Darnold is trash. He is an INT machine just like he was in college. Jets fans are legit concerned!
Jets fans start calling him Danchez now.Btw, I saw a funny headline after Week 2 calling Darnold the Samchise. Made me lol. And he certainly looked the part today.
I already said this offseason it all smells like Sanchez all over again.
USC, relative short QB college career, Jets trade up to get him. It smelled like Sanchez.
Jets aren't bad, folks. I'm still in shock that everyone this week predicted a Cleveland win.
Don't know what they were watching or what they smoked while watching it, but New York is the better team.
If I'm the Jets ownership this game is more evidence to me that Todd Bowles is a bad game day coach.
One thing I've noticed watching the Bowles Jets, they just don't handle game day adversity well. When things go sideways, they have a tendency to implode and crater and there's never any way out.
Mayfield was outstanding. Hard to fault Darnold too much for either of the interceptions.
Worth noting that Darnold is significantly younger than Mayfield, but you see why Mayfield was much more ready and should have been the day-1 starter. Instincts, vision, and accuracy are the most important QB traits. Both have excellent instincts, but Mayfield's are better. Mayfield has much better vision and accuracy, but Darnold is good in these areas as well - just not in the rarefied air of Mayfield. Mayfield also has the stronger arm - clearly.
Also, a lot of people mocked the Browns for selecting Ward at 4. They might get the last laugh on that one as well.
In reality the Browns were two missed (relatively easy) field goals away from being 2-0 even with Taylor. Mayfield was pacing the sideline chomping at the bit to get out there last night with his giant chip on his shoulder, maybe they were the perfect circumstances to get him out there for his first action. It will be interesting to see how he and the team does knowing he's the guy with 10 days to prepare.
I know one thing though: he's going to be a gamer and this won't be their only win this season.
I'll take 3/4 of a Mayfield over Darnold all day long. Darnold is going to be a int gift giving machine the rest of the season. Can he shake that over his rookie season? I'm not sold.