Time for Change: Jets’ Star Players’ Embarrasing Display Shows…
Let me start off here by saying the people who threaten or attack players on social media are cowards and frankly are nothing more than the lowest rung of human existence.
Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get to the players being stupid on social media.
The New York Jets lost to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday in an embarrassing game. The offense was nonexistent and the defense looked like a bunch of JV kids trying to tackle grownups.
In fact, according to Next Gen stats, the Jets defense missed 20 tackles against the Cardinals, tied for the most by any team in a game this season. One of the other two performances with 20 missed tackles was also the Jets, in Week 1 against the 49ers. Their 20 missed tackles allowed the Cardinals to gain 91 extra yards. James Conner led the way with 6 missed tackles forced, extending his season total to 68 on the season (most in the NFL), while five other Cardinals ball carriers forced multiple missed tackles.
When you have a performance like that, you are going to be criticized. And you are going to deserve it. But two players on the once highly touted New York Jets defense took to social media after the game in a lame attempt to defend themselves from the criticism they so richly deserve.
Rich Cimini of ESPN does a stock watch on his X account after every game. And in the long list of this week’s stock down candidates, Cimini included Sauce Gardner for a terrible missed tackle in the game.
