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Jets trade Darron Lee to Chiefs as Adam Gase grabs reins

Darron Lee likely isn’t smiling anymore.

The Jets, as expected, traded their 2016 first-round pick to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for 2020 sixth rounder on Wednesday, a source confirmed to The Post’s Brian Costello.

What wasn’t expected: How quickly Adam Gase struck his first deal as interim general manager since winning a power struggle with the fired Mike Maccagnan earlier in the day.

In the midst of Wednesday’s stunning firing, Lee sent out a tweet that appeared to poke fun at his now-former boss,

“Good afternoon everybody,” he wrote next to a beaming smiley face emoji, before deleting it.