A regime that wasn't running the New York Jets when the club made cornerback Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner the fourth overall pick of the 2022 NFL Draft signed Gardner to a four-year, $120.4M contract extension this past offseason.

That same regime then pulled off a trade-deadline-day stunner when it agreed to send Gardner to the Indianapolis Colts in exchange for two first-round draft choices and out-of-favor wide receiver Adonai "AD" Mitchell.

During an on-air NFL Network segment, league insider Tom Pelissero explained how the Jets were able to trade Gardner so soon after they locked him down via a massive extension.

How were Jets able to trade Sauce Gardner so soon after signing him?

"The way that Sauce Gardner's contract was structured," Pelissero pointed out, "he got a signing b

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