Former Jets QB Boomer Esiason offers pointed advice to Sauce Gardner after social media dispute with fans

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The New York Jets season has not gone according to plan. 

Despite having four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers under center for all 10 games this season, the Jets have only managed to win three of those contests. Rodgers was available for less than one full game in 2023, after he suffered a season-ending injury in Week 1. 

Star defensive back Sauce Gardner has appeared frustrated at times this season. Gardner was recently engaged in a dispute with football fans on social media. The two-time All-Pro ultimately deleted his posts.

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CBS Sports analyst Boomer Esiason looks on before the AFC Championship game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs on Jan 30, 2022 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

During a recent edition of "Boomer & Gio," former Jets quarterback Boomer Esiason addressed the exchange Gardner had with football fans. Esiason suggested Gardner's time could be spent more wisely and advised the 24-year-old to "put the damn phone down."

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"My advice to Sauce Gardner is to put the damn phone down. Put it down!" Esiason said. "The last two years, everyone is talking about how you’re the best player at your position. So it was two years of adulation and how great you are. All of a sudden, you have a couple bad games and miss some tackles, people go after you, and you want