INDIANAPOLIS – Josh Downs likely already knew the market rate was for a jersey number switch with one of the NFL’s top cornerbacks .

Whether the third-year Colts wideout met – or exceeded – the $50,000 price that then-Jets rookie Sauce Gardner paid teammate D.J. Reed to use No. 1 with the Jets in 2022, is unclear. But Colts receiver agreed to switch from No. 1 to 2 hours after his team landed Gardner in a blockbuster trade deadline deal Tuesday .

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