One day after extending star wide receiver Garrett Wilson, the Jets are signing All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner to a four-year, $120.4M contract extension, per Ian Rapoport, Mike Garafolo, and Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. Gardner himself announced on social media that an agreement had been reached. His deal has the same structure as Wilson’s extension, per Schefter. With a $30.1M AAV, Gardner is now the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL, beating out the $30M per year deal signed by fellow 2022 first-rounder Derek Stingley Jr. earlier this year. However, Gardner’s $85.653M in total guarantees (via ESPN’s Adam Schefter) do not quite reach Stingley’s $89M. It will be interesting to see where the full guarantees fall here; Stingley holds that standard — with $48M — as well. Gardner agreeing to a four-year deal should allow him to eclipse that number, as Stingley is tied to a three-year extension. The Jets have now spent $250M in the last two days to lock down cornerstone players on both sides of the ball in a
