1. Some historical context on the Colts' trade for Sauce Gardner.
The Colts sending two first-round picks and wide receiver Adonai Mitchell to the New York Jets in exchange for cornerback Sauce Gardner might feel like the biggest trade in Colts history; from a pure "we're going for it" standpoint, it very well might be.
It's also the first time in franchise history the Colts have traded multiple first round picks for a player. In 1987, the Colts traded a first-round pick and two second-round picks, as well as two players, as part of a three-team trade to acquire future Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson.
The most recent Colts trade involving a first-round pick came in 2020, when the Colts sent the No. 13 overall pick to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for defensive tackle DeForest Buckner.
The Colts have received multiple first-round picks in trades before; in 1994, the Colts sent quarterback Jeff George to the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for two first-round picks and a third-round pick. In 1983, a standoff with No. 1 overall pick John Elway ended a few days after the NFL Draft when the Baltimore Colts traded him to the Denver Broncos in exchange for offensive lineman Chris Hinton (Denver's No. 1 pick in 1983), the Broncos' first-round pick in 1984 and quarterback Mark Hermann.
The last time a cornerback was acquired in a trade involving two first-round picks was during the 2019 season, when the Los Angeles Rams sent two first-round picks and a fourth-round pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars for Jalen Ramsey, who went on to earn first-team AP All-Pro honors in 2020 and 2021 with the Rams.