REVIS EXPECTED TO PLAY ON MONDAY NIGHT AGAINST VIKINGS

The Minnesota Vikings added wide receiver Randy Moss to their lineup last week and it looks like he'll get to play his biggest rival in his first game with his new team.   New York Jets' cornerback Darrelle Revis is expected to return to action following his hamstring injury suffered against Moss's old team, the New England Patriots.  Revis’ return and Moss’s debut will make the Monday Night Football matchup between the Jets and Vikings one of the biggest games of the year.

Revis has missed two games since he sustained the injury but has been cleared to play by the Jets' team doctors.  Head coach Rex Ryan will make the final call as to whether or not he'll be in the lineup.  Revis practiced all week and is listed as 'probable' on the official NFL injury report.  Revis announced via his Twitter account that he's going to play, though Ryan has yet to make an official announcement confirming that:

"Whats up everyone, #ocnn news here, im playing against our former teammate #favre tomar, going to be a battle!"

While it’s not known if Revis will be assigned to cover Moss on every play, he is expected to play the whole game.  The Jets have all along taken a position that either he'd be healthy enough to fully contribute or else he'd spend another week on the bench.  When Revis returned to the team following his preseason hold out he was used in a limited role as he worked himself back into shape but this injury is a different situation entirely.  Revis confirmed this as well:

"With this injury, it's 100 percent [healthy] or it's a no-go."

In an interview earlier this week, Randy Moss downplayed the 'rivalry' with Revis but suggested that the Jets' cornerback still doesn't give him an appropriate level of respect:

"I think he gets caught up a little bit with how he talks. I never said anything about him, good or bad. I still give him his respect, but he hasn't given me mine yet. Sooner or later, I'll get it."

The Jets' secondary struggled in Revis' absence, and with him back in the lineup Drew Coleman will play 'nickle back' while rookie Kyle Wilson will drop to the 'dime back' role.  New York is currently a -4’ point NFL football betting favorite in the matchup with the Vikings, with the total on the game set at 38.