{"id":792854,"date":"2026-03-05T03:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T03:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/792854\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T03:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T03:54:17","slug":"colts-sauce-gardner-is-ready-to-go-to-extreme-lengths-to-keep-alec-pierce-in-indianapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/792854\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts\u2019 Sauce Gardner is ready to go to extreme lengths to keep Alec Pierce in Indianapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colts\u2019 Sauce Gardner is ready to go to extreme lengths to keep Alec Pierce in Indianapolis<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Indianapolis Colts<\/a> defensive back Sauce Gardner<\/a> is willing to do something illegal to ensure that wide receiver Alec Pierce stays in town \u2014 jokingly, of course.<\/p>\n

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Amid news that Pierce could test the waters of the NFL free agency<\/a>, Gardner hopped on social media and shared his hilarious plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cShould I lock Alec Pierce in my basement and force him to sign the contract papers?\u201d Gardner wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n

The Colts should also want Pierce to remain, and they have to show it in the form of a hefty new contract for the former Cincinnati Bearcats star wide receiver.<\/p>\n

Pierce has taken his game up a level in each of the last two seasons. After posting a total of 824 receiving yards and seven touchdowns on 37 receptions and 69 targets through 16 games in the 2024 NFL season, he set a new career high in the 2025 campaign with 1,003 receiving yards and six touchdowns on 47 catches and 84 targets in 15 games.<\/p>\n

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Pierce entered the league in 2022, when the Colts selected him in the second round (53rd overall) of that year\u2019s NFL draft before signing a four-year, $6.6 million contract with Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

Daniel Jones, whom Indianapolis franchise tagged,\u00a0 is expected to be the Colts\u2019 starter<\/a> under center in 2026, and he also likely wants to see his top downfield weapon return.<\/p>\n

With the Colts deciding not to use a franchise tag on Pierce, he can potentially leave the team this offseason, and there shouldn\u2019t be a lack of interest in him from teams outside of Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

Related: 3 perfect Trey Hendrickson destinations after Bengals pass on franchise tag<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: NFL rumors: Daniel Jones is Vikings\u2019 \u2018ideal\u2019 QB target after Colts use transition tag, but there\u2019s a problem<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colts\u2019 Sauce Gardner is ready to go to extreme lengths to keep Alec Pierce in Indianapolis appeared first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[4994,2005,2772,7,2004,392,2381,6,7536],"class_list":{"0":"post-792854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-alec-pierce","9":"tag-colts","10":"tag-daniel-jones","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-indianapolis","13":"tag-indianapolis-colts","14":"tag-indianapoliscolts","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sauce-gardner"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116174551207292313","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}