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Jets QB Sam Darnold: I will be The Man 'my way'

New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold #14 warms up prior to the start of the pre season game against the Philadelphia Eagles at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford NJ on Aug 29, 2018. Photo Credit: Daniel De Mato

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – Boomer Esiason offered some interesting perspective about what comes next for Sam Darnold, and it had very little to do with the actual football part of Darnold’s development. A former MVP quarterback himself, Esiason is already encouraged about Darnold’s ability to play.

It’s something else.

“He’s just gotta be ‘The Man’ now,” Esiason said in a recent interview.