The New York Jets drafted Alabama cornerback Dee Milliner in the first round of the April draft to man the "island" formerly occupied by shutdown corner Darrelle Revis. Turns out Milliner is not quite ready for that piece of real estate as head coach Rex Ryan benched Milliner for the second half of the Jets' Thursday night loss to the New England Patriots after some miscues according to Randy Lange of newyorkjets.com. This young man is going to be a tremendous player, there's no doubt," Ryan said. "But as I told him, I said, 'You know, Dee, I want you to sit on the sidelines and I want you to watch.' And sometimes when you do that, it's the best thing for you. And so we replaced him with Kyle [Wilson] and [Darrin] Walls. I'm trying to win a game. I'm going to play who I think gives us the best chance to win. He's going to be a great player, but at that time I went with the veteran." Milliner admitted he played a role on busted coverage that allowed the Patriots only touchdown of the game and claimed he understood Ryan's decision. "I was fine with it, he felt the need to make that decision," Milliner said after the game. "I made a couple of mistakes, on a couple calls. I got benched before in college, for sort of the same thing." Source: The Redzone
