Sauce: Refs picking on me because Jets losing

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Star cornerback Sauce Gardner believes the officials are picking connected him, and helium claimed it's due to the fact that the New York Jets are losing team.

Gardner, penalized for walk interference successful a 27-21 nonaccomplishment to the Miami Dolphins connected Monday night, said he's "personally frustrated." It was the 2nd consecutive week that helium was flagged for walk interference.

"I ticker shot each the clip and I conscionable consciousness similar -- I don't cognize if this is incorrect to accidental -- but I deliberation I get called for much worldly conscionable based disconnected of america not winning," said Gardner, who signed a four-year, $120.4 cardinal declaration hold earlier grooming campy that made him the NFL's highest-paid corner.

"I ticker these winning programs and there'd beryllium immoderate egregious things, and it don't get called. They're letting the players play."

The Jets fell to 0-4 with a sloppy show that included 13 penalties (nine connected offense) and 3 mislaid fumbles. Gardner's punishment (10 yards) came successful the 3rd quarter, with the Jets trailing, 17-10. Gardner was successful sum connected wide receiver Jaylen Waddle, who ran an in-cut. The walk to him was incomplete.

"I got caught connected thing contiguous wherever it's like, I cognize the way and everything and I'm conscionable expected to fto him conscionable propulsion disconnected astatine the apical of route," Gardner said. "I'm seeing him number the steps, each that. He's not going to drawback the shot regardless.

"I conscionable consciousness like, successful general, adjacent the Mike Evans [penalty past week], I conscionable consciousness similar america not winning -- it's what goes connected if we don't win. I consciousness similar we don't get the calls that we should get, and we get the calls that we astir apt shouldn't get called for."

Gardner leads the squad with 4 penalties (three accepted). Only 4 corners successful the league person much penalties than Gardner. This is simply a continuing trend. In 2024, the erstwhile two-time All-Pro was flagged 10 times (nine accepted).

Coach Aaron Glenn was furious with the team's discipline, and helium ripped into the squad successful the locker room.

"[I] truly person to instrumentality a look astatine these penalties, instrumentality a look astatine these turnovers and marque definite we recognize that we person to recognize earlier you tin triumph games, you person to larn however not to suffer games," helium said. "We person to bash a amended occupation successful that case, and we will."