It took one Las Vegas magician one weekend to pull off what numerous NFL quarterbacks have failed to accomplish: hoodwink Sauce Gardner.
The New York Jets’ star defender has facetiously sworn off Sin City after visiting during the week of the Super Bowl, citing a conjuror’s card trick.
“I was in Vegas and long story short somebody did a card trick and I’m 1000000% (certain) that the cards were in my palms,” Gardner wrote on Twitter. “At the end, he said “Now it’s a block of glass; move your hand” and a block of glass was in my hands instead of the cards.
“I’m not going back to Vegas.”
The sorcerer responsible, self-described “Celebrities Magician” David Michael found Gardner on the platform, happily identifying himself and thanking the New Yorker for the shoutout, recalling that he encountered the cornerback and his “INSANE” reaction at the NFL Players Association’s Super Bowl party. Michael is no stranger to entertaining athletes, as he previously appeared on “The Pat McAfee Show” and previously collaborated with the Carolina Panthers and Chicago Cubs.
Gardner has proven equally capable of luring his own audiences into false senses of security before producing shocking surprises. The fourth overall pick of the 2022 draft is fresh off first-team All-Pro honors for the second consecutive season, picking up 57 tackles and 11 pass breakups this time around.
Fortunately for Gang Green, no showdown against the Las Vegas Raiders is scheduled for next season and they’re not due back at Allegiant Stadium until 2027 at the earliest. Perpahs Gardner could seek out a hypnotist to make him forget about his prior visit: last fall’s primetime tilt against the Raiders produced one of the most heartbreaking losses of the Jets’ latest postseason-free slog, a 16-12 defeat that ended with a Zach Wilson interception.
