Issues usually are not going properly for the Jets this season and the frustration of Sauce Gardner appeared to boil over on Monday because the nook took to social media to hit again at his critics after one other Gang Inexperienced loss over the weekend.
Gardner missed an important deal with within the second quarter on a drive that ended with the Cardinals taking a 21-6 lead.
Whereas Gardner owned as much as the error on Sunday, he was firing again at these pointing it out on Monday as he posted after which deleted a response towards a reporter for ESPN who covers the Jets and a fan who usually posts social media content material in regards to the staff.
ESPN’s Wealthy Cimini described the missed deal with as the sport’s “costliest” in a publish on X, which drew a response from Gardner that was rapidly deleted.
“Yup, I’m 100% certain me lacking that deal with initially of the 2nd quarter for a acquire of 17 yards was the most costly miss and that’s in actual fact what misplaced us the sport,” Gardner had written late Monday morning.
Later that very same day, Gardner once more appeared to go after one other critic.
Jets fan and content material creator Matt O’Leary posted a clip calling on Gardner to take his lumps and for the staff to take some accountability for the way in which they’ve performed.
Gardner caught wind of the clip and posted a message on X to O’Leary that he later took down.
“I’m very accountable, and my teammates know,” he wrote, in line with Jets X Issue. “I owe it to them, not you or anyone else on this app. I missed ONE deal with and gave up like 19 yards. Do I need every of these performs again? In fact. However how about you come play nook within the NFL for per week and let me know the way it goes?”
The Jets dropped to 3-7 with their newest loss to the Cardinals on Sunday and sit properly beneath .500 in an unpleasant AFC East.
Gardner had acknowledged the missed deal with when talking with reporters after the sport, telling them “I’ve obtained to make that deal with.”
“I’ve simply obtained to make that deal with,” Gardner mentioned. “As a staff, I don’t know. I do know we at all times follow it — D-line, [linebackers] secondary — we at all times follow it. It begins with me. I’ve obtained to be higher. I’ve obtained to make the deal with.”
Gardner wasn’t the one defender that missed a deal with within the loss, with Subsequent Gen Stats indicating the Jets missed 20 tackles within the recreation.
