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Beat writer breakdown: How Jets QB Sam Darnold could hurt Detroit

Editor's note: This is our "beat writer breakdown," a weekly series where he pose five questions to a reporter who covers the Detroit Lions' opponent. To open the season, Jets beat writer Darryl Slater is our victim. Detroit will begin the season against New York on Monday night at Ford Field.

MLive: Where else to start than with Sam Darnold? He's going to become the youngest quarterback to start a game since Matthew Stafford. He had some nice numbers in the preseason, but it doesn't look like he took a bunch of chances either.