Sauce Gardner’s Shadow Assignment: What It Means When the Jets Put Their All-Pro on an Island
Introduction Sauce Gardner has asked for it for more than a year: the chance to travel with an opponent’s No. 1 receiver and tilt a game on his terms. On Sunday, the Jets finally leaned into that philosophy. Gardner shadowed the featured wideout across formations and situations, a clear tactical shift from the zone-heavy, side-locked …