Colts, Jets Players React To Stunning Sauce Gardner Trade

The Jets and Colts made nan biggest move of nan 2025 NFL waste and acquisition deadline truthful far, erstwhile New York decided to trade All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner to nan Colts successful speech for 2 first-round picks and receiver Adonai Mitchell.

While nan Jets conscionable re-signed Gardner to a record-setting four-year hold complete nan summertime that was meant to support him successful New York for nan “foreseeable future,” nan Jets couldn’t move down nan Colts’ connection and sent their prima cornerback to Indianapolis.

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By joining nan Colts, Gardner improves from nan 1-7 Jets to 7-2 pinch Indianapolis, and surely will thief nan Colts look arsenic existent contenders this season.

Gardner, who was reportedly amazed by nan move, initially posted connected societal media aft nan trade, "New York it's been real.”

Following nan trade, respective Colts players expressed excitement to person nan All-Pro area subordinate nan team, including seasoned wideout Michael Pittman Jr.

Pittman, however, besides appeared saddened that Mitchell was traded to nan Jets arsenic portion of nan deal.

Colts receiver Alec Pierce, who played pinch Gardner astatine successful assemblage astatine Cincinnati, was excited to reunite pinch his erstwhile assemblage teammate.

Alec Pierce reacts to nan Colts trading for Sauce Gardner. / Alec Pierce/IG

Meanwhile, respective players connected nan Jets seemed little excited astir nan news. Defensive extremity Jermaine Johnson II, and moving backs Breece Hall and Braelon Allen were among nan players to measurement successful connected nan waste and acquisition connected societal media.

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