On Tuesday, a major crime was committed, a man by the name of Darrelle Revis, was robbed of the defensive mvp award.
It wasnt even close either, Revis had 14 votes Charles Woodson had 28.
But Rex Ryan obviously was not happy as he said You know what I would like? I would like to congratulate the people who voted for Darrelle Revis, that these guys obviously really know the game. Youve got to look at the numbers, not just a number about this or a number about that, this stat or that stat.
I am not going to take anything away from Woodson, he had a great year racking up nine interceptions and 74 tackles, but lets look at Revis.
Here are some receivers he shutdown for under 35 yards this season: Chad Johnson x2, Andre Johnson, Randy Moss x2, Reggie Wayne. Roddy White, Terrell Owens x2, Marques Colston. As you can see, Revis completely shut down one side of the field in every game.
Revis was thrown at 108 times and only let up 40 receptions, which lead the league, while Woodson let up 40 receptions on 86 targets.
Lets also look at touchdowns let up, Revis let up only two touchdowns on the whole season while Woodson let up six. Revis also gave up less reception yards with 439 while Woodson let up 560 yards.
Revis also had more of an impact on his defense. First off, the Jets were the number one defense in the league in large part due to Revis. The Jets also only let up eight touchdown passes all season, the Packers, 28, not including five they let up against the Cardinals. The Jets were first in passing yards allowed with 153.7 a game: and the Packers? Fifth with 201.1 pass yards per game.
Lets look at a miserable world without Revis shutting down elite receivers. If the Jets did not have Revis, Rex Ryan would definitely not have as much confidence in his secondary. This means he would not use the blitz schemes they do now because they dont have someone to completely lock up the opponents number one receiver.
Without the blitz scheme Rex throws, the Jets would not be able to put as much pressure on the QB and stop the run as well. This would make them a decent defense but certainly not the number one defense they are with Revis.
But without the strong defense, the lacking Jets offense have with a developing Mark Sanchez, would have to play catchup more which is hard since the Jets are not built as a team that can come back from a large deficit.
So I think without Revis it is pretty safe to say that the Jets would be nowhere close to the team they are today.
Hmmm.. so why wasnt Revis the defensive MVP? I guess you have to ask 28 people that.
So what do you think? Was Revis robbed? Did Woodson deserve it?
Let me know down below!
