Everyone was surprised by Tuesday’s news that the Jets had traded cornerback Sauce Gardner to the Colts.

Including Sauce Gardner.

Via Rich Cimini of ESPN.com, Sauce Gardner and his brother/agent Allante Gardner has “ no inkling ” that a trade was coming. They found out about it at 12:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

Sauce received a phone call from coach Aaron Glenn.

Said Allante Gardner, via Cimini: “I called Ahmad. He’s in great spirits . I told him this is a business decision and he understands that. The Jets made a business decision. They couldn’t turn it down and Ahmad deserves to be on a winning football team.”

Sauce now is. From 1-7 to 7-2. From a perennial non-contender to a team that has entered the Super Bowl window.

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