New Jets defensive coordinator Steve Wilks gave cornerback Sauce Gardner a challenge when the two met after Wilks was hired.
“He’s been a Pro Bowl player,” Wilks said. “How consistent can he be to take it to another level? That’s one of the things that I challenged him on Day 1 when we had our conversation. I felt like, and you guys feel the same way, that he’s one of the top corners in the league, but that consistency of being that dominant player each and every week, that’s what we’re looking for and that’s been his challenge this offseason.
“He’s very gifted, and I told him sometimes your greatest strength is your greatest weakness. He’s a guy that sometimes that 85 percent is still better than everybody around him, so his thing is, and I told him, compete against yourself. That’s where he has to get better, which he will.”
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