NFL

Jets will have hard time getting fair value in Revis trade

INDIANAPOLIS — While the Jets still aren’t ruling out a trade of Darrelle Revis, a survey of executives at the NFL scouting combine indicates getting fair value — much less a franchise-changing haul — could prove difficult.

Rex Ryan and new general manager John Idzik went to great lengths yesterday to downplay widespread reports of their interest in dealing the disgruntled All-Pro cornerback, with Ryan going so far as to say those reports were “inaccurate” and have “no validity.”

But given multiple chances to declare Revis off the market, neither Ryan nor Idzik would declare him untouchable and both left the Jets with plenty of wiggle room to proclaim their innocence should a trade eventually be made.

“Right now, we recognize Darrelle is a great player,” Ryan said during a news conference at Lucas Oil Stadium. “Could there be a trade? Yeah, anybody could be traded. Do I expect there to be a trade for Darrelle Revis? No. But that doesn’t mean something couldn’t come up.”

Ryan also said: “I mean, if you got Jim Brown in that trade, you’d look into it.”

Those were just some examples of the equivocation and semantics coming from both Jets executives amid another onslaught of questions about Revis’ future that began last month with an anonymously sourced CBS Sports report.

The Jets continue to strongly insist they were not the source of the leak, but they remain willing to consider a trade now in large part to avoid the prospect of losing Revis to free agency for essentially nothing after the 2013 season.

Idzik, who has been on the job just a month, added plenty of qualifiers when asked about Revis yesterday.

“Right now, Darrelle is a New York Jet, and we’re happy to have him,” Idzik said during a break from attending the combine. “He’s a tremendous asset.”

Idzik also made it clear he wouldn’t avoid picking up his phone if another team inquires about Revis.

“We’ll always field calls and always have internal discussions about how we can improve our team day-to-day and position-by-position,” Idzik said. “That’s an ongoing position … particularly at this time of year.”

But Idzik’s former boss, Seahawks GM John Schneider, was one of just several league executives polled by The Post who think the Jets could struggle to find suitors for Revis even though he is widely considered the best corner in the game.

Blame the salary cap, which is likely to be flat through the 2015 season. So many teams — the Jets included — are struggling with the cap that it could be difficult to find a trading partner with room to meet Revis’ big contract demands, as well as one with plenty of high picks they are willing to give up for a corner coming off major knee surgery.

“There are a couple of teams that are in real good situations, but as a whole, I’m not sure if we’ll see a ton of teams going out and doing a whole lot right away [in free agency and the trade market],” Schneider said. “I know he’s a great player, but I don’t know how that would work.”

The Broncos have been mentioned as one of the teams likely to make a push for Revis, but a high-ranking Denver source told The Post he “highly doubts” vice president of football operations John Elway will make another big move after signing Peyton Manning last year.

“Our big press conference with the hoopla and the big backdrop was last year,” the source told The Post.

Bills GM Buddy Nix was one of the few executives polled who gave the Jets a good chance of finding someone to take Revis and make it worth Gang Green’s while.

“He’s a great football player, so somebody will figure out how to do it if he becomes available, I would think,” Nix told The Post. “The cap will [hinder the free-agent and trade markets], but there’s still a lot of people that can finagle that thing. They would figure out a way.”