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Revis vs Calvin Johnson (1 Viewer)

bicycle_seat_sniffer

bicycle_seat_sniffer

Smells like chicken
So time to bench Calvin? Megatron has been on fire.

The Jets gotta be pretty pissed off after that game at home vs GB.

The Lions have been racking up major points at home this season.

Is Revis back 100%, Jennings seemed to get a little loose last week.

 
Eastwood said:
It appears you can't ever say this enough....NEVER BENCH CALVIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
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:thumbup: That said, i do believe the Jets came out of the bye with their CB's sticking to one side since Cromartie is playing well and isn't as used to moving around.
 
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bicycle_seat_sniffer said:
So time to bench Calvin? Megatron has been on fire.The Jets gotta be pretty pissed off after that game at home vs GB. The Lions have been racking up major points at home this season. Is Revis back 100%, Jennings seemed to get a little loose last week.
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Jennings wasn't covered by Revis exlusively last week - Revis and Cromartie stuck to sides of the field. Jennings fared better against Cromartie. With that said Revis while 100% isn't quite as effective as last season and a big physical WR like Calvin may give him some issues. For a frame of reference I'm not benching Calvin in my one dynasty league where I do have some legit optiops to replace him if I wanted to.
 
I’m a proud Calvin owner and a huge fan and supporter. Aside from his bye week, he’s never seen my bench this year in my PPR league. Having said that, I’m tempted to bench him for Fitzgerald. I think Calvin has a much lower floor than Fitz and a lower ceiling as well. I think Fitzgerald is the safer play, but I can’t bring myself to make the switch, as Calvin was such a beast this past week, and Fitz has poor QB play (though a decent matchup against an uninspired Vikings defense). The short of it is I’m worried about Revis shutting Calvin down. I think Stafford would be smart enough to throw to Burleson/Scheffler/Pettigrew if Calvin is blanketed. I’ll go back and forth until Sunday, I’m sure.

 
Should be a fantastic matchup to watch if Revis is exclusively covering Calvin. I suspect they will employ a defense on him similar to how Moss was covered by the Pats last week though, using two guys instead of one exclusively because I think THEY THINK if they can take Calvin away, the d-line and lbers can handle Best.

I wouldn't expect a repeat of last week. Fitz may be a better play this coming week. But overall I am excited about this matchup.

 
Reaper said:
Eastwood said:
It appears you can't ever say this enough....NEVER BENCH CALVIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
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:hifive: That said, i do believe the Jets came out of the bye with their CB's sticking to one side since Cromartie is playing well and isn't as used to moving around.
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I think they moved with the players in the second half. I believe Jennings' numbers reflect that as Revis then shadowed him. I could be wrong though.
 
NajehHejan said:
I’m a proud Calvin owner and a huge fan and supporter. Aside from his bye week, he’s never seen my bench this year in my PPR league. Having said that, I’m tempted to bench him for Fitzgerald. I think Calvin has a much lower floor than Fitz and a lower ceiling as well. I think Fitzgerald is the safer play, but I can’t bring myself to make the switch, as Calvin was such a beast this past week, and Fitz has poor QB play (though a decent matchup against an uninspired Vikings defense). The short of it is I’m worried about Revis shutting Calvin down. I think Stafford would be smart enough to throw to Burleson/Scheffler/Pettigrew if Calvin is blanketed. I’ll go back and forth until Sunday, I’m sure.
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Why the hell would you sit either Fitz or Calvin? My first two picks of my draft were: Calvin and Fitz. I start them each week regardless of who they are facing.
 
There isn't anyone that can cover him right now. You could make a clone of CJ and he couldn't cover CJ. Will Stafford be able to continue to get him the ball....that's another story, but things sure looked promising Sunday.

 
plyka said:
NajehHejan said:
I’m a proud Calvin owner and a huge fan and supporter. Aside from his bye week, he’s never seen my bench this year in my PPR league. Having said that, I’m tempted to bench him for Fitzgerald. I think Calvin has a much lower floor than Fitz and a lower ceiling as well. I think Fitzgerald is the safer play, but I can’t bring myself to make the switch, as Calvin was such a beast this past week, and Fitz has poor QB play (though a decent matchup against an uninspired Vikings defense). The short of it is I’m worried about Revis shutting Calvin down. I think Stafford would be smart enough to throw to Burleson/Scheffler/Pettigrew if Calvin is blanketed. I’ll go back and forth until Sunday, I’m sure.
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Why the hell would you sit either Fitz or Calvin? My first two picks of my draft were: Calvin and Fitz. I start them each week regardless of who they are facing.
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Roddy is my wr1, calvin is my wr2, fitz is my wr3 who i picked up for a bag of chips due to a frustrated owner. This is a competitive 12 team league where I can only start 2 WR.
 
