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Joe Namath: Sam Darnold looks right at home as Jets starter

If you’re feeling bullish about the Jets’ quarterback situation heading into the regular season, you’re not alone.

Joe Namath agrees.

The only man to win a Super Bowl championship for the Jets was at MetLife Stadium Friday night to see for himself how rookie Sam Darnold performed, and Namath came away convinced that the Jets are in great shape at the most important position of all.

“I think everybody would say that,” Namath told Newsday as he watched Darnold go toe-to-toe with Eli Manning in the first half. “The fans know it. The team knows it.