The New York Jets dropped to 1-2 on Sunday after a sloppy 15-10 loss to the New England Patriots, but Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner was especially upset with Mac Jones after the game.
And he apparently had good reason.
Speaking to reporters, Gardner said he shoved the Patriots quarterback in the fourth quarter because Jones intentionally tried to hit him in the “private parts.” Video from the game didn’t show anything definitive, but it was clear that something happened to draw the reaction from Gardner who was just standing around until Jones walked by him.
On Monday, Gardner took to social media to argue his case further, but man, someone needs to get him some higher-resolution video.
Posting this so I don’t get fined lol pic.twitter.com/2KjcAVTNsW
— SAUCE GARDNER (@iamSauceGardner) September 25, 2023
It appeared that Gardner shared video shot from his phone of the all-22 footage on a separate iPad or laptop. We can see the reflection of the phone next to the blurriest replay of the incident.
Like, it kind of looks like Jones made contact (and he does have a reputation for dirty cheap shots), but it’s so difficult to see what happened.
No penalty was called for the play, but Gardner understandably wants to avoid a fine here. Just all he did was inspire NFL fans to argue what exactly was happening in that video.
Update: Footage from the league, however, was not a great look for Mac Jones.
Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner said after the game against the Patriots that Mac Jones hit him in the “private parts.”This video sent from a league source is a closer view. pic.twitter.com/UTayhuu6iB
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) September 25, 2023
This was how Twitter reacted
the most amazing thing about mac jones's career is that he never played basketball for duke https://t.co/oWWWiIQFyx
— Steven Ruiz (@theStevenRuiz) September 25, 2023
How could Sauce not find a higher res video than this
cc: @bubbaprog https://t.co/k2dL2tkbPh
— Drew Magary (@drewmagary) September 25, 2023
Im not even being biased I just genuinely don’t see anything lmfao https://t.co/pU51kDY3QG
— Brett (@TheBg_12) September 25, 2023
https://t.co/KwhGjNFBhP pic.twitter.com/GsgdbpH2Iz
— Michael Hurley (@michaelFhurley) September 25, 2023
https://t.co/U9FiUdgwXi pic.twitter.com/4WqY8rsa94
— brianna pirre (@bsp_13) September 25, 2023
I’m sorry what am I supposed to be looking at? I genuinely don’t understand anything that happened in this video https://t.co/VqBZZvIW0o
— Pierce Trahan (@piercetrahan) September 25, 2023
Sauce posting his evidence. Still not totally clear. https://t.co/CpZm8XO4Zt
— Andy Hart (@JumboHart) September 25, 2023
https://t.co/QkWejGhfJp pic.twitter.com/eK4gz9oZkt
— Mark Daniels (@ByMarkDaniels) September 25, 2023
idk if a recording from a motorola razr gonna work https://t.co/BWJpS2uVEo
— aaron. (@ayroned) September 25, 2023
Am I blind because I’ve seen 30 different angles and still have no clue with Sauce is talking about https://t.co/tkhstthXSG
— Jackie (@jackiee_lyons) September 25, 2023
Bro posts the video quality of a UFO video from 1997 to make his case. https://t.co/B8HZXDKijN
— Boorish (@Boorish_Sports) September 25, 2023
Yeah… I don’t see anything from this angle lol, only thing I see is a shove after the play is dead 🤷🏼♂️ https://t.co/fMDMOtOFfd
— Cam Garrity (@CamSGarrity) September 25, 2023
