98 million. Revis will earn $16 million this season.
Tampa Bay led the NFC Westleading Seattle Seahawks 21-0 before losing 27-24 in overtime Sunday to fall to 0-8. Revis had three tackles in the loss.
Meanwhile, Revis’ old team, the Jets, are 5-4 after a 26-20 victory over the New Orleans Saints.
Jason Owen, a bartender from Jersey City, N.J., asked Revis on Twitter if he regrets not being with the Jets.
“Back in the good old days when @Revis24 played for a team mattered. Wonder if 12MM per and Rex [Ryan] as coach has any merit vs [Greg] Schaino [Schiano sp] & 16 MM,” Owen tweeted.
Revis replied, “Naw, 16 is better.”
The extra four million can’t buy the Buccaneers a victory this season.
Not tanking
Let’s just say that Orlando(Fla.) Sentinel columnist Brian Schmitz wasn’t pleased with the Magic’s 107-86 rout of the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday night.
“What in the name of Andrew Wiggins are the Magic doing?
“They upset the Brooklyn Traveling All-Star Show on Sunday night 107-86 at Amway Center to move to .500.
“They just didn’t upset the Nets; they crushed them so badly that the Nets’ Russian billionaire owner is sending his stars to the D-League in Siberia.
“So what part of “draft lottery” don’t the Magic understand?
“Are you kidding?
“I mean, this game was a perfectly scheduled loss.
“Then they go all Buster Douglas on the Nets.
“GM Rob Hennigan needs to huddle his coaches and players, and remind them of the game plan this season.
“And while Hennigan is at it, he needs to get on the phone and try to trade Jameer Nelson, Arron Afflalo and Jason Maxiell. They can’t have these veterans helping the Magic win games and possibly losing ping-pong balls and a crack at the best college players available since LeBron’s class of 2003.”He said it
From Miami Herald columnist Greg Cote:
“Florida Atlantic football Coach Carl Pelini and defensive coordinator Pete Rekstis abruptly resigned in shame this week after it was found they’d been smoking pot. Pelini’s staff had produced only a 2-6 record this season but led Conference USA in the munchies.”
“I must admit this from Charles Barkley made me chuckle: ‘LeBron’s headband is so big, Spud Webb could use it as a shower curtain.’ “
“Rob Gronkowski’s father is pitching an animated TV series called The Gronks. And we wonder why the rest of the world hates America.”
“Sentences I Never Imagined Writing (one in a series): The Cleveland Indians’ Double A team in Akron, Ohio, has changedits nickname from Aeros to RubberDucks.”
“Former NBA player Bryon Russell, 42, said Michael Jordan, 50, ‘chickened out’ of a one-onone challenge. Enough, already!
MJ has enough problems trying to eke 20 wins out of the Charlotte Bobcats.”Quote of the day “Good thing I finally
said something to a doctor or I could have
had a heart attack.” Former NFL coach Dan Reeves, who
underwent heart surgery while coaching the Atlanta Falcons in 1998
Sports, Pages 18 on 11/05/2013