This can’t possibly be the closing of a chapter the New York Jets and their followers were hoping to see. It’s seemed inevitable for months, and the franchise was stuck in place until it happened.

But of all the eras that had to end, how does the end of the Darrelle Revis era help them? To spare everybody the drama of searching for an answer to that: It doesn’t. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced the deal Sunday, saying Revis agreed to a six-year contract. Revis agents Neil Schwartz and Jon Feinsod confirmed the deal is worth $96 million, with no guaranteed money, but makes him one of the NFL’s highest-paid defensive players. It includes $1.5 million annually in both roster and workout bonuses.

The Jets also receive a conditional fourth-round pick in next year’s draft that will become a third-rounder if Revis is on the Buccaneers’ roster on the third day of the 2014 league year. And the Jets will see Revis in Week 1 of the 2013 season on the opposing sideline when the Buccaneers come to East Rutherford, N.J.

Mike Tannenbaum, the general manager who drafted Revis, is long gone. The honeymoon from the back-to-back trips to the AFC title game is beyond long gone.