When Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard pulled the trigger on the most ambitious trade package he'd ever gone through to make star cornerback Sauce Gardner a Colt, it was viewed as the all-in move to get the Colts to true Super Bowl contention. Since that trade went through, the Colts have instead gone through a nightmarish midseason collapse.
Unfortunately, the team now looks far more likely to miss the playoffs than sniff anything close to a Super Bowl. That fact is not all due to Sauce, but it does make the hefty compensation that Indy forked over to get him on the team hurt all the more.