There has been speculation this offseason that Darrelle Revis would hold out yet again for a new deal, fueled by the fact that his original new deal was heavily front loaded and only pays him 13.5 million over the next two seasons, as well as by Revis’ comments that he was noncommittal for Training Camp. One person in the know, ESPN New York’s Rich Cimini, believes that Revis will not hold out, though he admits that’s based off “gut feeling.”

Revis has been paid like the top cornerback in the league he is over the past 2 seasons, making 32.5 million, but is owed just 13.5 million over the next 2 seasons and probably wants to be paid that 16.25 million dollar rate into the future. In fact, I’m guessing Revis’ understanding when he signed the heavily frontloaded deal was that the Jets would pay him as the top cornerback in the league for 2 years and if he continued to be the best cornerback in the league over those 2 years, they’d give him a long term deal in the 2012 NFL offseason. It’s now the 2012 offseason and Revis held up his end of the deal.

At the very least, he’ll want more than the 60 million over 5 years that Nnamdi Asomugha got from the Eagles last offseason when he was almost 4 years older. We’ll know more about how serious he is if he skips the Jets’ mandatory minicamp this week. The Jets can fine him if he does that, but the fine amount will be a drop in the ocean compared to the kind of raise he’s looking for. At the same time, there’s also a good possibility that Revis gets his new deal without holding out.

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