Jets star cornerback Sauce Gardner watched Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins from the sideline.
Gardner missed the sport with a hamstring harm.
However he noticed the acquainted sight of the Jets protection collapsing down the stretch in one other loss.
Gardner stated Wednesday the Jets protection could have entered this season “too comfortable” due to the offense’s star energy with Aaron Rodgers, Garrett Wilson, Breece Corridor and the midseason addition of Davante Adams.
“Maybe we got too comfortable having all those guys, all those playmakers on offense to where it’s like we’re not filling up our end of the bargain,” Gardner stated. “We’ve got to be better. We’ve got to be better on defense.”
The Jets protection gave up fourth-quarter leads in every of the final three video games — all losses.
The belief coming into this season was that the protection can be pretty much as good because it has been within the final two years, and with a wholesome Rodgers, the Jets can be playoff-bound. As a substitute, the protection has taken a serious step again.
“I know if we had this offense now and we played nearly as good defense as we played the last couple of years, we’d be chilling right now,” Gardner stated. “It’s not where I imagined we was going to be this year.”
Gardner stated the protection is making an attempt to recapture the mentality that they had within the final two years.
“We’ve got to play the way we’ve been playing the last couple of years where it’s like we’re not really expecting the offense to score that many points, like we’ve got to win the game ourselves,” Gardner stated.
Gardner stated he’s absolutely wholesome and can play Sunday in Jacksonville.
The Jets positioned particular groups ace Irv Charles on injured reserve after he tore his ACL in Sunday’s loss in Miami.
The group signed CB Jaylin Simpson off of the Colts observe squad. Simpson was a fourth-round choose within the spring.
Corridor continues to be struggling together with his knee harm, interim coach Jeff Ulbrich stated.
“It is a thing that maybe it is not improving as much as he would like at this point, so we will see how it goes this week,” Ulbrich stated.
The Jets didn’t observe on Wednesday. As a substitute, that they had a walk-through.
The harm report is an estimation of what the gamers would have carried out in a observe.
Corridor (knee), RB Kene Nwangwu (hand), DE Haason Reddick (sickness) and RG Alijah Vera-Tucker (ankle) didn’t observe. CB Brandin Echols (shoulder), RT Morgan Moses (wrist), G Xavier Newman (groin) and CB D.J. Reed (groin) have been restricted.
