Latest / Bleacher Report / Jets Trade Sauce Gardner to Colts for Two 1st Rd Picks - Live Reaction

Transcript

Jets Trade Sauce Gardner to Colts for Two 1st Rd Picks - Live Reaction · Bleacher Report

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: James.
• 0:02
  Speaker 2: Hey, James, do we have some breaking news. Sauce Gardener
• 0:08
  Speaker 2: was just delt to the Indianapolis Colts.
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: What okay, Sauce Gardener.
• 0:14
  Speaker 2: Has been traded into the Indianapolis Colts. We heard that
• 0:18
  Speaker 2: the Colts were looking for a cornerback.
• 0:21
  Speaker 3: Are you kidding?
• 0:22
  Speaker 2: Have seen this coming? I did not see this coming
• 0:26
  Speaker 2: at all.
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: When I talk about when I talk about teams that
• 0:30
  Speaker 1: are looking, that are in a position of rarity that
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: we've seen and they have a position to make something
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: happen like we're talking about with Denver and then potentially
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: making a splash because of where they are in their division.
• 0:40
  Speaker 1: Look at the Indianapolis Colts and where they are in
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: their division and how they're running away with that spot
• 0:44
  Speaker 1: right now at what seven and two? But they needed
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: help on their back end. I think they saw that.
• 0:48
  Speaker 1: But the part that shocks me here is Chris Ballard,
• 0:51
  Speaker 1: in his eight years as the general manager there in Indianapolis,
• 0:54
  Speaker 1: has only made one trade really at the deadline, and
• 0:58
  Speaker 1: that was Naheim Hines and two if I remember where
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: he requested to be traded. This is out of the
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: ordinary for Chris Bauer. But everybody was curious if he
• 1:06
  Speaker 1: was going to go out and make a move and
• 1:08
  Speaker 1: kind of break present into what he's usually used to doing.
• 1:12
  Speaker 1: Because of where the Indianapolis Colts are sitting, and we
• 1:15
  Speaker 1: all knew it was going to be on the defensive
• 1:16
  Speaker 1: side of the ball. They were sniffing around at pass
• 1:19
  Speaker 1: rushers to MI understanding they're looking at maybe somebody that
• 1:21
  Speaker 1: could come up, like an Ard and Key or something
• 1:22
  Speaker 1: like that. They could be part of the rotation up
• 1:24
  Speaker 1: front and maybe make them a little bit better again
• 1:26
  Speaker 1: after the quarterback. But the number of injuries they've had
• 1:28
  Speaker 1: in the secondary and the issues they've had in the secondary,
• 1:31
  Speaker 1: I thought they'd try to make a move. There has
• 1:33
  Speaker 1: been slim pickings, honestly in terms of corners that are available. Well,
• 1:37
  Speaker 1: you go and you're gonna get one of the best
• 1:39
  Speaker 1: ones in football now. I will say this, there are
• 1:41
  Speaker 1: people I talk to around the league that are torn
• 1:44
  Speaker 1: on Sauce Gardener Like torn On Sauce Gardner. Some still
• 1:47
  Speaker 1: think he's part of that top group. Some think he
• 1:49
  Speaker 1: is not part of that top group anymore. I'm curious
• 1:52
  Speaker 1: when a new regime comes in, that's always something that
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: it gets evaluated. But this is also a new regime.
• 1:57
  Speaker 1: That came in and gave him a new contract. So
• 2:00
  Speaker 1: this is an interesting move. But you also have a
• 2:02
  Speaker 1: quarterback that is on somewhat of a bargain, right You're
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: not paying a massive quarterback contract, and so you have
• 2:08
  Speaker 1: some leeway to make some some some uh some kind
• 2:12
  Speaker 1: of acquisitions in this sense, when I look at where
• 2:14
  Speaker 1: they're almost trying to see where they're at, they're not,
• 2:18
  Speaker 1: I mean, they have some of the least amount of
• 2:19
  Speaker 1: cap space available. So we'll see what ends up happening
• 2:22
  Speaker 1: with with with how they make this work. But that
• 2:25
  Speaker 1: is a that is a that's a massive move. That
• 2:27
  Speaker 1: is a massive move. And it looks like two first
• 2:29
  Speaker 1: half right now, a team going for it. You have
• 2:32
  Speaker 1: a team going for right now. And if it's two
• 2:34
  Speaker 1: first round picks, is that what you're saying, because I'm
• 2:35
  Speaker 1: watching you, guys, I'm not seeing any screen, right.
• 2:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, it's two first round picks. And so I
• 2:41
  Speaker 2: saw Richie Soul leave him the second that we announced that.
• 2:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so what does that What does that also tell you?
