Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis gets paid like a quarterback, so it only makes sense that he’s being micro-analyzed like one.
And after a slow start to the season, Revis said he thinks he’s “played better” over the last two weeks.
“I brought it upon myself by playing the game and the position at such a high level for so long,” Revis said, via Daniel Popper of the New York Daily News. “There’s nothing you can do. You take the good with the bad and you go with it.
“It’s almost like you’re getting critiqued like you’re a QB, and I’m a DB. But at the same time, it’s how it goes. Win or lose games, for the DB position, what I’ve done in this league, it’s how I get critiqued: as a quarterback. If we’re winning and losing games or if a pass is getting caught, it’s just like a quarterback throwing a game-winning touchdown or a game-losing interception.”
There was plenty of criticism of the veteran corner early this year, but after coming back from a hamstring injury, he did a solid job against Cardinals wideout Larry Fitzgerald.
Coupled with an ankle injury sustained in practice and his offseason wrist surgery, the 31-year-old has had to overcome a number of physical challenges this year.
“Just one thing after another in my journey here — the hamstring, and even before that, coming off the wrist surgery, trying to get back in shape. So it’s a lot of things that was going on at the time,” Revis said. “At the end of the day, I’m a person who perseveres through things. I don’t make excuses for anything that’s going on with me.”
Whether he does or doesn’t, his every move is going to be watched closely, because that’s what happens with stars.
