By Tom Rock
Here’s a funny little anecdote that didn’t quite make it into the paper:
Tannenbaum said it wasn’t a deciding factor, but he did receive a scouting report on Revis from an unlikely source. The Jets general manager was riding into the city for dinner and happened to have the same car service driver who had picked Revis up from the airport and brought him to Long Island that evening.
“I asked him what he thought of (Revis) and he said great things about him,” Tannenbaum said of the driver’s recommendation. “That’s not why we picked him, but that was a nice piece of information to have. Eric and I believe how you treat other people when people aren’t around is important and it was just another test he passed.”
Now that he's a first-round pick, Revis will not only be nice to his drivers, he can also be a more generous tipper.
As a matter of formality since you likely already know this, the Jets did trade up in the second round as well and grabbed Michigan LB David Harris. An interesting selection that certainly puts the heat on other LBs such as Eric Barton, Matt Chatham, Brad Kassell, Cody Spencer and, to a certain extent, Jonathan Vilma. The thinking here was that Barton would be dealt for picks and Hobson would move inside next to Vilma with David Bowens moving to OLB. Now, I'm not so sure what the Jets have in mind. Certainly if Harris plays, he'll be able to take on the straight-ahead responsibilities that seemed to slow Vilma last season. Training camp will be fun, or at least fun to watch from the outside. If I'm a veteran linebacker or cornerback on the Jets, it will certainly not be much fun.