In June, the Jets made Sauce Gardner the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL. Less than four months later, they traded him.

On Tuesday, G.M. Darren Mougey explained that the $30.1 million-per-year deal was specifically designed to make it easy to move.

“We had a lot of discussion going through that contract process, and some of the details we had to have in that contract,” Mougey told reporters. “Because you never know how the future’s gonna unfold. And we always want to be in a position to potentially trade these contracts. . . . [We] made that contract still a tradeable contract, for the case where you get into a situation where you think the value is too good to pass up, and that was the case here.”

It’s an important factor that should be considered when analyzing all major contracts.

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