DETROIT -- Well, that's more like it.
About an hour and a half after Sam Darnold started his Jets career with a complete disaster of a pick-six, he redeemed himself with a sparkling 41-yard touchdown pass to Robby Anderson against the Detroit Lions.
Sam Darnold is on the board! The rookie launches his first career TD pass to Robby Anderson.
-- CBS Sports (@CBSSports) September 11, 2018
Darnold found Anderson streaking free up the left sideline and pulled the trigger.
Long balls were a weak point for Darnold during the preseason and this one was slightly underthrown, too.