Sam Darnold

With the start of the NFL season just a few weeks away, the New York Jets are preparing to take on the co-tenant New York Giants at MetLife Stadium in the annual week three preseason meeting between the two teams.  With rookie quarterback Sam Darnold expected to be under center, it looks as if the… Read more

Prior to their week two preseason meeting with the Washington Redskins, the anxiety level among Jets fans was palpable as their prized possession, quarterback Sam Darnold, was going to be lining up behind an offensive line whose starting left tackle and right guard would be on the shelf with left guard James Carpenter trying to… Read more

Sam Darnold is composed.  Jets fans?  Not so much.  Having played fewer than three quarters of pre-season NFL football as a rookie quarterback out of the University of Southern California, and despite an off-season of hearing the words “patience” and “don’t overreact” uttered countless times by Jets fans, the poise displayed by Darnold has had… Read more

No, New York Jets fans.  The 17-0 win you witnessed last night at MetLife Stadium was no mirage, hallucination or a figment of your imagination.  It was in fact, a 21-year old quarterback in your team’s colors, making the types of plays that are usually reserved for experienced veterans.  In his NFL debut, Jets third… Read more

The New York Jets open their 2018 pre-season schedule tonight at home when they take on the Atlanta Falcons in what will be Sam Darnold’s first attempt to make an impression on his coaching staff without the safety net of the read quarterback jersey.  Darnold ins’t the only important part of tonight’s match-up, so here’s… Read more

It wasn’t quite as warm out at Florham Park on Tuesday as it was the previous day, but the Jets defense was certainly making the quarterbacks feel the heat.  Outside of the red zone, rookie quarterback Sam Darnold had some struggles and back-up safety JJ Wilcox was the sole beneficiary. Wilcox picked Darnold off twice. … Read more

It’s early on in training camp, so no definitive conclusions are to be drawn for several more weeks (possibly months), but one thing that has become apparent over the past couple of weeks is that the Jets current roster may be a lot better than even the most optimistic Jets fan had anticipated. Is this… Read more

Despite temperatures creeping above ninety degrees during portions of yesterday’s Jets practice in Florham Park New Jersey, the Jets offense, led by Sam Darnold and Teddy Bridgewater, couldn’t avoid the odd cold spell.  It wasn’t a perfect day for the QB’s, but they did both have moments that gave plenty of reason for optimism. The… Read more

Jets training camp is moving right along as the team prepares to borrow the football facilities at Rutgers University tonight for their annual Green & White scrimmage.  With plenty of players standing out in camp thus far, here’s a list of those you might want to keep a close eye on. QB Sam Darnold: He’s the… Read more

It was practice number three for Jets rookie QB Sam Darnold in a session that would start outdoors under the sun, before being forced inside when the lightning sirens sounded at about the half way point.  What were some of the takeaways for Darnold and the Jets?  Let’s take a look. As was the case… Read more

It was Sam Darnold’s first full practice at Florham Park yesterday as the rookie QB was out with his teammates from beginning to end, and was given a full series leading the offense at the end of practice, something he wasn’t given the chance to do in his first practice a few days ago.  So… Read more