• 2:47
  Speaker 1: What does that also tell you how they feel about
• 2:49
  Speaker 1: Daniel Jones. He's not in the market for a quarterback.
• 2:55
  Speaker 1: He's their guy. They're not in the market for a quarterback,
• 2:59
  Speaker 1: prove it aspect of Dan Jones winning this job. It
• 3:02
  Speaker 1: appears when you give away your first round picks like this.
• 3:04
  Speaker 1: You know it's not Anthony Richardson. You know you now
• 3:07
  Speaker 1: have your quarterback, not for five, for twenty six, and
• 3:10
  Speaker 1: maybe for twenty seven. They had already had some discussions,
• 3:14
  Speaker 1: just very preliminary discussion with Daniel Jones about potentially having
• 3:18
  Speaker 1: a contract extension, and those were kind of recent. So
• 3:22
  Speaker 1: this all does kind of add up, going, Okay, if
• 3:24
  Speaker 1: we have our team built the way they're built, and
• 3:27
  Speaker 1: we have some young talent like a Tyler Warren and
• 3:29
  Speaker 1: certain guys that are on rookie deals and it's not
• 3:31
  Speaker 1: overly priced receiver corps and not an overly priced quarterback,
• 3:35
  Speaker 1: you make a big move, big splash.
• 3:37
  Speaker 2: Whoa wow, it's adding this guy right to the secondary.
• 3:41
  Speaker 2: Like we're talking. So we're talking about a team that
• 3:43
  Speaker 2: was top ten and EPA and second in the NFL
• 3:46
  Speaker 2: secondary wise in DVA. Now you add Sauce Gardner into
• 3:51
  Speaker 2: the conversation, I think it might be time for us
• 3:54
  Speaker 2: to start buying into this Indianapolis Colts team. It's taken
• 3:57
  Speaker 2: a while, but now I think it's official. I think,
• 4:01
  Speaker 2: so does this make them Super Bowl contenders? Like, that's
• 4:03
  Speaker 2: the question I listen.
• 4:06
  Speaker 1: I think last week was a blip. I think if
• 4:09
  Speaker 1: you look at the way they're built. When I talk
• 4:10
  Speaker 1: to teams that have faced it's not that they're balance
• 4:13
  Speaker 1: on offense. They have the ability to come to the
• 4:16
  Speaker 1: line of scrimmage and see what you do and just
• 4:18
  Speaker 1: switch to the opposite. Obviously, you have the best running
• 4:21
  Speaker 1: back in football in all honesty right now in Jonathan Taylor.
• 4:23
  Speaker 1: You have a receiving core where you don't need to
• 4:25
  Speaker 1: force the football anywhere. Everybody knows their role in what
• 4:28
  Speaker 1: they do. You have a tight end that I think
• 4:29
  Speaker 1: has transformed the offense when you have a type of
• 4:32
  Speaker 1: player that can be on the field. They run behind
• 4:35
  Speaker 1: Tyler Ward. I mean they literally have run plays designed
• 4:37
  Speaker 1: directly behind him, and then he can also catch the
• 4:39
  Speaker 1: football lineup anywhere on the field. They have everything you're
• 4:42
  Speaker 1: looking for and a really good decision maker at the
• 4:44
  Speaker 1: quarterback spot. I think what we just had forgotten over
• 4:47
  Speaker 1: the last couple of seasons is that Chance Stiking is
• 4:49
  Speaker 1: a really good play caller. If you remember his last
• 4:51
  Speaker 1: year in Philly, he was outstanding. If you remember in
• 4:54
  Speaker 1: what with the Chargers, he was outstanding. He's a really
• 4:56
  Speaker 1: good play call. He said, nobody to run it. And
• 4:58
  Speaker 1: so I do think they feel like they are built
• 5:01
  Speaker 1: in a fashion to win in a variety of ways.
• 5:04
  Speaker 1: You can try to take it on aspect away and
• 5:05
  Speaker 1: I think they can beat you in another direction. I
• 5:07
  Speaker 1: just think they knew that their defense in the secondary
• 5:10
  Speaker 1: was just so banged up. I mean, Kenny Moore has
• 5:12
  Speaker 1: been injured and he's one of the best slots in
• 5:13
  Speaker 1: all of football playing on the inside there. Like, I
• 5:16
  Speaker 1: think they just were like, you know what, We're gonna
• 5:19
  Speaker 1: go for it, and hey, I love when teams get
• 5:21
  Speaker 1: aggressive like this. This is again, not the way Chris
• 5:24
  Speaker 1: Ballard usually works. And that's why it's the most surprising
• 5:28
  Speaker 1: thing because with this stuff, guys, we always look at
• 5:30
  Speaker 1: tendencies in general managers, and this is outside of a
• 5:33
  Speaker 1: tendency for Chris Ballard.
