MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — It’s almost as if we’re watching Sam Darnold play two seasons at the same time.
One is the season in which the Jets are 3-5 heading into Sunday’s game against the 4-4 Dolphins in a potentially pivotal AFC East matchup for both teams.
The other is the one in which the Jets’ quarterback is waging an internal struggle to learn the nuances of a league that is coming at him at speeds of what seem like a million miles an hour.
It’s a balancing act for a 21-year-old quarterback just out of college and adjusting to life at the highest levels of his sport, a process only a select few have gone through and therefore know anything about.