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Sauce Gardner Is the Biggest Winner From the NFL's Trade Deadline
The Jets traded All-Pro players Gardner and Williams to improve their draft capital amid a 1-7 season while Colts and Cowboys aim to strengthen defenses for playoffs.
- On Tuesday, the New York Jets traded two-time All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner to the Indianapolis Colts for two first-round picks and three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Quinnen Williams to the Dallas Cowboys for a first-round and a second-round pick.
- Facing a 1-7 record, the New York Jets moved key players as general manager Darren Mougey called breaking up a 1-7 team understandable while aiming to find talent via picks.
- Gardner's recent contract extension signed in July made the trade surprising, while Quinnen Williams strengthens Dallas Cowboys' interior line after they gave up valuable draft picks.
- The Colts immediately upgraded their secondary by acquiring Gardner, addressing Colts secondary weaknesses and boosting their AFC contender status in a move called a home-run swing.
- Deadline analysts called this among the biggest in-season moves, with the 2025 trade deadline in the Big Apple leaving the New York Jets weaker defensively and facing a multi-year rebuild, observers warn.
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Sauce Gardner is the biggest winner from the NFL's trade deadline
The Colts went all-in. The Eagles were aggressive. The Jets looked to the future. NFL teams were active in the weeks, days and minutes leading up to the trade deadline on Tuesday with the wildest moves coming from the Big Apple.
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(Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) The 2025 NFL trade deadline came with some unexpected twists. While most people assumed teams like the New York Jets would be sellers, not many people saw All-Pro defenders Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams being available. On the other hand, some expected the New Orleans Saints to make multiple deals, and for Jets running back Breece Hall to also be on the move. Analyst Peter Schrager recently said that n…
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