A Rebuilt Revis Is Looking Ahead, Not Back

The Buccaneers' Darrelle Revis vowed that he was “way past” the bitter circumstances regarding his departure with the Jets.

TAMPA, Fla. — Darrelle Revis leaves his waterfront residence downtown every morning and drives to an office whose entrance is flanked by palm trees. It is always warm, always sunny, and even if it isn’t, it still seems that way to Revis. Sometimes, he said with a laugh, he has to tell himself that he isn’t on vacation.

In theory, that should not be so difficult. Reminders are scattered throughout One Buccaneer Place, Revis’s workplace since the Buccaneers acquired him from the Jets in April.

He sees coaches who tutored him years ago at the University of Pittsburgh, long before he evolved into the N.F.L.’s best cover cornerback. He sees teammates who treat him with equal parts reverence and respect, with some admitting to being so captivated by his skills that at times they have watched only him at practice. He sees members of an organization that coveted him, then chased him with vigor, willing to bet that he would resume blanketing receivers and tormenting quarterbacks just as soon as his surgically repaired left knee would let him.

By BEN SHPIGEL