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The subject of Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis’ football future came up again this week with a report from Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News quoting “a Revis confidant” as saying that the cornerback doesn’t want to play football anymore.

Revis responded to that report on Thursday, telling Ralph Vacchiano of SNY.tv that he thinks “just because we’re not having a good year these allegations come out” and that “I still have a lot of football to play.”

“I still love the game. I think that’s why I’m still playing the game, just the love for it,” Revis said. “It’s the competitive nature in me to go out and try to perform to the best of my abilities on Sundays. I don’t think me being questioned about that … it’s really bizarre in a way. At the same time I understand the position we’re in as a team right now. And I’m the target. That comes with the territory. It just comes with the territory. You just persevere through it and know that in the end, when the smoke clears, everything will take care of itself.”

It doesn’t do Revis much good to say that he’s through with football at this point. The Jets are on the hook for $6 million in guaranteed money whether they keep Revis or not next season and that money would go away if he retires, which is why there’s been talk about a possible pay cut that would keep Revis with the Jets for less than the $15 million he’s set to receive under his current contract.