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Sauce Gardner trade grades: Colts gallop away with top CB, while Jets come up lame

The Indianapolis Colts have pulled off the biggest surprise of the 2025 NFL midseason trade deadline, acquiring expensive star Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner in exchange for some major high near-future draft picks.

The Colts might have been perceived to give up a ton to get Gardner, but as sudden AFC title contenders, they were supposed to be big-time sellers. The Jets , meanwhile, were supposed to sell, but not quite like this.

Here's breaking down the move from both sides, changing the fortunes for one good AFC team and one bad one:

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Sauce Gardner trade details

CB Sauce Garnder

2026 first-round draft pick

2027 first-round draft pic

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