Sauce Gardner arrived in New York with elite cornerback expectations. He signed a massive extension and entered 2025 viewed as a defensive cornerstone. But the perception of being elite is fading with the New York Jets at 0-5. Cracks in his performance and struggles with systemic breakdowns have surfaced. The Jets lack the intimidation factor as a defense with limited response against other teams. Especially the 10-30 loss against the Buffalo Bills in week 2. The Bills ran the ball for over 220 yards and benefited from poor Jets penalties.

“It’s definitely frustrating because even though we lost last week, it was like one of those things where we know what type of team we’re going to be, and today we didn’t display how we played last week. We didn’t display that today at all,” Ga

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