Sauce Gardner tweets video evidence of Mac Jones ‘attempting’ to hit him in the privates as the NFL launches an investigation into the Patriots QB
- Gardner tagged the video with the phrase “I’m posting this so I don’t get fined”
- Jones said there was nothing behind the argument and that it was “just football.”
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After New York Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner tweeted video footage of him taking a shot below the belt from New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones, the NFL has opened an investigation.
The incident in question occurred in the fourth quarter following a tackle on Jones by Jets linebacker CJ Mosley.
Jones then got up in Gardner’s face, something the sophomore corner said has never happened to him before.
‘He was tackled and he reached out to help me up, and I just moved his hand aside.
‘But then he got up and came to me (saying), ‘Well done.’ But while he was saying that, he hit me in my genitals.”
New York Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner tweeted a video showing an altercation with Patriots QB Mac Jones, in which he says the New England quarterback hit him in his private life
Gardner eventually pushed Jones after the altercation and it did not escalate further
Jones said afterwards that there was nothing behind the incident and that it was ‘just football’
The reigning Defensive Rookie of the Year added that he “definitely didn’t expect that. The first time for everything I guess. … He’s trying to prevent me from having children in the future.”
Gardner was seen pushing Jones to the ground, but that was largely the end of the fight.
After the Patriots’ 15-10 victory, Jones tried to shrug off the accusation.
‘Just football. “I think it’s a physical game and at that point in the game you just have to fight to get that one yard,” the third-year quarterback said.
“I was just trying to get the first one down. … There are a lot of guys from both teams in there and it can definitely get pretty physical there.”
Jones has been accused of dirty play many times by multiple opponents since entering the league in 2021.
It is possible that the Pats QB could be fined or further suspended by the NFL if he is found to have committed the act he is accused of.