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bicycle_seat_sniffer said:
Area51Inhabitant said:
AC???
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:goodposting: I dont even own him.

Last year you wouldnt dare start a #1 WR vs Revis unless you wanted 3 for 33 for your guy.

I didnt know that the Jets CB have been sticking to their side of the field. Good info
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This past week was really the first time they had done so. Ryan did say over the bye week that they were thinking they would probably pass off the No. 1 WR between Revis and Cromartie going forward to keep each fresh since they had so much trust in both of them.
 
At a certain point, Deion Sanders could be on him and it wouldn't matter because the CB can only jump so high. Calvin can jump higher. They get anywhere near the goal line and it's over.

 
I wonder how much help the Jets will give Revis and/or Cromartie... I'm hoping their egos get the best of them and they put Revis on him 1:1.

 
Reaper said:
Eastwood said:
It appears you can't ever say this enough....NEVER BENCH CALVIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
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:goodposting: That said, i do believe the Jets came out of the bye with their CB's sticking to one side since Cromartie is playing well and isn't as used to moving around.
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Revis looked to be moving around at times, but generally, it did look like each CB stayed on their side.With that being said, Revis still doesn't look right to me. He was on Jennings last week and was faked out of his jock a number of times. I wouldn't be afraid to start Calvin this week.
 
Calvin will crush his enemy and see them driven before him and hear the lamentations of thier women.

 
Revis has been a shell of himself this year, when compared to last year. In other words, he isn't the shut down corner he was 12 months ago. With that said, I don't think Revis (or Cromartie) can shut down Calvin, however, I think the aggressive NYJ scheme can put immense pressure on Stafford and force him into poor passes. Coupled with NY's ball control offense, may not give the Stafford to Calvin connection enough opportunities to have a solid day. Regardless, I don't see how you can bench Calvin.

 
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blend said:
I wonder how much help the Jets will give Revis and/or Cromartie... I'm hoping their egos get the best of them and they put Revis on him 1:1.
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I agree, Megatron will destroy anyone in the league 1-1, you simply cannot cover him like that. My main concern is that Calvin will not be 100 percent. He was pretty dinged up after that game but he'll definately play this week but when you're not 100 percent, going up against a team like the Jets can be difficult.Still, it's in Detroit and there's something important I want to note. Early on in the Detroit/Washington game, Stafford went to Calvin and he was picked off. Now, Stafford hadn't been the starter since Week 1 and I'm sure that early 1st quarter pick wasn't the way he wanted to start. He didn't stop going to Calvin, he didn't say to himself this guy is covered, I'm going somewhere else with the ball. He went to him and when the game was on the line on 4th down, Calvin was covered and he still threw to him and Calvin was just too big to stop on that critical down.I think it's important because there will be times against the Jets where Calvin is covered, there's going to be times with the Jets that Calvin may not catch the ball but you can't stop giving him opportunities to catch the ball. I said this in an earlier post weeks back when there were complaints about Calvin in The Shark Pool but I mentioned back in the day with Barry Sanders, he would have a lot of plays that went 0, -2, 2 but then he'd break an amazing run. Wayne Fontes knew that you had to keep feeding him because sooner or later, he's going to bust one. Same goes here, you can't stop throwing the ball to Calvin, sooner than later he will come up with a big play no matter who's going covering him.Detroit is playing good football at home. I'd like to hear by game time that Calvin is feeling pretty good but if he is, nobody is going to stop him IF the Lions stay committed to getting him the football.
 
Johnny Ice said:
Revis is good but he isn't that good.
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Yes, he is, when he's healthy and hungry. (just look at the list of guys he shut down last year) He is neither one of those things right now. Right now he's living fat off his new contract and nursing a balky hamstring. Not expecting the Lions to do big things on Sunday. (especially after the Jets dog #### performance this past week. They'll be up for this game). But i think they go to Calvin enough for him to produce starting caliber numbers. Maybe something like 5 or 6 catches for 70-90 yards and a 50/50 shot at a TD.
 
