Revis still upset but not thinking about holding out

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Darrelle Revis said he wasn't really trying to make a statement, and didn't fake an injury so he could sit out and put the Jets on notice.

The All-Pro cornerback caused quite a stir Monday when he sat out a few plays near the end of minicamp practice, initially saying he was lightheaded before claiming he did it as a protest. But Revis told Newsday Tuesday he was speaking mostly out of anger about his contract situation, which has taken a bit of an ugly turn.

"If I really wanted to make a statement, I would've just not practiced," Revis said. Later he added, "I could've said that out of frustration. I mean, I was upset. Maybe some things you say sometimes, it's out of frustration. But I did feel lightheaded and I was frustrated with what's been going on, the whole situation.

"I guess [Monday], it just came to a point. It's boiling up and you get to a point where you're like, 'Come on now.' I don't want to deal with this at this time. I try to do things right, come to work and do what I'm supposed to do. And, you don't want to reward people? That just doesn't make sense to me."

Revis, who planned to speak with Rex Ryan about his feelings Tuesday afternoon, said Monday's events got way out of hand.

"It was blown out of proportion in terms of the lightheadedness and the hamstring, and then me saying I can sit out and I can't sit out," he said. "No. I can sit out or I can play. That's really up to my choice of how I want to handle the situation. But yes, I did feel lightheaded. But it wasn't, 'Oh, I'm doing this because of my contract.'

"And then there's a million questions coming at me, though: 'Why are you sitting out? Why are you doing this?' And, it's not even you guys [the media]. It's the trainers, it's [Mike] Tannenbaum. So I've got to answer a million and one questions of why am I sitting out?"

Revis told the staff, including defensive backs coach Dennis Thurman, it was lightheadedness, saying he hadn't eaten anything all morning before practice. When he arrived at the facility, he said he went straight to meetings and had only a bottle of Gatorade.

After morning practice, trainers took a look at him.

"They had to check my blood," Revis said, "and I was like 'I need to go get something to eat.' So they're like, 'Hurry up and go get something to eat.' "

Still, Revis did admit he was a bit over the top when he said Monday that he also had a hamstring injury - something he chuckled at 24 hours earlier when he said it. But his hamstring is perfectly fine, unlike his feelings.

And for those who believe Revis staged the brief protest as a way of avoiding a $9,442 daily fine for missing minicamp, he shot that theory down.

"The thing is, me and my agents have talked about it, about letting the money go like we didn't care," Revis said. "They were like, 'Do you want to lose this?' And I was like, 'I'll think about it.' And then, I was like 'I'll go' because I want to be here. I don't want to be at home, not doing anything. I don't want to be a distraction."

Mangold displeased, too. C Nick Mangold, who is due $3.3 million in the final year of his deal, said there's been no progress in contract talks. "It's deeply disappointing that we are where we are," he said. "I've tried to do all the right things on and off the field, and I feel it's now the Jets' turn. Not having that security of an extension is bothersome."