Darrelle Revis Comments on Potentially Changing Positions

New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis remains confident in his abilities heading into the 2016 season, but he admitted Thursday that Revis Island may eventually get pushed deeper into the secondary.

Kimberley A. Martin of Newsday passed along comments the 31-year-old corner made during an appearance on WFAN radio. He expressed no concern about playing "at a high level" during the upcoming campaign, but he left the door open to changing positions in the future.

"There's probably a conversation in the future [regarding] me maybe moving my position, maybe to safety or doing some other things," Revis said.

Revis has been one of the best corners in football since the Jets selected him with the 14th overall pick in the 2007 draft. His combination of speed, awareness and technique has often allowed him to lock down an opponent's top weapon on a weekly basis.

The Pittsburgh product has racked up 430 combined tackles, 132 passes defended, 28 interceptions and 11 fumble recoveries in 125 career games. And those numbers only begin to scratch the surface of his impact, because many times opposing offenses wouldn't even throw in his direction.

There were signs of a possible decline last season, though. He didn't look quite as comfortable in press coverage, and Pro Football Focus rated him as merely the 26th-best corner in the league.

It's unclear whether that's a sign of things to come or if a lingering wrist injury impacted his performance. He's still recovering from offseason surgery to fix the issue, saying there have been no setbacks despite the lack of a concrete timetable for a full return, per Rich Cimini of ESPN.com.

"There's always going to be soreness coming back from surgery where they're trying to repair something, but there's definitely no setbacks," Revis said. "I'm icing it and doing my exercises every day, but at the same time, there's been no swelling or anything like that. So that's a good sign."

The Jets are going to give him every opportunity to prove he can still be the team's lockdown corner. If the downward trend continues, however, then a shift to safety may be considered.

It's a common move for aging corners who can no longer showcase the same physical peak they did during their primes. One recent example is Charles Woodson, who was a top-tier cornerback for an extended period before adapting nicely to safety for his final years with the Oakland Raiders.

There's no doubt Revis possesses the instincts and ball-hawking skills to complete a similarly successful transition in the future. The key question is how quickly the Jets may look toward that idea.