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Being a New York Jets fan is full of ups and downs. Media members and newspaper reporters love to talk down on the New York Jets because they are very inconsistent and don’t see the Jets with a positive view. Jets fans are extremely passionate and we want to root for a winner but we understand that building a championship team  is a process. We also understand that winning in New York is not easy. There is always added pressure to succeed and the bright lights usually scare away top talent.

Darrelle Revis, has been one of the most consistent, dominant defensive players in the NFL for the past eight years. He began his career with the New York Jets and quickly earned the right to be called the best defensive back in the NFL. He has the ability to divide the field in half, and intimidates quarterbacks to throw the football at his direction because of his ability to make plays and stop wide receivers from catching the football.

Unfortunately, Revis was injured in 2012 with a knee injury and the Jets released him. As a Jet fan, it made me upset that we did not give him an opportunity to heal and showcase his ability the next year. It also made sense because Revis was going to sign a very lucrative contract and professional football is a business. As an organization, management didn’t believe in signing a player for millions of dollars that had just missed fifteen games with an injury.

The following year, Revis played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and in 2014, he played for the Jets’ archrival, New England Patriots, where he was a crucial part of the team, which won the Super Bowl. Revis was owed twenty million dollars with the Patriots this year. The Jets wanted bring him back and sign him to the contract he had deserved in 2013.

The new coaches and football operations staff lured Revis back to New York. He signed a new contract that makes him the highest paid defensive back in the NFL. This is the contract he had deserved all along, regardless of the injury in 2012. It makes me happy that the Jets are doing their best to revive a team that has the potential to soon contend for a championship. I hope for smiles and victories for our fellow Jets fans in 2015.
 

Vocabulary:

1) inconsistent (adjective)- not the same throughout

2) pressure (noun)- use of influence to make someone do something

3) dominant (adjective)- most important or powerful

4) intimidate (verb)- to frighten someone

5) showcase (verb)- to exhibit or display abilities

6) lucrative (adjective)- producing a great deal of profit

7) revive (verb)- restore to life

Vocabulary Activity:

If you were a professional athlete, would you re-sign with a team that once had traded or released you from your contract? Explain using four of the vocabulary words from above

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Grammar Point:

A verb is an action, state or occurrence and forms the main part of the sentence. They are the predicate of a sentence. It is difficult to start a sentence without a verb.

Grammar Activity:

Directions: Describe what type of athlete you are or would be. Make sure to use verbs in your description

For example: I would be the kind of athlete to intimidate my opponent by being very strong.