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Jets' Sam Darnold rebounds from total disaster with sparkling 1st TD to Robby Anderson (VIDEO)

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.