The splashiest move at the NFL trade deadline sent star cornerback Sauce Gardner to the Indianapolis Colts and was the first step in a fire sale on the New York Jets defense. Gardner got precisely what he wanted out of the deal, being moved to a contending team closer to his hometown. He called the transaction a "blessing" in his first meeting with the Indianapolis media .

Gardner said he was lying in bed when he received the news. Moments later, he was "running in circles in the house" out of excitement.

"It's a great situation for me, I feel like," Gardner said. "I got a call from the GM from the Jets. Obviously the trade deadline was coming up, so I was just like, 'Please let it be my ideal situation.' I don't want to go to a losing team. I don't want to go to a team on th

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