Jets' impasse with Revis might eat into season

CORTLAND, N.Y. - That optimistic smile so ever-present on Woody Johnson just a week earlier was replaced by a mask of extreme disappointment.

Johnson seemed a bit glum as he discussed the situation revolving around the team's Pro Bowl cornerback Monday. The Jets owner apparently has given up hope that he'll have a new deal in place with his star by the time the Jets kick off the regular season in a little less than five weeks.

Darrelle Revis' camp has made it clear he's not reporting without a new deal, so the stalemate continues with no end in sight.

"In my impression, there is no progress," Johnson said while flanked by his general manager, Mike Tannenbaum. "That's the way Mike characterized it to me. There is no movement whatsoever."

Johnson was direct when asked if he believes they'll have something done by the time the Jets host the Ravens on Sept. 13 at New Meadowlands Stadium.

"The answer is no," he said.

Jets coach Rex Ryan said he hadn't heard anything new between practices Monday, and insisted the team needs to press ahead without Revis.

"We're coaching this group," Ryan said. "That's all we can focus on right now is getting this team ready. We've got to prepare like he's not going to be here. And, if he comes walking through the door, that's fine. Somebody will kiss him on the lips, probably. It doesn't matter. We're getting this team ready."

Revis is scheduled to earn $1 million in base salary this season in the fourth year of a six-year deal, and is demanding a new contract before he reports to training camp. He wants to be the NFL's highest-paid player at his position, topping the $15 million Oakland pays Nnamdi Asomugha.

Johnson said he's drawing his conclusion from the tone of the meeting between Tannenbaum and Revis' agents Friday. The two sides sat down to discuss things at the Roscoe Diner in Roscoe, N.Y.

"We met with Mike Tannenbaum in Roscoe," one of Revis' agents, Jonathan Feinsod told Newsday. "HBO wanted to be there, but we declined. At that meeting, we presented Mike with a proposal to show Mr. Johnson. We are waiting for his response."

That response, though, apparently was given that same night and the hang-up remains "total compensation."

"We spoke for three hours and I think we left that meeting with a pretty good sense of their position and I think they had a pretty good sense of our position," Tannenbaum said. "But again, let me just reiterate, the lines of communication have been open. We have spoken countless times.

"So that has not been the problem. The problem in this situation is we have a very fundamental difference of opinion on what the compensation should be."

The next key date for Revis is Tuesday, given it's the deadline for a holdout to report without losing an accrued year of service. Not showing up Tuesday potentially could harm Revis' future free-agent status, but it's unsure just how much hurt it would do given the lack of a new collective-bargaining agreement.

Revis has been slapped with $148,707 in fines for his nine-day holdout, but that's not likely to have any bearing on him ending his holdout.

And with no conclusion to the holdout in sight, the Jets' shutdown corner could be shutting things down for a while.

"When is there an appropriate deal to be made?" Tannenbaum said. "I have absolutely no idea. Do I wish it was a month ago? Sure. But until there is a deal that makes sense for both sides, he's not here and there is nothing we can do about that."