Jets/Panthers trade(Revis) revisited

[Kakarot]

Both are great players. Worked out for both teams, plus I like Gamble, and Marshall and the Cap'n are good as well.

[megadeth078]

Beason > Revis

Are we really having this discussion?

[unicar15]

We had one of the best pass defenses in the league this year with the guys we have. MLBs are the QB of the defense...I wouldn't ever do that draft any other way.

[Wither]

Yeah..But You have to ask yourself.How many Shutdown CB are there in the NFL opposed to MLB.I love the trade and both teams won it out.But Shutdown CB dont come around often

It will be funny if next year he gets blasted by all the same WR's he "shut down." I'm not saying he will nor do I want to see him lit up like that, I just think it's funny how everyone jumps on how he is a shutdown CB when there are other reasons behind why those WR's didn't get the ball in their hands.

I can think of a major one for Carolina: the QB.

[Urrymonster]

Like others have said, this is a situation where you would love to have them all be your starting cornerstones.

Revis is on top of his position with the only one coming near in Aso (only thrown at 25ish times). Revis plays in a predominantly zone-blitz scheme, so it is not out of this world to think he would thrive in Carolina's system. However, at the time of the draft we had Gamble and Lucus in their prime. We had little need for him at all.

Beason is also on top of his position, although it's harder to stand out like Revis does. There are a couple of people up there with him, such as Willis and possibly players like Barnett or Lofton. It is debateably if he would thrive in their 3-4 system, however he is perfect for ours AND we had a huge need for him considering Morgan's injury problems.

I think if you were to take either player out of the team they suddenly become much weaker, both are leaders of their respective teams and they are one of the best at their positions.

Then you consider that Kalil was immense this season and has stamped himself as one of the top centres as well. Mangold, O'Hara, Birk are the only ones in his league at the moment. So considering that we got him out of the trade as well, I think we slightly edged it.

[Delhommey]

It's about dead even if you throw in Kalil.

A corner like that just opens up the world to you on defense.

[AussiePanth3r]

Were we all watching the Panthers in those last three games......? Why talk about change our D looked good in those last three games being down some big names, our D injury free is one of the top 3 D's in the league. As for Beason,get rid of him and it would be a Dawkins all over again. Why would you get rid of your number one defensive leader and an emotional leader at that?

[CatMan72]

Each team got what they needed, but we got two of what we needed. Morgan went down and Beason stepped right it. Hartwig FA signing was a bust and Kalil was ready to step right in.

Reevis is a special talent, but in the hierarchy of needs, we needed guys to step in at MLB and center much more than we needed an elite CB. We ended up with an elite MLB and an above average center, I'd say we did pretty darn good.

[jpniner]

weren't we going to draft a Safety, not a CB anyway? Reggie Nelson?

[csx]

If Revis keeps up his current level of play he'll be considered one of the best to ever play the position. I'm certainly not complaining about Beason, but Revis is really special. Both teams won the trade.

[tarheelpride]

I think the trade works out to our advantage, based of what Kalil have done for us. A good, steady center is important. Philly proved that much to us in the playoffs. Beason and Revis is neck and neck. Beason runs this defense. Revis cuts off half the field. It's a toss-up between the two, with the deciding factor being what we did with the pick. Kalil helped bring stability to the O-line, and may be our most important piece, while Beason revitilized a defense with his play and may be responsible for Peppers resurgence.

Don't get me wrong, if we had Revis to go with Gamble, I'd think we would be just as well off.

[joemac]

I wonder how good the Jets D would be with Beason in the middle, and some free agent or other DB instead of Revis?

[Guild]

Revis won't be nearly as effective when teams use more creative packages to force their star receiver past him at the LoS untouched next season.

[SmootsDaddy89]

This scenario assumes that we would have picked Revis if we didn't trade down, when Hurney said we still would have taken Beason there.