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Sam Darnold has improved, but no sure thing to develop into a star

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – Two years and 26 games in, what do we know about Sam Darnold? Not enough.

It could be worse, of course. The Jets might have used the No. 3 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft – 29 spots ahead of Lamar Jackson, if you are scoring at home – on a quarterback who seemed overmatched on or off the field.

Darnold certainly is not that.

But it could be better. The Jets could have a guy like, well, Lamar Jackson.

So here we are, which is . . . unclear. Sunday’s 13-6 victory over the waiting-for-the-playoffs-to-start Bills at New Era Field made the Jets 6-2 in the second half of the season, which is good.