Sauce Gardner, a cornerback for the New York Jets, will start his fourth NFL season. It would be fascinating to see if the Jets will offer him a long-term agreement or not. He picked up his fifth-year option for the 2026 NFL season.
He was selected by New York fourth overall from the Cincinnati Bearcats in the 2022 NFL Draft, and it looks like he will be a long-term mainstay of this defense. But with a new management in place, the Jets, who haven’t qualified for the playoffs since 2010, are hoping to break the curse. Will Gardner want to ask out or stay if New York has another poor 2025 season?
CBS Sports Analyst Creates Mock Trade By Having New York Jets Trade Sauce Gardner To NFC Contender.
Cody Benjamin, a writer for CBS Sports, produced five distinct fake trades that resembled NBA trades at the NFL level. He simulated a deal involving the Jets and the Green Bay Packers. According to Benjamin, the Jets would receive offensive lineman Sean Rhyan, linebacker Quay Walker, and a 2026 second-round NFL draft pick if the Packers traded for Gardner. Benjamin stated,
“In order to counteract the presence of Jaire Alexander, an All-Pro cover man when healthy, the Packers could be happy to rely on their present secondary. Gardner, one of the NFL’s top young players, is still waiting for a big extension in New York, but it’s title-chasing time with Jordan Love.
The Pack may address the other boundary here and restore some attitude to the cornerback position at Lambeau following an aggressive effort to strengthen the receiving depth chart during the draft. Gardner is already a mainstay of the Jets defense, but it’s possible that incoming head coach Aaron Glenn would prefer to build his own defense and sell Gardner while he’s still a rising star to bolster the rest of the squad. The Lions, his former employer, handled things very well by first gathering resources for their own reconstruction.”
The Packers are shorthanded at cornerback as a result of Alexander’s dismissal. Nate Hobbs, who played for the Las Vegas Raiders in 2024, was a free agent who they signed. This defense would greatly benefit if Gardner were the Packers’ top cornerback.
Green Bay needs a pass rusher more than a cornerback, though, despite some of their defensive shortcomings. However, Gardner would not be a bad addition to the Packers defense. He would give Green Bay’s defense a new component. Gardner will most likely receive a new contract extension from the Jets when the time comes, and they are unlikely to sell him away.
Gardner has 49 tackles, one sack, one interception, and nine pass deflections during the Jets’ 2024 campaign. Walker has been referenced in trade rumors for Green Bay, and New York does need offensive line help, so this move might feel possible. Gardner won’t be traded right now, but this will be something to look at if he asks to leave the Jets organization after the 2025 campaign.
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