Should the Jets sign Sauce Gardner to an extension now?

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00:00I think Sauce has to prove it for another year.

00:02That's crazy.

00:03Last year, Rye, he was not very good on the field.

00:08So your version of not very good is where I think you're a little too hard on him.

00:14His version of not very good was still one of the top five corners

00:20or top six corners in the NFL.

00:22I couldn't disagree anymore.

00:25So you're telling me you're taking Stingley, Horn, Ramsey, Sertan,

00:28and Terrell all over him?

00:30I'm not saying I'm taking them over him.

00:32I'm saying that's what we're talking about here.

00:34But Jeff fans always have the claim, and it's wrong,

00:38that Sauce Garner was a great corner last year.

00:40He was not.

00:41You want to go on PFF?

00:43He was 46.

00:44You want to talk about watching every – we watch every play, you and I.

00:47Did he make one play, Sauce, last year?

00:50One play that changed the course of a game.

00:52He made the interception.

00:55At the end, Rye, it was like a punt.

00:59It didn't really change the game much.

01:00It was kind of like a give-me interception.

01:02Yeah, it made a turnover.

01:04Yeah, that was just one play.

01:07But I'm saying, Rye, like, don't you want more?

01:10What – has Sauce – I know the two all-pro things, first team,

01:14no one's done it to start their career.

01:15I got it.

01:16What have you done for me lately?

01:17He was not good enough last year for me to feel comfortable

01:22with paying him that money.

01:24And I have other reasons, too.

01:26I don't – I think the kid needs to grow up a little bit.

01:28I've spoken about that.

01:29I'm not going to get more into that.

01:31That's my opinion.

01:32People disagree, whatever.

01:33Yeah, I don't agree with that one either.

01:36Yeah, well, you know –

01:37He's done nothing wrong off the field.

01:41Hey, go on Twitter when you have a chance, and I'm saying this,

01:45and I hate saying this.

01:46It's social – Frankie, it's social media.

01:47Would you rather –

01:47Look at the stuff that he has said on streams.

01:49Look at the people he's sometimes around.

01:51Let me ask you a question.

01:52Let me ask you a question.

01:53I'm worried a little about him.

01:54People are willing to go head over heels for Tyreek Hill

01:57because of how much of a game-changer he is.

01:59The headaches off the field, though, that ain't worth it.

02:02And guess what?

02:03He's getting paid top dollar.

02:05Like –

02:05I saw St. Tyreek Hill on the field.

02:08All right, but he's a top five corner in the NFL.

02:11You cannot name five corners better than him right now.

02:15I can't, but it's possible.

02:20It's possible.

02:21But, right, just because you're the fourth or fifth best corner in this NFL today

02:26with the corners we have out there, of which I don't think any are that great

02:31considering some of the corners we've seen.

02:33Stingley's great.

02:34That doesn't mean – Stingley has to do it another year, though.

02:38Sertan could be great.

02:39But he already got paid, though.

02:40That's what I'm trying to say.

02:41They paid him because they believe in him.

02:43And, again, fully guaranteed he's only getting 48 – he's getting total guarantee

02:4789 million.

02:48Like, they locked him up and said, yes, next six years, we're going to –

02:52like, next five years, we're going to believe in you.

02:55Same thing with J.C. Horn.

02:56J.C. Horn got $100 million.

02:58He got $70 million guaranteed.

03:00What I'm trying to say to you, Frankie –

03:02Both those teams, though, have – sorry, have comparable offensive structures

03:06and quarterback play where they can say those teams,

03:09let's give a corner that much money to –

03:13Who's the quarterback for the Jets right now?

03:16Nobody.

03:16That's my problem.

03:17My problem is we have bigger fish to fry than to pay a corner $30 million a year.

03:22I could not disagree more.

03:23We have to worry about –

03:24If you're going to draft a quarterback this upcoming year,

03:26which the Jets are going to do – I got news for everyone.

03:28They're going to draft a quarterback in the first round this upcoming year.

03:31Yeah, probably.

03:32They're going to because they need to take a developmental quarterback

03:35to sit behind Justin Fields next year if he's back next year.

03:38You should be working on building your core of your team.

03:42Source Gardner is a core of your team.

03:44And if you really don't believe that, Frankie, then you should be trading him now.

03:47Don't even bother letting him play this year.

03:49Because if you truly don't believe in him long term,

03:51don't even have him on the roster.

03:53Because that's what you're talking about right now.

03:55You're saying, I'm going to see it for another year.

03:58Clearly, you don't believe –

03:59But you're also saying right now at this time

04:01that you don't believe in investing him long term for the future,

04:06which means you don't believe in the long term.

04:08If Source Gardner was on the Texans, I think paying him makes sense.

04:13We, next year, getting a rookie quarterback in here, most likely,

04:17we have to give him a running back.

04:19We have to give him maybe another wide receiver.

04:21We might want to invest in a tight end.

04:23They may want to look at the offensive line market.

04:25I don't know where they're going to look.

04:27You got to get that quarterback support.

04:29If you have all this money tied up, it's a salary cap league.

04:31All this money.

04:32You're going to be in some issues.

04:33Ryan, they're going to have to pay –

04:35They're going to pay Garrett.

04:36They're going to maybe look at paying Jermaine.

04:38AVT has a deal pending.

04:39We have a young roster.

04:41Eventually, these guys –

04:42Brees wants money this year.

04:43Brees ain't getting paid.

04:44The Jets aren't paying Brees Hall.

04:45I got to do this for everyone.

04:46Well, you better hope Braylon Allen is Derek Henry's little brother out there.

04:51You can draft another running back just like anyone else.

04:54You can always draft another running back in the draft

04:55and find some other running backs.

04:57Let's be real.

04:58The running back is the last thing you need to focus on right now in this roster.

05:01I tend to agree there, but I am just saying –

05:04I think, Frankie, I'm going to –

05:07You can make moves in the future.

05:07I'm going to put you on the spot, man.

05:08I don't agree with this take at all.

05:11I don't think it's a good take.

05:12Most people don't.

05:13I think it's a really bad take.

05:14I think, to be honest with you, Sauce Gardner is a foundational piece

05:18that most teams would kill for to be building their defense around.

05:22And you don't have a quarterback invested with money right now.

05:25And even if you did draft a quarterback in the first round,

05:27it doesn't cost you much asset-wise and money-wise

05:30to draft a quarterback in the first round.

05:32So it's not going to kill you when you build the rest of your team out.

05:35In fact, that's when you're supposed to pay the rest of your players

05:37at premium positions, which guess what, Frankie?

05:39You need a corner one if you want to win in the NFL.

05:42Most teams need a corner to lock down other wide receivers

05:46if you want to win football games.

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