INDIANAPOLIS – The business side of the NFL delivered a gut-punch to Adonai Mitchell and one of his staunchest supporters.

“It sucks,’’ Reggie Wayne said Thursday.

The Indianapolis Colts so coveted Sauce Gardner leading up to Tuesday’s trade deadline that they agreed to send the New York Jets two first-round draft picks for their All-Pro cornerback.

And Mitchell.

In an instant, the 2024 second-round draft pick saw his career journey veer in another direction, and Wayne felt the loss.

“I think everybody knows how much I respect AD and his game,’’ he said. “But that’s the way the business goes.

“One day you’re 7-2, the next day you’re 1-7.’’

Wayne was asked why things didn’t work out for Mitchell in Indy.

“I don’t know, man, it just didn’t work out,’’ he said.

Wayne reconsidered.

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