In a year where they expected to be championship contenders, it’s starting to look grim for the Packers (-7.5). Following two straight losses to the Giants and Jets — the latter of which was a humiliating 27-10 beatdown at home — it increasingly seems as if Green Bay has no answers to be a real player in the Super Bowl picture.
But for the young Jets — who might only be at the start of an awesome extended run together — they earned their flowers. Beating the Packers at Lambeau Field is the kind of win that young players like Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner should definitely feel emboldened to celebrate as they please.
As the Jets walked off the field on Sunday, Gardner donned a cheesehead as a clear means of trolling the Packers. This stunt evidently didn’t sit well with Allen Lazard, who seemed to run into the wrong tunnel to specifically knock the cheesehead off Gardner’s head:
#Jets CB Sauce Gardner wearing a cheesehead as he leaves the field, until a #Packers player (looked like Allen Lazard) knocked it off his head.
Big win for the Baby Jets at Lambeau Field. pic.twitter.com/YX1QXMbzKZ
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 16, 2022
You know, I don’t blame Lazard for being perturbed by an opposing player mocking the props of his team. At the same time, if you’re the Packers, you wish their players would’ve shown that kind of fight and resolve between the lines … you know, during the actual game!
At the very least, Gardner seemed to be having a blast around the field regardless:
Sauce is cheesin' 🧀@iamSauceGardner @nyjets pic.twitter.com/RWASdqajp9
— NFL (@NFL) October 16, 2022
Wear that cheesehead proud, Mr. Gardner. No one, not even the Packers’ current No. 1 receiver, can take that away from you.
NFL fans roasted the Packers after Lazard's cheesehead stunt with Gardner
Ain't so funny when your team is the butt of the joke, is it? https://t.co/selvcS8v9d
— Ray Santiago (@RaySanti) October 16, 2022
As the old adage goes, if you don’t want me wearing a cheesehead on your field, don’t let me beat you by 17. https://t.co/NXiWBs8HYR
— Bryan Dee (@BryanJDee) October 16, 2022
Become ungovernable https://t.co/hyDAotHou1
— Randall J. Sanders (@RandallJSanders) October 16, 2022
LEGEND. https://t.co/3yi4YxvJJ3
— Valley Mets (@valleymets) October 16, 2022
Sauce Gardner for president https://t.co/NVZu79qaBn
— Ali White (@aliwhitesox) October 16, 2022
What an absolutely epic troll job here. https://t.co/FkjttFBBo3
— Matt Lombardo (@MattLombardoNFL) October 16, 2022
Cold blooded lol https://t.co/gtVNGanjyD
— Shawne Merriman (@shawnemerriman) October 16, 2022
— Erika (@emesola) October 16, 2022
This the type disrespect the league been missing https://t.co/wEYi9Q10CC
— Baby Vegeta (@Nino_Tino11) October 16, 2022