• 5:35
  Speaker 3: Why would Aaron Glenn and the New York Jets decide
• 5:38
  Speaker 3: to part ways with saus Gardner after giving him a
• 5:41
  Speaker 3: long term extension in the summer.
• 5:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and again this is just my opinion. I haven't
• 5:46
  Speaker 1: talked to Obviously, this has happened while we're on here.
• 5:48
  Speaker 1: So is my opinion, not anybody I've talked to in
• 5:50
  Speaker 1: New York by any stretch. But I do think there
• 5:53
  Speaker 1: was a thought when you come in as a regime
• 5:54
  Speaker 1: that you want to sign your cornerstone players and show
• 5:57
  Speaker 1: everybody that if you're drafted here, you play well, you
• 5:59
  Speaker 1: get a and that likes to be established by a
• 6:02
  Speaker 1: new general manager and a new head coach. And you
• 6:03
  Speaker 1: did it with Garrett Wilson and Sauce Garner. But then
• 6:06
  Speaker 1: I would assume what has happened is they've watched Sauce play,
• 6:09
  Speaker 1: They've watched where their organization is. And then sometimes there
• 6:12
  Speaker 1: are teams that do evaluate going having a high price
• 6:16
  Speaker 1: cornerback when you're not a competitor is not really necessary.
• 6:23
  Speaker 1: It's almost a luxury because what happens when the rest
• 6:26
  Speaker 1: of your defense is not very good. Okay, we're paying
• 6:29
  Speaker 1: one of the highest salaries at the position at a
• 6:31
  Speaker 1: cornerback spot, and what can the offense do just avoid
• 6:33
  Speaker 1: them and just go somewhere else. And so oftentimes there
• 6:37
  Speaker 1: are teams that look at that thinking combined with the
• 6:39
  Speaker 1: fact that they do not have a solution at quarterback,
• 6:42
  Speaker 1: and now you give yourself ammunition to be more aggressive
• 6:45
  Speaker 1: towards a quarterback in twenty twenty six and twenty twenty seven. Now,
• 6:48
  Speaker 1: granted it's early, but the class of twenty six doesn't
• 6:51
  Speaker 1: seem to be vowing really anybody at the quarterback spot.
• 6:55
  Speaker 1: But now you do have capital in the draft, capital
• 6:58
  Speaker 1: in a variety of ways to try to make yourself
• 7:00
  Speaker 1: more aggressive towards landing that quarterback spot. And if he's
• 7:04
  Speaker 1: not part of what you think might be a longer rebuild,
• 7:07
  Speaker 1: that thinking I mentioned about the quarnerback spot does change
• 7:10
  Speaker 1: a little bit going if we're not close having a
• 7:13
  Speaker 1: high priced talent who sauces that certainly that doesn't touch
• 7:18
  Speaker 1: the football and can be avoided by offenses, is that
• 7:23
  Speaker 1: worth having right now? Man? We love you, we like
• 7:26
  Speaker 1: you as a player, but what we're trying to rebuild
• 7:28
  Speaker 1: right now? Are you more valuable in terms of assets
• 7:32
  Speaker 1: in where we're going? I don't know. I know some
• 7:35
  Speaker 1: teams think that way that they're they're kind of like
• 7:38
  Speaker 1: closers in basement. Like, if you're not a good team
• 7:41
  Speaker 1: in baseball, what do you need a great closer for.
• 7:44
  Speaker 3: Now? It makes sense from that perspective, it is just
• 7:46
  Speaker 3: completely blindsided.
• 7:47
  Speaker 1: I think everything I'm not saying, it's not.
• 7:50
  Speaker 3: Oh no, just and now the Indianapolis Colts, it just
• 7:56
  Speaker 3: gets a two time first team All Pro and now
• 7:59
  Speaker 3: they're going all in for Sauce Gardner. You're talking about
• 8:02
  Speaker 3: a blockbuster. It was all quiet. We're sitting here on
• 8:04
  Speaker 3: this trade deadline stream waiting, we're talking about hot takes,
• 8:07
  Speaker 3: we're waiting for James to give us some news. And
• 8:10
  Speaker 3: then that comes out of absolutely nowhere. And the funny
• 8:12
  Speaker 3: thing is Sauce sent this tweet out New York. It's
• 8:14
  Speaker 3: been real. I quote tweeted, like, stop trolling with us, Sauce,
• 8:18
  Speaker 3: and then two minutes later, and then two minutes
• 8:21
  Speaker 1: Later he is gone, and I responded, he wasn't trolling