Colts cornerback Sauce Gardner called his performance in Sunday's victory over the Commanders in London "embarrassing" and vowed it would not happen again. Gardner, the two-time first-team All-Pro traded to the Colts last season for two first-round picks, cited a glaring lack of pursuit and effort on certain plays that went viral on social media.\n\nOne play that drew scrutiny was an 87-yard catch-and-run by Commanders receiver Antonio Williams. Gardner was not responsible for Williams but let up his pursuit when safety Cam Bynum appeared ready to make the tackle.
Williams stayed on his feet, and defensive tackle Adetomiwa Adebawore sprinted past Gardner, who was jogging. The score was overturned by a penalty, but Gardner was mortified.\n\n"That's the embarrassing feeling right there," Gardner said. "Seeing other guys on the D-line running past me, that's the part that's like, 'Yo, that's crazy.'" He admitted seeing the flag thrown for an illegal shift but said he must run to the ball regardless. Gardner also struggled in coverage on a 47-yard touchdown to Treylon Burks and a 48-yard completion to Dyami Brown.\n\n"Effort is not even really a coachable trait," Gardner said. "It's something that the coach going to talk to you about, but you can't really coach effort.
I still got a crazy feeling just thinking about it.".
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