Jets star cornerback Sauce Gardner watched Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins from the sideline.
Gardner missed the sport with a hamstring damage.
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 comfy” due to the offense’s star energy with Aaron Rodgers, Garrett Wilson, Breece Corridor and the midseason addition of Davante Adams.
“Perhaps we received too comfy having all these guys, all these playmakers on offense to the place it’s like we’re not filling up our finish of the discount,” Gardner stated. “We’ve received to be higher. We’ve received to be higher on protection.”
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 nearly 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 do know if we had this offense now and we performed practically nearly as good protection as we performed the final couple of years, we’d be chilling proper now,” Gardner stated. “It’s not the place I imagined we was going to be this 12 months.”
Gardner stated the protection is making an attempt to recapture the mentality they’d within the final two years.
“We’ve received to play the best way we’ve been taking part in the final couple of years the place it’s like we’re probably not anticipating the offense to attain that many factors, like we’ve received to win the sport 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 workforce signed CB Jaylin Simpson off of the Colts apply squad. Simpson was a fourth-round choose within the spring.
Corridor remains to be struggling together with his knee damage, interim coach Jeff Ulbrich stated.
“It’s a factor that perhaps it’s not enhancing as a lot as he would love at this level, so we’ll see the way it goes this week,” Ulbrich stated.
The Jets didn’t apply on Wednesday. As a substitute, they’d a walk-through.
The damage report is an estimation of what the gamers would have performed in a apply.
Corridor (knee), RB Kene Nwangwu (hand), DE Haason Reddick (sickness) and RG Alijah Vera-Tucker (ankle) didn’t apply. CB Brandin Echols (shoulder), RT Morgan Moses (wrist), G Xavier Newman (groin) and CB D.J. Reed (groin) had been restricted.
