Lovie Smith: Releasing Revis allowed Bucs to get “three real good players” for same price

When the Buccaneers released cornerback Darrelle Revis in March, they got out from under a contract slated to pay him as much as $16 million in 2014. And as head coach Lovie Smith saw it, the call to part ways with Revis, while not a slam dunk, came down to Revis’ value relative to the…