Darrelle Revis very happy about Richard Sherman's new contract [Update: Numbers]

Here's Revis and Manager John Geiger chilling in front of Gillette

The Patriots just signed Darrelle Revis about a month and a half ago, but that's right, we're already talking extension.

The reason being, the Pats only signed Revis for what is essentially a one year, $12 million deal (details of that contract here). Of course, with Revis being what many recently consider the top cornerback in the league (as he was rated by ProFootballFocus in a down year last year) Patriots fans would really like to keep him around a bit longer.

The trouble is, Revis is a big fan of money. He also has been pretty proud of his "top cornerback in the league" distinction in the past.

So, now that Richard Sherman is set to get a four year extension with Seattle that will make him the highest paid corner in the league, Pats fans have to be thinking about their future with Revis.





No, we don't have final numbers yet (we will in about 20 minutes) but if he's getting paid more than $12m in 2014 then he's likely going to be set up pretty well.

Revis is currently the highest paid corner in the league, on an average per year basis. His is $16 mill (though of course he'll probably only see $12 million of that this year, and then an extension will be worked out or he'll be cut).

Brandon Carr is next at $10,020,000 average per year.

So, since the Pats and Revis have to sit down sometime in the next few months or after the season to hammer out an extension, you can bet Revis is licking his chops to beat the money that Sherman is getting. Of course, he'll have to prove it on the field. Still, Sherman has been criticized for being a "one side of the field" type player, while Revis regularly takes on a team's best receiver and shuts him down. Seemingly, Revis' skills are a little more valuable, an argument his camp will try to make to get big money out of the Patriots.

The Pats, of course, don't regularly give out big money. Along with Revis, the Pats have Devin McCourty in their secondary to worry about. Another top player who the Seahawks may have recently upped the price for.

So many fun contract watching times ahead.

[Update]



It's not often that an athlete breaks the news on the numbers of his own contract, but that's what happened.

This puts Sherman at $14 million average per year. Which, technically, is second behind Revis. In actuality though, this does make him the highest paid corner since everyone including Revis knows that his deal is really just a one year, $12 million deal with an extra year set up for cap relief and franchise tag protection.

Can Revis demand $14 million a year in an extension with the Patriots? Probably not. One thing to consider is that Revis is older than Sherman so that will drive the price down. Still, it does help give his camp some leverage that they can argue that he could be a better player than Sherman, who is the top paid corner in the league. Sherman will likely keep that distinction, but Revis could certainly still profit off this new deal.

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