The NFL trade deadline came and went at 4 p.m., and the Colts' move to land cornerback Sauce Gardner from the New York Jets stood as the biggest move of the year – and one of the biggest in-season trades in recent memory.

The Colts traded their 2026 and 2027 first-round picks, along with wide receiver Adonai Mitchell, to the Jets in exchange for Gardner, the 25-year-old two-time first-team AP All-Pro cornerback. The last time a team traded a first round pick for a player during a season was 2022, when the Miami Dolphins sent one first-round pick to the Denver Broncos in exchange for edge rusher Bradley Chubb.

A cornerback hasn't been traded for a first-round pick since the Los Angeles Rams sent two first-round picks and a fourth-round pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars for Jalen Ramsey in

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