Darrelle Revis Is Playing at Another Level and Taking the Jets with Him

October 23, 2015   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

If you truly want to know who Darrelle Revis is, how stupendously skilled he is, how historic he is, how he is a generational defensive player like Lawrence Taylor or Reggie White, you need to look back to the year 1994.
That season, Deion Sanders had what I think is the greatest season any defensive back has ever had. He returned three interceptions for touchdowns and had a total of 303 return yards—both NFL records at the time. He was the first player in league history to return two picks for at least 90 yards. He also had an interception in the Super Bowl and was named the Defensive Player of the Year.
No defensive back played at that high of a level before then. None have since. Some of you will say he didn't tackle. Doesn't matter. Sanders shut down entire halves of the field. He was a human no-fly zone.
I never thought I'd ever see another defensive back who had an impact on the game the way Sanders did at that point in his career...until Revis.
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