We were about two-thirds of the way through our Team Blogger Mock Draft when the trade between Tampa Bay and the New York Jets illustrated the complete futility of the effort by making a trade that made it obsolete.

I probably should have gone back and re-done it, but I was running out of time. So I left it as it was and moved on, but I did want to address the trade and its impact on the first round that will start now within a matter of a couple hours.

So I checked back with Joe Caporoso from Turn on the Jets and Leo Howell from the Pewter Plank to see what their first thoughts were. Both seemed fine with the moves their team had made.

Joe told me if the deal had gone down early enough that he’d had pick 13, he’d have taken Chance Warmack. That reaction both legitimized my decision to not re-do the draft, as it would have started a chain reaction starting with the very next pick at 14, and it made a lot of sense.

As the Jets work toward improving the weapons they have to surround Mark Sanchez or another quarterback this season, Warmack would give them a huge upgrade.

“The Jets currently have Vlad Ducasse penciled in to start at one of their guard spots,” Caporoso says. “Enough said. With Warmack in the fold alongside D’Brickashaw Ferguson, Nick Mangold, Willie Colon and Austin Howard, the Jets would have one of the better run blocking offensive lines in the NFL for Mike Goodson and, potentially, Chris Ivory to run behind.”

Howell was also positive. Given the price involved – a first round pick this season and a conditional fourth next year along with no guaranteed money – he’d be happy to forego choosing rookie D.J.. Hayden to add Revis.

“Darrelle Revis may be coming off of an injury, but 80 percent of Revis is better than any corner in this draft, and better than most corners in the league,” he says. “Buccaneers’ GM Mark Dominik has put full confidence in Revis’ health, and I will trust his judgment, since it’s his job on the line.”

He went on to add that Revis changes the Bucs’ defense from being among the worst in the league against the pass to potentially one of the best – remembering that the team also added former 49ers’ safety Dashon Goldson during free agency, as well.

I think both are correct. The Jets need the picks more than the player at this point. I don’t think they got great value for Revis, but they did lose a locker room headache and avoid paying out big bucks to a great player coming off a serious injury.

The Bucs – well, I liked the direction this team appeared headed at times last year. I think Doug Martin is among the league’s best multi-faceted backs. They have enough receivers. If Josh Freeman plays well, the offense will be fine. The defensive additions make this a balanced team that will have to be reckoned with.

I’ve been on record believing that the Seahawks and the 49ers are the top two teams in the NFC — if not the NFL — at this point in the offseason. But the Bucs are quickly making the Tampa/Atlanta series must-watch television for 2013 as well.