Revis, the voice of reason

Amid troubling allegations, noncommittal answers and blatant ignorance, Darrelle Revis was the voice of reason in the Jets locker room.

“If you drink and drive, you know consequences will come if you get caught,” the star cornerback said matter-of-factly Wednesday, addressing Braylon Edwards’ DWI arrest.

Revis said he doesn’t believe Rex Ryan has created a lax environment, nor does he think his head coach should take the blame for the actions of Edwards and D’Brickashaw Ferguson and Vernon Gholston – who were passengers in Edwards’ SUV that night.

In Revis’ world, it’s simple: the onus falls on the individual.

“It is laid back here, but also, Rex told us plenty of times ‘You’ve got to take care of yourself when you get off the field.” I mean, (for) some guys, it’s going to go in one ear and out the other. Or you can listen. It depends. People are grown. They’re going to do what they do. It’s just like when you’re a teenager and your mom says ‘Be here at 8 (p.m.)’ and you come in at 9 (p.m.) – you either listen or you don’t. It’s just a situation where he got caught up. It’s too late to be out there. It’s what? Five-thirty in the morning? That’s just too late.”

Revis admitted some of his teammates have expressed reservations about using the Player Protect program, which provides a 24-hour driving service for situations such as Edwards’ early-morning DWI arrest. Players, for whatever reason, are leery of the organization being able to keep tabs on them.

“But that’s on them,” said Revis. “They’re grown. Guys can get car services on their own. You don’t have to drive.”

Revis took a hit during his 36-day holdout from the team this summer, but his squeaky-clean image remains in tact, even as the Jets are being condemned for their frat-like, undisciplined ways.

“I’m a part of this organization, good, bad or indifferent,” he said. “I’ve got to deal with it. …He’s my teammate, you’ve got to support him. You’ve just got to hope that next time when guys go out, you’ve got to plan your night. You just can’t go out and don’t think about things. You’ve got to plan: ‘I got here at midnight. I’m leaving here at 2 a.m.’ You just can’t be out after 3, 4 (a.m.) – it’s just too late. Too many problems.”

Jerricho Cotchery also stressed the importance of sticking by Edwards while he tends to his mounting legal issues.

“There’s a lot of people in this locker room, a lot of different personalities and sometimes things happen,” said Cotchery. “But when you’re in this locker room when things like this happen, you have to support your teammate and make sure things like this don’t happen again. Don’t try to tear him down, put him in a corner and make him feel like an outcast. You have to move on from there and hopefully learn from it.”

The Jets No. 1 receiver also said that Ryan’s speech struck a chord with him and the team.

“We have a great privilege, man, to be able to be playing in this league and we represent the New York Jets,” he said. “No matter where you go, you represent the New York Jets. That message was pretty clear and we have to clean up a few things.”

Damien Woody had this to say about Ryan’s terse, but poignant lecture: “He just made a point, ‘Hey, let’s stop making boneheaded moves and let’s focus on doing our jobs, which is winning football games. He just left it at that and let’s move on to Miami.”