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Sauce Gardner

#5 · CB · Lions

6'3" • 200 lbs • Age 28

6 yrs experience

1800 trade value

College

Cincinnati

Development

X-Factor

95 OVR

Contract Details

Total Contract

$95.32M

6 years

Signing Bonus

$25.02M

One-time

Cap Hit

$9.51M

Current year

Years Left

3

Remaining

Cap Penalty

$25.02M

If released

Cap Savings

$1.17M

If released

CONTRACT PROGRESS 3 of 6 years remaining
93
SPD
94
ACC
97
MCV
92
ZCV
94
PRC
91
AGI
96
PRS
77
CTH
93
JMP

Abilities

Shutdown Shutdown

Shutdown defenders have the talent to erase receivers from the game. When they enter the zone, their coverage is tighter and interceptions are more frequent on contested catches.

Acrobat Acrobat

Players with this ability are more likely to succeed at and attempt diving catches and swats.

Pick Artist Pick Artist

Defenders with this ability have higher chance to catch uncontested interceptions, and they have unlimited stamina on the return (until using a special move or breaking a tackle).

Universal Coverage Universal Coverage

The most physical coverage defenders prevent catches from happening even when their target has hands on the ball. When they enter the zone, they are nearly guaranteed knockouts.

Bottleneck Bottleneck

Bottleneck defenders realize that the best way to stop a route is to act early. When they enter the zone, they are highly likely to dominantly win any man press encounter.

Bench Press Bench Press

Defenders with this ability apply bonus fatigue to their man coverage target after a successful press win

Deep Out Zone KO Deep Out Zone KO

Defenders with this ability force more catch knockouts and react quicker in deep zone coverage, 20+ yards from the LoS and outside the hash marks.

Mid Zone KO Mid Zone KO

Defenders with this ability force more catch knockouts and react quicker in any mid-field zone coverage, less than 20 yards from the LoS inside the numbers and 10-20 outside.

One Step Ahead One Step Ahead

Defenders with this ability generally react much faster to receiver cut moves when in man coverage

Inside Shade Inside Shade

Defenders with this ability generally react much faster to receiver cut moves when in man coverage and inside the numbers

Outside Shade Outside Shade

Defenders with this ability generally react much faster to receiver cut moves when in man coverage and outside the numbers

Deep Zone KO Deep Zone KO

Defenders with this ability force more catch knockouts and react quicker in deep zone coverage; 20+ yards from the LoS.