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Sam Darnold on Gregg Williams' firing: 'Above my pay grade'

Sam Darnold was in the trainer’s room getting treatment when he heard that the Jets got rid of defensive coordinator Gregg Williams. Darnold said those decisions are above him.

"We were all kind of just taking it in, didn’t really know what to think of it," Darnold said on a conference call Monday afternoon. "That’s something that’s above my pay grade. I’m not going to necessarily sit here and talk about why he was let go."

Darnold said no one from the Jets had spoken to him yet. Adam Gase said he spoke to a couple of defensive players but not the team as a whole.