Sam Darnold

Todd Bowles and the New York Jets helped the Cleveland Browns end their streak of over 600 calendar days since their last victory by using a combination of lousy discipline, odd play calling and poor execution in a game that saw them blow a 14-0 lead to fall to 1-2.  Here’s how we graded them… Read more

They say that when most rookie quarterbacks step on the field for the first time, the speed of the game is often overwhelming, and they struggle to find their sea legs.  Well, in facing the New York Jets in his first live action, Baker Mayfield looked completely unfazed as the Jets sat back and let… Read more

When the New York Jets stroll in to Cleveland this Thursday night to take on Tyrod Taylor and the Browns, it will be more than your average regular season contest between a couple of teams looking to find their way back in to football relevance.  It will be a chance for one team to taste… Read more

In their first loss of the season, there was no shortage of blame to go around as the Jets pulled a complete 180 after last week’s win over the Lions.  Poor offensive line play did the Jets in early on and when the protection did hold up, the Jets had some key drops and turnovers. … Read more

It was an ugly 20-12 loss to the Miami Dolphins at MetLife Stadium with plenty of bad grades to go around.  Last week’s 48-17 win feels like an awful long time ago, doesn’t it? Quarterbacks: C Sam Darnold made some rookie mistakes, but still did a good job considering the amount of duress he was… Read more

The Jets were feeling good after their season opening 48-17 win over the Detroit Lions on the road, but the did everything they could to hand over a win to the Miami Dolphins in Sam Darnold’s home opener at MetLife stadium.  Whether it was penalties, turnovers or just overall sloppy play, the Jets gave this… Read more

Welcome to the inaugural Positive Sam Darnold Plays article, as we look to dissect the positive plays from the young QB, as he led the Jets to a victory against the Detroit Lions in Week 1 of the season. Sam Darnold Positive Plays: 1.  The first positive pass from Darnold in his career, and it’s… Read more

Welcome to the inaugural Negative Sam Darnold Plays, as the young QB led the Jets to victory against the Lions in Week 1.  Please don’t panic, this is a relatively short article, and be sure to check out the Positives article to feel better. Negative Darnold Plays 1.  You have seen this play a thousand… Read more

Whether it’s a misinformed pundit who covers the NFL on a national level, or just your run of the mill “Same old Jets” fan who lamented the fact that the team opted to trade Teddy Bridgewater in favor of Sam Darnold, last night was a shock to the system.  In what was easily the team’s… Read more

The New York Jets opened their 2018 season with a 48-17 throttling of the Detroit Lions on the road and there was no shortage of outstanding individual and group performances.  Let’s take a look at how we saw it. Quarterbacks: A The only reason this isn’t an A+ for rookie QB Sam Darnold was the… Read more

Nine months without football, and the wait was worth every single second for Jets fans who tuned in to watch Sam Darnold begin a new era of Jets football.  Early on it felt an awful lot like so many seasons the preceded it, but that was short-lived as the Jets would pound Detroit in every… Read more