CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold can’t think of any time in sports -- or life -- he truly needed a second chance. Until now.
Three failed seasons with the New York Jets, the team he’ll face in Sunday’s opener at Bank of America Stadium (1 p.m. ET, CBS), is the reason.
“I feel like, for me, every opportunity I've found a way to kind of take advantage of,’’ Darnold told ESPN.com. “The Jets was kind of the first time in my life that I got something -- and that was taken away from me, for multiple reasons.