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REVIS A BIT TOO EAGER TO RETURN

CORTLAND — As the Jets began 11-on-11 drills yesterday morning, cornerback Darrelle Revis was in the defensive backfield for the first time since tweaking his hamstring last week.

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Only problem was, he wasn’t supposed to be.

Revis, anxious to return to action, inserted himself without the coaches’ knowledge. He lasted one series before the coaches told him to take his pads off and take it easy.

“He put himself in a couple of team snaps and he wasn’t supposed to be in there,” coach Rex Ryan said.

“That was him pronouncing himself ready to go. That’s good that these players want to come back, but we can’t have a foolish setback.”

After practice, both Revis and Ryan declared Revis won’t play in Monday night’s preseason game against in Baltimore.

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Revis was joined in being held out of team drills by nose tackle Kris Jenkins (calf), right tackle Damien Woody (concussion), left guard Alan Faneca (broken finger), cornerback Donald Strickland (toe) and fullback Jehuu Caulcrick (knee).

None of those players is likely to play Monday.

Center Nick Mangold, however, returned for the first time since hurting his left knee last week.

Bet on him playing Monday — quarterback Mark Sanchez needs him.

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It wasn’t exactly a rout, but Sanchez clearly had a better practice yesterday than Kellen Clemens.

Sanchez finished 7-of-14 in 11-on-11 drills, but that was accentuated by two TD strikes to wide received Brad Smith in the red zone.

Clemens finished 4-of-7, but threw two INTs, one at the goal line in a red-zone drill. It was, in fairness, an end-game, fourth-down situation so Clemens had to throw it.