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Sam Darnold Thoughts After Game 1

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Decent stats - 24/35, 279 yards, 1 TD, 1 rushing TD.  A fumble on a handoff.

Overall, impressed with his play as someone that feared the worst...  No real bone-headed throws.  A couple of misses, but he also had some surprising drops by receivers.  The fumble was bad, and against a better team, maybe catastrophic.  He (Brady?) needs to find ways to get the receivers involved every drive, and whether it was Darnold or Brady, the redzone plays were pretty bad outside the 2nd quarter.

The way he stood tall in the pocket and completed throws with DL about to hit him was impressive. I think this game goes a long way to showing he was not ruined by the Jets.  Elite arm strength on display on a few plays, including that incredible bomb to Robby.

Still too early to say, but we could have something as he grows with the elite skill players around him.  Let's look for a complete game next week!

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Just now, Mr. Scot said:

I put the fumble on Ricci, honestly.

We'll need to hear the coaches take. It looked like Darnold had the ball extended too much as he passed Ricci, but I didn't see enough replays to be sure.

To be sure, I'd rather a play like that than throwing an INT into double coverage, given what we know about Darnold.  If the fumble was on him, that is easy to correct, and doesn't harken back to his days as a Jet.

1 minute ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

So far he looks very viable, especially if we can get him some better protection.

yeah, the OL is a huge problem.  Can't take advantage of that arm strength often when he has to get the ball out so fast.

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1 minute ago, PhillyB said:

important thing to me was his poise in the pocket. never panicked, stood through some punishing rushes, came up clutch on several occasions.

and he can gun it deep.

jury's still out but this was a GREAT sign.

 

that was as poised as you can be man IDGAF what one thought about Sam before the game you can't be a legit anything and say otherwise.

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