Sauce Gardner speculates refs are targeting him because of Jets woes

Sauce Gardner believes he has a target on his back with the officials due to the Jets’ woeful ways.

Speaking Monday after Gang Green dropped to 0-4 following an ugly 27-21 road loss to the Dolphins, the 25-year-old cornerback suggested flags are flying in his direction because the Jets are a losing team.

“I’m personally frustrated,” Gardner said. “I feel like me personally, us not winning. 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 and just not winning. I watch these winning programs, and it’d be some egregious things, and it don’t get called letting the players play.” 

Garnder, who inked a four-year, $120.4 million extension in the offseason, was flagged for pass interference in the second half when covering Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle, resulting in a 10-yard penalty.

He was also hit with a pass interference call in the Jets’ crushing 29-27 loss to the Buccaneers in Tampa last week.

Gardner was hardly the only Jet to get flagged Monday night as the team tallied 13 penalties for 101 yards.

“When it comes to the game today, very disappointing, very disappointing,” head coach Aaron Glenn said. “There’s no way you can win any game with 13 penalties and three turnovers. It just can’t happen.”

With the Cowboys (1-2-1) rolling into MetLife Stadium Sunday, the first-year coach said his team needs to take a valuable lesson to heart.

“We have to understand that before you can win games, you have to learn how not to lose games,” Glenn said. “We have to do a better job in that case and we will.”

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. on Oct. 5.