{"id":28476,"date":"2025-11-04T18:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/28476\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T18:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:19:09","slug":"jets-trading-sauce-gardner-to-colts-in-stunning-nfl-blockbuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/28476\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets trading Sauce Gardner to Colts in stunning NFL blockbuster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jets pulled off a stunning trade on Tuesday, shipping out two-time All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner to the Colts in exchange for two first-round picks and wide receiver AD Mitchell.<\/p>\n<p>A source confirmed the trade to The Post, made just hours before the 4 p.m. trading deadline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The move was a shocker. The Jets just signed Gardner to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/15\/sports\/jets-give-historic-120-4-million-contract-to-sauce-gardner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a four-year, $120.4 million contract extension<\/a> in July, which seemed to be a signal that he was viewed as part of the future under first-year coach Aaron Glenn and general manager Darren Mougey. <\/p>\n<p>Just four months later, he is gone.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37571910\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/new-york-jets-cornerback-sauce-113815205.jpg\" alt=\"New York Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner (1) on the sidelines during the third quarter.\" class=\"wp-image-37571910\"  \/>Sauce Gardner is pictured Oct. 19, 2025. Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York it\u2019s been real,\u201d Gardner posted on X after the trade news broke.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Jets received a first-round pick in 2026 and one in 2027, the source said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/04\/sports\/nfl-trade-deadline-2025-live-tracker-latest-deals-rumors-and-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow The Post\u2019s live updates for the latest deals, rumors and news from the 2025 NFL trade deadline.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Jets drafted Gardner with the No. 4 overall pick in 2022 and he won Defensive Rookie of the Year. He was first-team All-Pro in 2022 and 2023 and viewed as one of the best cornerbacks in football. His play slipped in 2024, but the Jets still decided to give him a contract extension. He played in seven games this season, missing the last game with a concussion. If there is a knock on Gardner, it is that he only has three interceptions in his career.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets will now move forward with Brandon Stephens and rookie Azareye\u2019h Thomas as their starting cornerbacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Colts selected Mitchell in the second round of the 2024 draft. He only has nine receptions for 152 yards this year for Indianapolis. The Jets need help at receiver and he should get more playing time with the Jets.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jets pulled off a stunning trade on Tuesday, shipping out two-time All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7062,2063,9,11,430,10,22,4280,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-28476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-ahmad-sauce-gardner","9":"tag-indianapolis-colts","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-jets","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nfl-trade-deadline","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}