Jets quarterback Sam Darnold said he was “seeing ghosts” during a disastrous 33-0 loss to the Patriots on Monday night. Now it seems his team may have seen the end of NFL Films’s famous mic’d up segments.
The already infamous clip, in which Darnold is on the sideline after yet another failed drive against the relentless New England defense, was shown during ESPN’s broadcast of the game after it was picked up on a microphone Darnold was wearing. It’s a familiar part of the broadcast for football fans, as the league’s longtime production company, NFL Films, regularly records in-game soundbites from players.