Do the Jets not get the benefit of the doubt from officials because of their chronically poor record?
It is the sort of question that has been asked for decades in the NBA, where stars traditionally get calls that lesser lights do not in a sport with highly subjective officiating.
Cornerback Sauce Gardner brought up that notion late Monday night after the Jets had lost to the Dolphins , 27-21, in part because of 13 penalties for 101 yards .
“I’m personally frustrated,” he said. “I just feel like — I don’t know if this is wrong to say — I think I get called for more stuff just based on us not winning. I watch these winning programs and there can be some egregious things and it don’t get called, letting the players play.
“We don’t win. We don’t get the calls we should get and we get