Will Sauce Gardner's quest to be the best CB be overshadowed by lack of interceptions?

New York Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner is the only player to be named first -team All-Pro in each of his first two seasons .

The Jets ' trip to London in two weeks to face the Minnesota Vikings will be his first time out of the country.

Gardner : "We play football, and we should be training. So going on that long vacation is getting away from what you're supposed to be" The 24-year-old cornerback says his goal is to be Defensive Player of the Year .

Cornerbacks coach Tony Oden likes to say, "Just when you think you've arrived as a player.. bad things start to happen" Jason McCourty says Gardner 's interception total shouldn't be a barometer.

He wants at least four or five interceptions for 2024 , Oden says.

Cornerback Pat Gardner has been targeted only eight times as the nearest defender in his career.

Gardner allowed five catches for 97 yards when targeted in the Jets ' 24-17 win over the Titans .

He could become the highest-paid corner in the NFL after Jalen Ramsey's $24.1 million contract extension.