Silver and Black Report

Yes – the New York Jets are looking to upgrade their other starting cornerback spot.

New York is not planning to pick-up a $10 million option on Lito Sheppard’s deal. He struggled with injuries all season and was torched in big spots in 2009. Ultimately, he was benched in the AFC Championship Game in favor of second-year pro Dwight Lowery.

And in that Rex Ryan defense where there’s a one-man island at one cornerback spot, and the emphasis is on blitzing with extra defenders from the secondary, Gang Green will be searching through many avenues this off-season to pick-up competent defensive backs that can play in their schemes.

But acquiring Oakland Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha will not be an option.

This past weekend at the Pro Bowl, both Asomugha and Darrelle Revis flirted with the idea of possibly blanketing the same defensive backfield.

“Me and Revis have been talking to Rex to try to do something,” Asomugha commened. “You may see us in the future. There’s a little bit of talk going on. Either he’s coming to Oakland or something else will happen.”

New York’s shut-down defender stated, “Me and him have talked about it, but I can’t really control that situation. I don’t know if he can either.”

All that talk was just playful banter.

It happens a lot every year in the Pro Bowl.

Neither is a free agent, and talk like that usually occurs when one player is going to be free to test his value in an open market and many other potential teammates try to recruit that player.

But players also envision themselves playing with other talents and conjure up dream scenarios that could lead to them sharing the same field donning the same colors.

This Asomugha/Revis talks is just that. Most likely a pipe dream that neither will probably get to see become reality.

Asomugha just inked the richest deal ever for a cornerback and has two more years remaining in Oakland.

Revis, the arguably NFL’s best cornerback this season, and the Jets will begin talks of an extension that will keep him there for the majority of his career.

So unless the Raiders decide its in their best interest to trade away their most marketable talent, a man beloved by their fan-base, the community of Oakland for his charitable work and his stellar play on the field, this Asomugha to New York talk, or Revis wearing Silver & Black has no chance at happening.

An Asomugha/Revis tandem would be dynamic to see. If you want to check that out, find a way to make that happen on your Madden video game.

“In a league where the art of man-to-man has kind of gone out of style, that could bring it back,” Asomugha said.