FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Sam Darnold needs a partner on the football field, a go-to receiver who can grow up with him. Forever ago, it was Joe Namath-to-Don Maynard. The New York Jets need something like that, a Batman-Robin tandem that could take Gotham City.
Robby Anderson wants to be Darnold’s trusty sidekick, and he certainly has played like it over the past two weeks. Their future, Anderson said recently, is “as bright as the summer sun.” Problem is, the Jets can't subscribe to that weather forecast -- not yet -- because Anderson still is an enigma, on and off the field.