Buccaneers emerge as favorites for Revis

A new leader has emerged in the Darrelle Revis sweepstakes, and they are ready to pirate the Jets of their best player. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who have over $30 million in cap space for 2013, are the new favorite to land the Jets corner.

The Bucs make some sense. Revis' former coach at Pittsburgh University, Dave Wannnstedt is back in the NFL as the Bucs' special teams coach, and Tampa Bay GM Mark Dominik has had success in the past working with Revis' agent representatives.

That is huge, because whomever acquires Revis will most likely want to complete a sign and trade with the Jets. Nobody wants to trade away a first and/or second round draft pick for a player who will leave to sign elsewhere. The Bucs will need an assurance from the Revis camp that he wants to play in central Florida for the next seven years.

This won't be so easy to pull off. Revis is coming off an ACL injury that cost him the final 13 games of the season, and there is a plethora of free agent cornerbacks - meaning that the Bucs, or any suitor, could save their draft picks and money, and sign a cheaper corner.

The fact that the Jets are still aiming to trade Revis inspite of saying they are thinking of keeping him to their season ticket holders speaks volumes about how the Jets front office thinks its own fanbase is stupid. The Jets are making a big mistake getting rid of the best player on this team, and they are going to regret with an empty stadium next season.

In other news: former Jet Mike D'Viton signed with the Kansas City Chiefs, he is no great loss. The Giants lost Martellous Bennet to the Bears, but re-signed cornerback Aaron Ross.