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QB Sam Darnold, MIN (4 Viewers)
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Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
He looked very good. So poised, made smart decisions, and showed some real arm strength. One of the incompletions was a terrible drop by Charles Johnson that would have been a TD, and Cannon turned the wrong way and failed to track a long bomb down the sideline that was a well thrown ball.
He looked like the real deal - obviously he must do it again and again before we can crown him.
He looked like the real deal - obviously he must do it again and again before we can crown him.
NYRAGE
Footballguy
I wonder how many "agains" before we can petition for the removal of the disrespectful "bust" title of this thread?
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
That’s soulfly. By the way when all the buzz was that the Browns were going to take him he was talking him up as the next Joe Montana in the Browns thread. He liiterally said he was creaming his pants thinking about how good the offense would be.
But that’s fine. We know his schtick by now and most have learned to embrace it.
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Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
They hardly threw in the second half because they didn’t have the ball much and had a lead. He did most of that in about a quarter.
he looked very good if you had watched.
NYRAGE
Footballguy
As Doc said, they just ran the ball in the second half.
It was a super impressive performance in his first two drives, much like Baker. He was able to escape the pressure and throw accurate strikes on the run. More importantly, he scanned the whole field going to as many as 4 reads to find open receivers and connecting a few times on third down. In one series, he threw a a td pass that Johnson dropped with his butterfingers. On the next play, another td pass to Johnson was negated because of some soft push-off call. On third down after being pushed back 10 yards for the penalty, he escaped pressure and found Johnson a third time for a td that finally counted.
Escaping pressure by stepping up or rolling out, multiple full field reads, good leadership, and a quality arm (especially on the run) are just not qualities that I'm used to from Jets QBs, especially past rookie QB. Hackenburg, Sanchez, Petty, Geno all would have wilted in the pocket. I'm excited.
Interseptopus
Footballguy
super excited about this guy and bummed I dont own him at all. he looked much more poised than I thought he would
massraider
Footballguy
https://twitter.com/JReidNFL/status/1028264814458613761
Every Sam Darnold passing play from ATL game.
I need to find a way to find more of these vid clips.
Every Sam Darnold passing play from ATL game.
I need to find a way to find more of these vid clips.
DallasDMac
Footballguy
I have to admit, I clicked this link expecting to be wowed after reading the preceding comments. I saw a bunch of 5 yard dump offs with one throw over ten yards. I don't get the hype?
Faust
MVP
After the hot garbage and dumpster fires that the Jets have rolled out as starting quarterbacks, can you blame them for showing some enthusiasm for Darnold?
NYRAGE
Footballguy
He displayed great qualities on those 2 drives in the second quarter for a guy under a major spotlight in his first ever NFL game action.
First series:
Ok, first couple of passes are short screens to the RB probably to ease him into his first game.
On third and 7, he steps up in the pocket to evade the pressure and completes a pass on 3rd and 7. I've seen some of the best QBs in the league take a seat when they smell that inside pressure.
On another play where past QBs would have been sacked under this porous o-line, he steps up and gains 5 yards rushing instead of losing 7.
On third and 7 he throws an incomplete deep pass. Punt
Second series: 2-minute offense
He scanned the field and got a couple of 8-9 yard gains.
He has an innate ability to evade the pressure in the pocket and create on the run. He steps into the pocket again to evade the rush and completes a first down.
On the next play, again scans the field and takes another 9-yard gain that the defense gave him.
On first down, he throws a would-be td, but Johnson drops it. The next play the RB loses a yard rushing. On third down, Darnold throws a td to Johnson, but there is a penalty on the play. Next play on third and goal from the 14, he evades pressure by stepping up through the pocket and scrambles to the right to buy time and fires a td pass to Johnson.
No one is saying that he is the next Rodgers, but there isn't a QB that the Jets have had in the past 20 years that could do what he did today. He can just evade the pressure, create on the run, has a good arm, is a good leader, he's smart & studies the game all day long, and has the temperament to survive in NYC. He's unfazed by it all.
It looks like that hitch in his arm is already a thing of the past. If he can take care of the ball better, then he has the potential to be a top 10 franchise QB some day. Even Peyton Manning threw 28 INTs in his first season, so I'm sure Darnold will be inconsistent like most rookies especially considering that he only started 2 years in college. I think he's definitely given most Jets fans hope.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Well it’s relative of course. He was a rookie making his first start. It wasn’t the greatest display of QBing by any means but he showed a lot of great qualities to build on. He read the field, looked off his main target on occasion, on the short passes he was extremely accurate to where he put it in stride and allowed yards after the catch (unlike Mayfield who got raves also), he moved well and delivered on the run. He showed poise, smarts, a strong arm and accuracy. He threw a nice deep pass also but his receiver, RB Cannon, turned the wrong way and couldn’t track it.
....and yes, Jets fans have some sense of desperation and pessimism so just not falling flat on his face is a win.
Mookie
Footballguy
Faust
MVP
voiceofunreason
Footballguy
Soulfly3
Footballguy
Interseptopus
Footballguy
Soulfly3
Footballguy
SeniorVBDStudent
Footballguy
massraider
Footballguy
First game, with 2's, against 2's, it was a really nice debut.
If you want to make the point that there's too much hype, well OK. ?
It was a very good debut, and while he wasn't whipping the ball 30 yards downfield, if that's what it takes to impress you from a rookie in his first preseason game, you might want to tap the brakes.
If you want to make the point that there's too much hype, well OK. ?
It was a very good debut, and while he wasn't whipping the ball 30 yards downfield, if that's what it takes to impress you from a rookie in his first preseason game, you might want to tap the brakes.
The next superstar QB... Mark it. He is doing things as a rookie that the Jets haven't seen at the QB position since Favre. Looking off defenders, throwing to the open man and not the short route, throwing a TD pass in 3 straight plays (First easy drop by WR, Second holding penalty, and Third a great pass to a WR by holding the safeties off with his eyes and not taking the running space bait the defense was giving him).
SeniorVBDStudent
Footballguy
The hype has reached epic proportions.
If your life depended on it, who would you start: Sam Darnold or Teddy Bridgewater?
If your life depended on it, who would you start: Sam Darnold or Teddy Bridgewater?
SeniorVBDStudent
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
Bronco Billy
Footballguy
Think he’ll progress enough to break 6.0 ypa in any game this year?
Soulfly3
Footballguy
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
The o-line was horrendous last night. A bad line was missing two starters. He had no time on any pass. He did a few good things - bought time rollling out and escaping pressure to complete passes, and led one nice drive. He forced a ball in on 4th down which would have been a turnover on downs anyway that was deflected for the interception. I don’t think that was a good pass but some have said no one else was open so he had little choice on 4th down.
if you’ve wanted the games you’d see he looks, poised, moves well, makes good decisions and has been deadly accurate. Who knows what the future holds but so far I’m optimistic.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
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