Jets’ SOS Gardner ‘outstanding’ in the shadow Metcalf, Glenn says

Florham Park, NJ – New York Jets star SOS GardnerNFL’s highest paid course will have additional responsibility this season.

Traveling man.

In the nozzles 34-32 loss of Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday, Gardner followed a wide receiver DK METCALF About everywhere. In fact, he lined up across from 30 out of 34 plays, according to the following statistics. For Gardner, this was a career first, the type of task he has always wanted.

“My job was to just eliminate no. 4 When I was on it,” Gardner said, who recorded a break up of two passes and held Metcalf to one catch for 11 meters. “I feel like I tied him up. But we have to win.”

The coach Aaron Glenn said Monday that Gardner was “outstanding” against Methcalf, adding that it would not be the last time all-professional would travel to travel with the best receiver opponent.

This is especially noticed, since it will face some of the best leagues of the best in the coming weeks – Mike Evans, Tireeek Hill, Cedeee Lagct and Ja’arrr Chase In the first eight weeks.

“We’ll ask him to do it on several occasions,” Glenn of Gardner said. “It depends on the matches, most of the part.”

In recent years, it was a burning issue among fans and media: Why don’t you allow Gardner to cover the best receiver opponents, how did the nozzles done with Darrelle Revis, Circa 2009?

Previous coach, Robert Saleh, used a zone-based system and believed that it was better functioned when the corning subjects were placed on one side, not a specific player. They were the first defense of 2022. To 2024. years allowed courtyards, so something was working.

Glenn and his staff have another philosophy. Gardner, who received a four-year, extension of $ 120.4 million before training, everything is for it.

“I liked that,” he said on Sunday. “I’m a competitor. The coaching staff is a lot of guys playing in the league, so it’s not a surprise.”

With a small smile, Gardner added: “I feel like it was when I was in place (Metcalf), he knew what it was.”

Glenn, who was a corner for 12 years, said that he was several times in his career several times when he traveled with the above. Also to staff are auxiliary secondary coach Dre ‘Bla, a former corner and coordinator of the game of Chris Harris, former security.

“Defender makes it really easy because you could really study and perfect that guy you oppose, and I know it’s exactly what he just did in Sos,” Glenn said. “There are some games that we want it to be able to do it and be some games that we will say,” Play right and left. “

“I thought SOS gave an outstanding job that caused DK. He is a solid cover, I will tell you what both is in the game and matches. I think you saw SOS.

Metcalf The only catch on Gardner was a large – 11-a-law-like with less than three minutes he placed that Chris Boswell’s goal in Boswell is 60 meters. Still it was catches of the cord. Metcalf (four receptions for 83 meters) caught a deviation while lying on the ground.

However, Gardner was moved in the outcome.

“I was angry,” he said. “When you’re a competitor and you have a job to travel with someone, you don’t want to catch the ball at all. It’s just like his only catch, and it was the catch that he brought them closer to the target range. I didn’t like it.” I didn’t like it. “