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Sam Darnold feeling hip about new arm strength

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – It turns out Eli Manning isn’t the only New York quarterback with more velocity on his fastball this year.

Manning divulged last week that his offseason work with overhand throwing specialist Mickey Brueckner helped strengthen his arm. And now it turns out Darnold added some zip to his throws with his own offseason training regimen.

“I don’t think I realized how strong his arm was,” Jets coach Adam Gase said after practice Monday. “It looks like he does have more velocity this year. That’s just from my perspective.”

The same holds true from Darnold’s perspective, although he did more football-specific training than Manning, who took many of the lessons from Brueckner, a former college pitcher, and incorporated them into his throwing motion.