TLEF316 said:
Johnny Ice said:
Revis is good but he isn't that good.
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Yes, he is, when he's healthy and hungry. (just look at the list of guys he shut down last year) He is neither one of those things right now. Right now he's living fat off his new contract and nursing a balky hamstring. Not expecting the Lions to do big things on Sunday. (especially after the Jets dog #### performance this past week. They'll be up for this game). But i think they go to Calvin enough for him to produce starting caliber numbers. Maybe something like 5 or 6 catches for 70-90 yards and a 50/50 shot at a TD.
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Says the Jets fan. Calvin will dominate Revis. One year wonder at best, looks like he got the money and stopped working.
 
fantasysharkctb said:
TLEF316 said:
Johnny Ice said:
Revis is good but he isn't that good.
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Yes, he is, when he's healthy and hungry. (just look at the list of guys he shut down last year) He is neither one of those things right now. Right now he's living fat off his new contract and nursing a balky hamstring.

Not expecting the Lions to do big things on Sunday. (especially after the Jets dog #### performance this past week. They'll be up for this game). But i think they go to Calvin enough for him to produce starting caliber numbers.

Maybe something like 5 or 6 catches for 70-90 yards and a 50/50 shot at a TD.
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Says the Jets fan. Calvin will dominate Revis. One year wonder at best, looks like he got the money and stopped working.
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xCalvin should not be benched, but Revis is not a one year wonder.

 
Starting the Jets DST AND Megatron with confidence. :kicksrock:

 
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I wasn't able to watch last weekends game, but did catch the CJ highlights. From the looks and sounds of things Stafford managed to knock off most of the rust already, which bodes well for Calvin given his success without him. How did Stafford look overall?

Oh, and another vote for bench Calvin at your own peril.

 
TLEF316 said:
Johnny Ice said:
Revis is good but he isn't that good.
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Yes, he is, when he's healthy and hungry. (just look at the list of guys he shut down last year) He is neither one of those things right now. Right now he's living fat off his new contract and nursing a balky hamstring. Not expecting the Lions to do big things on Sunday. (especially after the Jets dog #### performance this past week. They'll be up for this game). But i think they go to Calvin enough for him to produce starting caliber numbers. Maybe something like 5 or 6 catches for 70-90 yards and a 50/50 shot at a TD.
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The Lions have more points than anyone in the NFC and are 6th overall in the NFL and they are playing at home. The Jets pass D has been bad this season.This isnt your Matt Millen Lions any longer.
 
My opponent currently has him on the bench in lieu of Mike Williams and Steve Breaston. Ummm k. And I know he just updated his roster too...

Meanwhile I'm starting him with confidence in another league.

So needless to say, I hope he tears it up!

 
Per Rotoworld, Revis is "right" and will be covering Calvin this week - take that for whatever that is worth...

Darrelle Revis-DB-Jets Nov. 3 - 12:18 pm et

Jets coach Rex Ryan said Darrelle Revis' hamstring wasn't right "until last week" and that "you’re going to see the real Revis Island out there" in Week 9.

It sounds like Revis will be back to his regular, dominating self in the second half of the season. Ryan also added that Revis will be the one to cover Calvin Johnson this weekend. It's bad news for Megatron owners, but you certainly can't sit him regardless.

Source: Dave Birkett on Twitter

 
calvin johnson is a man amongst boys...no one can possibly guard him...its just not possible...even double covered , as long as he has a reasonable qb hell get his

im thinking 70 yards and a td.

 
All the people who are enthusiastically starting CJ with no qualms have completely lost sight of how good a healthy Revis was last year. He shut down every receiver that he faced, only conceding 2 TDs: one on a busted coverage to Ted Ginn, and one on a 1 yard pass to Moss.

If a healthy 2010 Revis is as good as 2009 Revis, and his holdout didn't diminish his skills, then this matchup will be a problem for CJ. Last year, Revis shut down Roddy White, AJ,Moss, Colston, T.O, Ochocinco, VJax, Steve Smith, and Reggie Wayne (although Wayne did the best against him, and actually dropped a few passes). Last week, Revis certainly looked as good as he did last season and if that's the case, I'd be worried as a CJ owner. I might still start him just because of sheer volume of targets, but it's not a clear slam-dunk.

 
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