It’s always difficult running into your ex in public. Now imagine being forced into a three-hour get-together.
That’s the situation the New York Jets have been placed into as their 2021 season kicks off on Sunday afternoon against the Carolina Panthers (1 p.m. ET, CBS).
The Jets’ Charlotte-based host features several former bearers of green (including Robby Anderson, Juston Burris, Frankie Luvu, Pat Elflein, and Julian Stanford), but one in particular has stolen the spotlight: quarterback Sam Darnold.
It took three seasons for Jets management to declare Darnold the latest false prophet in their endless search for a franchise thrower.