Sauce Gardner is crying, but does he have a point?

[Draconator]

Do the refs penalize bad teams more, or is it that Sauce just haven't watched enough Bills games?

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46435063/sauce-gardner-says-refs-harder-jets-losing-team

 

Sauce Gardner says refs harder on him because Jets losing team

 

Star cornerback Sauce Gardner believes the officials are picking on him, and he claimed it's because the New York Jets are a losing team.

 

Gardner, penalized for pass interference in a 27-21 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Monday night, said he's "personally frustrated." It was the second straight week that he was flagged for pass interference.

 

"I watch football all the time, and I just feel like -- I don't know if this is wrong to say -- but I think I get called for more stuff just based off of us not winning," said Gardner, who signed a four-year, $120.4 million contract extension before training camp that made him the NFL's highest-paid corner.

 

"I watch these winning programs, and there'd be some egregious things, and it don't get called. They're letting the players play."

Edited Tuesday at 04:25 PM by Draconator

[May Day 10]

I think he has a point.  I have been on both sides of it in my adult life

Edited Tuesday at 04:28 PM by May Day 10

[MJS]

I don't think he has a point. I think he is known to hold and interfere, so it gets noticed and they call it on him.

[I'm Spartacus]

Maybe the ref's just don't like his first name (nickname).

[BuffaloBillyG]

4 minutes ago, Draconator said:

Do the refs penalize bad teams more, or is it that Sauce just haven't watched enough Bills games?

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46435063/sauce-gardner-says-refs-harder-jets-losing-team

 

Sauce Gardner says refs harder on him because Jets losing team

 

Star cornerback Sauce Gardner believes the officials are picking on him, and he claimed it's because the New York Jets are a losing team.

 

Gardner, penalized for pass interference in a 27-21 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Monday night, said he's "personally frustrated." It was the second straight week that he was flagged for pass interference.

 

"I watch football all the time, and I just feel like -- I don't know if this is wrong to say -- but I think I get called for more stuff just based off of us not winning," said Gardner, who signed a four-year, $120.4 million contract extension before training camp that made him the NFL's highest-paid corner.

 

"I watch these winning programs, and there'd be some egregious things, and it don't get called. They're letting the players play."

This is the same guy that when he came in the league the officials constantly looked the other way with all his grabs. And they weren't a winning team then. 

 

Fast forward a couple years and his reputation has caught up to him. Coaches are in the officials ears a bit more. Looks like Sauce needs to learn how to cover without grabbing the WR so much.

[uticaclub]

Remember when Gilmore was a liability on a bad Buffalo team and a DPOY on a good Patriots team

[Don Otreply]

Sauce is constantly holding and interfering, it’s been discussed on this board more than once, he came into the league with this as his trademark, 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Sauce will definitely be a 'heel' if he ever ventures into professional wrestling.

[gonzo1105]

Nope I disagree, if anything he has always been a grabby Cornerback who got away with it early in his career because he was a high pick in a big market and now the refs are calling him for the player he’s always been.  

[Mat68]

Full stop.  He has been grabby his entire career.  Getting called for it now doesn't mean you weren't before.  Bad teams also commit penalties and turn the ball over.  This has been the Jets for 50 years.  

[Ralonzo]

I figured he'd be able to hold his emotions. He holds everything else.

 

That said, the game looked to the detached observer like it was reffed as fair as the 1972 Men's Olympic Basketball final.

[zow2]

I agree with Sauce.  I felt that way during the drought seasons when Buffalo played, especially against the good teams.

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

The chiefs have always gotten away with murder in the playoffs - hence the effectiveness of their blitzes.  If they got a defensive hold on half of them, it would not be as effective a strategy.  

[todd]

How many penalties did the Bills have Sunday? They are 4-0. 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Bad teams commit more penalties.  Bad teams are ignored by the media.

 

For 17 years all we heard was there was a conspiracy against the Bills by the NFL, the refs and the media.  

 

Hmmm....Josh Allen arrived and nobody is screaming about the media or ref bias anymore...

[bigduke6]

Sauce was grabby his entire rookie season when everybody was making him out to be the best CB of all time.  now hes getting calls against him for doing the same garbage hes been doing.  cry more Sauce. 

[LABILLBACKER]

31 minutes ago, MJS said:

I don't think he has a point. I think he is known to hold and interfere, so it gets noticed and they call it on him.

It wasn't called early in his career.  Now it's been recognized. 

[Bill from NYC]

Last nigh Sauce practically mugged Jaylen Waddle and it wasn’t called. The announcers mentioned how obvious it was. Sauce is good but vastly overrated and it was great to see the Jets waste that pick on him.

[Bruffalo]

He's right in a macro sense but wrong in the micro.

 

Yes, good teams are often getting the benefit of the doubt when it comes to penalties. I think it's kind of silly to argue otherwise. 

 

No, that's not why they're calling PI on you Sauce, it's because of your reputation as a serial offender for PI (both called and uncalled). Refs know your reputation, and scrutinize you more. 

[Livinginthepast]

The Eagles are already showing this trend in the positive this season after becoming champs. They are getting all the iffy calls their way and not being called on cheating. And Sauce is right bad teams get calls from the refs that are assumption calls. The officials just assume that a crap team just cant do anything positive without cheating.