Issues will not be going nicely 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 sort out 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 typically posts social media content material in regards to the staff.
ESPN’s Wealthy Cimini described the missed sort out as the sport’s “costliest” in a put up on X, which drew a response from Gardner that was shortly deleted.
“Yup, I’m 100% positive me lacking that sort out in the beginning of the 2nd quarter for a acquire of 17 yards was the most expensive miss and that’s the truth is 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 accordance with Jets X Issue. “I owe it to them, not you or anyone else on this app. I missed ONE sort out and gave up like 19 yards. Do I need every of these performs again? After all. However how about you come play nook within the NFL for every 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 nicely beneath .500 in an unsightly AFC East.
Gardner had acknowledged the missed sort out when talking with reporters after the sport, telling them “I’ve received to make that sort out.”
“I’ve simply received to make that sort out,” Gardner stated. “As a staff, I don’t know. I do know we all the time apply it — D-line, [linebackers] secondary — we all the time apply it. It begins with me. I’ve received to be higher. I’ve received to make the sort out.”
Gardner wasn’t the one defender that missed a sort out within the loss, with Subsequent Gen Stats indicating the Jets missed 20 tackles within the recreation.
