There’s no question, Revis will bring a lot of flexibility to the rest of the defense. You look at how the Jets often used him and that’s where the term “Revis Island” came from… he’s on one side, while the entire secondary is over on the other side.
I think it’s part of the reason why Browner (pending) makes sense as well because they need that physical presence in the middle of the field, even in a hybrid corner/strong safety role. Or go McCourty/Harmon deep, Browner underneath, Revis on the best threat and then some combination of Arrington/Ryan/Dennard on the other threats.
I just don’t worry about the run anymore. Maybe that’s foolish and maybe teams will load up and try to run more on the Pats as they see Wilfork (maybe) and Spikes (definitely) depart. But even from the part the Pats have left they’re all pretty stout – Hightower, Ninkovich, Chandler, Tommy Kelly (assuming). If a team wants to come in, cycle two-three backs and run 50 times on us, I’d love to see how it works out for them.
