I may be mistaken, but I don't believe they ever intended to pay him past this season (a base salary of 20 million).

 

They knew one of two things would happen: 1) he would be great and they would have to renegotiate and pay him a big signing bonus to keep him, or 2) he wouldn't live up to expectations and he would either have to renegotiate and take a pay cut, or they would cut him and let somebody else sign him.

 

It seems that #1 happened.

Do you think the Jets intended Revis to play out the life of his contract before negotiating a new one?

 

Couldn't tell you, I'm not much on assumptions.

Just saw that the NY Times is reporting that the Jets and Revis are 40MM apart. This is funny. Don't look for him to play this year unless he becomes a little more realistic.

Revis to sign largest defensive player contract in NFL history (per ESPN). Will play in Monday night opener.

4-years, $46 Mil ($32 Mil guaranteed)

 

As expected, they get together and get a deal done as the clock winds down. Smart move by all sides.

 

I'll be surprised if several of these holdouts aren't resolved as time winds down. Vincent Jackson may be the exception...since he's suspended for 3 games, it may be Game 4 before the urgency hits both sides in that case.