Sauce Gardner CB #11 99 OVR
6'3''
Height
200
Weight
27
Age
5 yrs
Exp
Cincinnati
College
X-Factor
Dev
3979
Trade Value
Drafted: 5th Pick, 1st Round
Trade Worth: Multiple First Rd And 2nd Rd Picks
$36.77M
Contract
6
Years
$78.95M
Signing Bonus
$17.18M
Salary
$52.63M
Cap Penalty
4
Years Left
Bottleneck
Bottleneck defenders realize that the best way to stop a route is to act early. When they enter the zone, they are highly likely to dominantly win any man press encounter.
Force incompletions
Don't allow yards
Bench Press
Defenders with this ability apply bonus fatigue to their man coverage target after a successful press win
Outside Shade
Defenders with this ability generally react much faster to receiver cut moves when in man coverage and outside the numbers
Short Route KO
Defenders with this ability force more catch tackle knockouts in man-to-man versus short routes less than 10 yards from LoS
Chuck Out
Defenders with this ability apply bonus fatigue to their target after a successful zone chuck
| 2027 Regular Season | Defense | |||||||||||
| WK | GAME | RESULT | Tck | Sck | Int | FF | FRec | Defl | Ctha | Sfty | TD | |
| 14 | CLE @ ARI | 8 - 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | ARI @ NYG | 35 - 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | ARI @ SEA | 21 - 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | TEN @ ARI | 20 - 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defense Stats | |||||||
| Year | Team | Tackles | Sacks | FF | INT | TD | |
| 2023 | New York Jets | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2024 | New York Jets | 41 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2025 | Arizona Cardinals | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2025 | New York Jets | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2026 | Arizona Cardinals | 38 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| 2027 | Arizona Cardinals | 47 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |