Jets’ Sauce Gardner savoring probability to face Aaron Rodgers
Sauce Gardner doesn’t sound afraid to wave a Horrible Towel at Aaron Rodgers if the Jets beat their former quarterback in Week 1.
Rodgers made his Steelers follow debut this week, and the NFL has arrange a juicy season-opening matchup with the long run Corridor of Famer returning to MetLife Stadium to face the Jets at 1 p.m. Sept. 7 in his first sport since he was reduce by head coach Aaron Glenn.
“I feel it’s going to be enjoyable,” Gardner mentioned. “There’s going to be a whole lot of smiling on the market, a whole lot of competing on the market. I’m wanting ahead to it. I do know Aaron is a competitor. They’ve bought DK [Metcalf] over there, who is also a competitor. I feel it’s going to be a fairly good sport.”
Gardner famously grabbed a cheesehead and introduced it again house after the Jets beat the Rodgers-led Packers at Lambeau Discipline in 2022.
The 2 then grew to become shut associates in a mentor-student manner over two seasons as Jets teammates.
Might Gardner have one thing up his sleeve if the Jets prevail once more?
“Certain, certain,” Gardner laughed.
He continued that he might need to “tread frivolously” if the sport was in Pittsburgh, “however we play right here, so we’re on house court docket. I’ve to consider it.”
Glenn smiled at a Rodgers-based query and danced round it with out saying the quarterback’s title.
“Each sport there’s a whole lot of noise as a result of they’re so essential so far as wins and losses,” he mentioned. “I don’t care who that opponent is. It simply so occurred to be Pittsburgh. Hear, they’ve a whole lot of good gamers on that workforce. They’ve a rattling good coach who I’m keen on, however our gamers are going to be able to play each sport. And I do know that for a truth.”
The 2028 Summer season Olympics will embody 5-on-5 flag soccer.
One participant per NFL workforce shall be permitted to affix the 10-man roster.
“I positively could be taken with it,” Gardner mentioned. “Having the ability to play for my nation, I feel it’s a giant deal. Each time it’s the Olympics, I’m all the time tuned in.”
Gardner joked that it might be a pleasant respite from preseason grind.
“It could be good to have that in coaching camp when it’s powerful,” Gardner mentioned. “Having the ability to go to the Olympics and have some enjoyable for slightly bit earlier than we get into the season.”
One of many go-to trick performs within the Lions playbook the previous 4 years was throwing passes to offensive tackles Dan Skipper, Penei Sewell and Taylor Decker.
To maintain issues unfastened throughout Thursday’s follow, Glenn had his offensive linemen catching go-balls.
Did he see potential?
“Completely not,” Glenn laughed. “That’s going to be a piece in progress, I’ll let you know that.”
CB Michael Carter II missed 4 video games final season, together with two of the final three, as a result of a nagging again harm.
Carter was cleared to start rehabbing in February.
He mentioned he blended in medical remedies with three or 4 rehab classes per week over a six- or seven-week interval.
“I’m in quite a bit higher place now,” Carter mentioned. “I did the work within the offseason and all the things like that after which all through OTAs. So I really feel actually good.”
The Jets signed OG Marquis Hayes and undrafted rookie DE Kingsley Jonathan to take the roster spots of OG Zack Bailey and CB Tre Swilling, each of whom have been waived.
