The Jets decided it was time to part ways with Darrelle Revis and traded him to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 13th overall pick in Thursday night’s draft and a conditional selection next year.

The Buccaneers announced the deal on Sunday, saying Revis agreed to a new six-year contract.

The deal is worth $96 million, making Revis the highest-paid defensive back in NFL history, but includes no guaranteed money, according to sources close to the Pro Bowl cornerback.

Jets general manager John Idzik cited multiple reasons for the trade, namely the inability to negotiate a long-term extension with the cornerback and a “degree of uncertainty” regarding Revis’ rehab from a serious knee injury suffered last season.

What Does This Mean For The NFC South?

Adding Revis to the Bucs secondary surely makes them stout with Mark Barron and Dashon Goldson at safety.  Revis will be expected to shut down the likes of Marques Colston, Roddy White, Julio Jones, Vincent Jackson, and Steve Smith. While Revis has been cleared to practice, he still has to show that he can be the same player he was before the injury.  If Revis is healthy the Bucs’ defense will definitely be improved but the offense will have to improve as well to get to the playoffs.

Deadspin brings us one of the funnier stories of the day. What happens when  a couple of 20-year-olds listen in on two NFL executives talking shop the day before free agency began? Well here what Deadspin tells us:

On Friday afternoon, Buffalo GM Buddy Nix and Tampa Bay GM Mark Dominik shot the shit for about six minutes. They talked about their impending free agents, their frustration with a new three-day negotiating window, and the major handicap of not having a franchise quarterback. They had no idea that a pair of pranksters had set the whole chat up, or that those pranksters were still on the line, listening in.

On Thursday afternoon, the pranksters called Buffalo’s publicly listed front office phone number. They claimed to be Bucs GM Mark Dominik and asked to be transferred to Buddy Nix. To their surprise, they were. Panicking, they hung up as soon as he answered.

Then Buddy Nix called them back.

And he kept calling back. Into Thursday evening, resuming again on Friday morning, Nix’s personal number kept lighting up their cell phone. They ignored it, until they came up with a plan. They would call Mark Dominik, claim to be Buddy Nix, and send the two on a phantom game of phone tag.

So they rang up the Buccaneers, but while on with Dominik’s secretary, Buddy Nix called again. It was perfect. They answered Nix’s call, then fell silent while they were patched through to Dominik. They put the call on speaker, recorded with a second cell phone, and sat back and listened to the fun.

The conversation starts off with some confusion. “Dadgum, son,” the septuagenarian Nix laughs, “I’ve called you back a hundred times!” Dominik assures him that it must have been a wrong number, he would have called him back “in a heartbeat. I wouldn’t mess around with that.”

But Deadspin didn’t just give you the text. They also have the audio check below: