{"id":59084,"date":"2022-04-20T07:43:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T11:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=59084"},"modified":"2022-04-20T01:05:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T05:05:15","slug":"jetnation-2022-nfl-draft-prospect-profile-ahmad-sauce-gardner-cb-cincinnati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2022\/04\/20\/jetnation-2022-nfl-draft-prospect-profile-ahmad-sauce-gardner-cb-cincinnati\/","title":{"rendered":"JetNation 2022 NFL Draft Prospect Profile: Ahmad &#8220;Sauce&#8221; Gardner, CB, Cincinnati"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ahmad &#8220;Sauce&#8221; Gardner<\/h1>\n<h2>CB, Cincinnati, #1<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Measureables<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Height: 6026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weight: 190<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hand Size: 958<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arm Size: 3348<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wingspan: 7938<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>2022 NFL Scouting Combine<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40-Yard Dash: 4.41<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vertical Jump: &#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Broad Jump: &#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3-Cone Drill: &#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bench Press: &#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Film Study<\/h3>\n<p>Games Watched: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indiana 2021, Notre Dame 2021, Houston 2021, Alabama 2021 (CFP Semi)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Man Coverage: ++<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zone Coverage: ++<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instincts: ++<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change of Direction: ++<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ball Skills: ++<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tackling: ++<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Versatility: +<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Size\/Length: ++<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lateral Mobility\/Athleticism: ++<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Football IQ: ++<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmad \u201cSauce\u201d Gardner has the tools to play both man or zone coverage at a high level. He has a great mirror\/match technique that helps him be sticky in man coverage at all levels of the field. Gardner has high-level instincts that allow him to be in position to make a play on every snap, even when his technique isn\u2019t great. His hip fluidity and smooth back pedal allow for great change of direction, with veteran-esque ball skills that make him a threat to opposing quarterbacks. He will come downhill and be a sound tackler in the run game as well as in space, even willing to take on bigger ball carriers. Gardner has tremendous length at 33 4\/8\u201d arms (2nd-highest at the Scouting Combine) to be an ideal starting cornerback in nearly any defensive system. If you want to get creative and put in the slot against some \u201cbig slot\u201d types like Mike Gesicki you could, but he is best used shutting down a third of the field on the perimeter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jets currently have a need at cornerback, although it may not be one worth addressing with a first round pick. New York signed D.J. Reed during Free Agency, and have traditionally spent mid-to-late round picks on the position. While his tape, talent and potential warrant him being a top-10 \u201clock\u201d in this year\u2019s draft, it is unlike Joe Douglas and Robert Saleh to swing early on Ahmad Gardner. If he is still on the board at 10th overall, it would surely be an interesting discussion inside the Jets\u2019 war room.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmad &#8220;Sauce&#8221; Gardner CB, Cincinnati, #1 &nbsp; Measureables Height: 6026 Weight: 190 Hand Size: 958 Arm Size: 3348 Wingspan: 7938 2022 NFL Scouting Combine 40-Yard Dash: 4.41 Vertical Jump: &#8212; Broad Jump: &#8212; 3-Cone Drill: &#8212; Bench Press: &#8212; &nbsp; Film Study Games Watched: Indiana 2021, Notre Dame 2021, Houston 2021, Alabama 2021 (CFP Semi) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":59093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,3061],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"category-prospect-player-profiles"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/USATSI_17202657_168398080_lowres.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-fmY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59084"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59094,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59084\/revisions\/59094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}