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Don’t expect a Jets’ call on Revis any time soon

STANDSTILL: Neither Darelle Revis nor the Jets have immediate leverage in their contract standoff, Mark Cannizzaro writes. (Jeff Zelevansky)

If you are a Jets fan who has grown tired of hearing about the Darrelle Revis saga and whether he gets traded, remains with the team under the same contract or gets the new mega-millions deal he wants please raise your hand.

Barring a panic move by the Jets, Revis is not likely to be going anywhere any time soon — nor is he getting the $16 million per-year contract he wants to make him the NFL’s highest-paid defensive player.

Unless the Jets, who are clearly in the market to at least listen to trade offers for their best player, find a team willing to give them proper value for Revis (let’s start with a No. 1 and No. 3 draft pick and go from there), the Jets and Revis have little choice but to chill out and let the process play itself out.

Revis, who suffered a torn ACL in his left knee early last season, is still rehabbing and no one will know whether he’s able to return to his elevated form until he plays again. That won’t take place until late summer at the earliest.

In the meantime, neither side has immediate leverage on the other.

Revis, by language in his current contract, is forbidden to hold out or the final three years of his contract trigger in and he must remain with the team at $3 million per year through 2016. And, per Revis’ contract terms, the Jets cannot place a franchise tag on him after the 2013 season to keep him an extra year.

As for the Jets finding a team to give them market value for Revis, what team is going to part ways with a No. 1 pick and more when Revis will be a free agent after the 2013 season?

Also, what team is going to part ways with those draft picks and make Revis the NFL’s highest-paid defensive player before there is evidence that Revis is still Revis post knee surgery and rehab?

Another factor complicating a Jets trade of Revis is the uncertainty of the salary cap, which has a lot of teams financially strapped and unable to offer Revis the big contract he wants.

So what’s going to happen?

The most likely scenario is Revis remaining a Jet and showing he still can play at his Pro Bowl level. Then let the negotiations for a new contract begin — whether it’s with the Jets or on the open free-agent market after the 2013 season.

The risk there, of course, is the Jets losing Revis in free agency and getting no value for him in return.

It is possible that, should Revis play for the $6 million he’s scheduled to make this year, there will be so much bad blood churned up by the Jets not giving him a new deal before the season that Revis would leave as a free agent despite always saying he wanted to be “a Jet for life.’’

If the Jets truly believe they will be better off trading Revis for draft picks, then they work in conjunction with Revis’ agents to find a team willing to part with the compensation the Jets are seeking and able to sign him to a new deal.

To date, according to Revis’ representatives, there has been no such conversation. The two sides did not speak at the NFL Combine last week when Revis’ agents were in Indianapolis. Though one report stated the Jets “snubbed’’ Revis’ agents at the combine, Revis’ agents never requested a meeting with the Jets.

The notion the Jets should have been chasing down Revis’ agents for a meeting in Indianapolis is laughable. The agents the Jets brass did seek out there were those representing current free agents — Dustin Keller, Shonn Greene, LaRon Landry, Austin Howard among them — all of whom are a priority because they are set to hit the open market on March 12.