Rex Ryan: Richard Sherman yet to match Revis' peak By Dan Hanzus Around the League Writer NFL.comPublished: Jan. 31, 2014 at 03:15 p.m. NEW YORK -- You get the feeling that Darrelle Revis will always be the one that got away for Rex Ryan.The coach knew exactly what he had in Revis during the cornerback's six seasons with the New York Jets. Contract squabbles poisoned the relationship between player and team, leading to Revis' trade to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last April.Revis' name came up Friday as Ryan spoke to reporters from the inside of a New Era-branded ice cream truck on the corner of 39th and Broadway. (These are the kinds of things that only happen during Super Bowl week.)Ryan was asked if he'd rather have Revis or Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman on his team. Ryan believes that Revis -- or the Revis who led the Jets' defense in 2009 and 2010 -- played the position at an unmatched level."I think when you look at it, Sherman's probably a guy that has played about as well as any corner in the league this year," Ryan said. "So that's great. But overall, I think the year that Revis had -- the first two years that I was here -- I don't think, not Richard Sherman or anybody -- can compare to the years Revis had.""What we did with him. How we played defense -- put him on the No. 1 guy and locked him down and rolled our coverages, ran loaded zones away from him constantly. I'm not sure that's ever been duplicated."This is not an oversell on Ryan's part. Revis was a remarkable weapon for the Jets before suffering his knee injury. Sherman has become the popular choice as the game's best corner, but a fully healthy Revis could change minds in 2014.Richard Sherman Says He Squashed Beef With Darrelle Revis, Respects Cornerbackby Luke Hughes on Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:18PM 
Richard Sherman has stirred up a whole lot of controversy over the past two seasons, and now he’s trying to cool some of those waters.Sherman’s postgame rant about San Francisco 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree is the most talked-about example of the Seattle Seahawks cornerback’s confrontational attitude. However, that wasn’t the first big media storm Sherman had created. That honor likely would go to his so-called feud with then-New York Jets and now-Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Darrelle Revis.Sherman asserted after last season that he and not Revis, widely considered the best at his position for a few seasons, was the best cornerback in football. Revis, who was rehabbing from ACL surgery at the time, took offense and chirped back, starting something of a war of words.Now, nearly a full year later, Sherman is chalking the whole mess up to “media fabrication.”“I think one of those things, just like a lot of other things, is a lot of media fabrication more than anything,” Sherman said Thursday, via the New York Daily News, as he prepared for the Seahawks’ Super Bowl date with the Denver Broncos. “People make it more of a big deal than it really is. Guys have conversations off the field and are good friends. People would be surprised. They think they’re really mortal enemies, and it’s really not like that.”The two prima donna corners aren’t exactly fast friends now, but Sherman says they’ve put the beef behind them and even justified the feud’s beginning by explaining that the stubborn belief all is part of actually being the best.“We’ve had a few conversations. He’s a great guy, and we squashed all the nonsense,” Sherman said. “I think every one of them out there is going to say that they’re the best, and that’s the way you’ve got to play the position.”The squabble might be squashed for now, but things could change by the time next season — or next week even — rolls around. http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/richard_sherman_says_he_squashed_beef_with_darrelle_revis_respects_cornerback/15672365?linksrc ="story_sport_nfl_module_image_15672365"
