Darrelle Revis 1/27/15

Darrelle Revis will soon be back in green and white. (EPA | JOHN CETRINO)

The Jets knew cornerback Darrelle Revis would not be cheap to bring back in free agency.

But they did it anyway on Tuesday night, largely because Revis is an elite player at a huge position of need for the Jets.

They also did it because they entered this offseason with plenty of salary cap room -- about $50 million -- and also had to spend a good chunk of change over the next two years to comply with NFL rules regarding the cash spending floor.

So where do they stand, now that Revis is on the books?

Revis got a five-year, $70 million contract (including $39 million fully guaranteed) from the Jets, with the following salary cap figures:

* 2015: $16 million

* 2016: $17 million

* 2017: $15 million

* 2018: $11 million

* 2019: $11 million

Dom Cosentino has much more on Revis's contract right here.

But in terms of the Jets as a team, how does the deal affect their 2015 cap?

The Jets' top 10 cap figures for 2015 (as of now) are as follows, presuming they do not alter wide receiver Brandon Marshall's contract, upon his arrival in a trade from the Bears:

* CB Darrelle Revis: $16 million

* LT D'Brickashaw Ferguson: $11.698 million

* C Nick Mangold: $10.407 million

* WR Brandon Marshall: $7.7 million

* MLB David Harris: $7.5 million

* DE Muhammad Wilkerson: $6.969 million

* WR Eric Decker: $6.5 million

* RT Breno Giacomini: $5.125 million

* CB Dee Milliner: $3.453 million

* OLB Quinton Coples: $2.8 million

The Jets this offseason have steadily chipped into that approximately $50 million in cap space.

Yes, they released receiver Percy Harvin, which freed up $10.5 million more in room. But the Marshall trade accounted for $7.7 million of that -- a net savings of $2.8 million. The Jets also saved $3.5 million against the cap by cutting running back Chris Johnson.

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In terms of spending, they gave Harris, a pending free agent, a new contract, chopping $7.5 million away from the 2015 cap room. They also allocated $1.542 million to restricted free agent safety Jaiquawn Jarrett, and $2.356 million to restricted free agent nose tackle Damon Harrison. That's $11.398 million in 2015 cap figures between those three.

Revis is $16 million more, bringing that total "spent" to $27.398 million, versus the aforementioned "savings" of $6.3 million (the Harvin-Marshall $2.8 million and Johnson's $3.5 million).

The Jets also re-signed running back Bilal Powell, and signed Seattle offensive guard James Carpenter (reportedly) and Browns cornerback Buster Skrine. The monetary terms of Powell's deal haven't emerged yet. Carpenter is reportedly getting about $4.75 million per year. Skrine got a four-year deal worth $25 million, with $13 million guaranteed.

The 2015 cap figures for Powell, Carpenter and Skrine aren't yet known.

As of right now, overthecap.com has the Jets with $30.471 million in cap space. That counts all of their contracts (including Revis and Marshall) with the exception of Powell, Carpenter and Skrine. That's why they're not included in the top 10 list above.

Though the Jets did get rid of Harvin and Johnson, they didn't have to purge a bunch of unwieldy, high-dollar contracts, like they did last season, when they cut receiver Santonio Holmes, quarterback Mark Sanchez and cornerback Antonio Cromartie, saving a total of $26.05 million in cap space.

This offseason, because of their financial stability (created largely due to ex-general manager John Idzik's conservative approach), the Jets have been able to focus on using cap space, rather than creating it.

Even when Powell, Carpenter and Skrine are on the books for 2015, the Jets' new general manager, Mike Maccagnan, should still have room left this offseason to sign some more lower-profile, but still legitimate contributors, even while Revis prepares to arrive as this year's high-priced acquisition.

Darryl Slater may be reached at dslater@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @DarrylSlater. Find NJ.com Jets on Facebook.