Sam Darnold spent his weekend with friends, watching football and self-evaluating. What the Jets rookie quarterback determined is he can be much better.
Darnold is going to be his toughest critic because he expects so much from himself. But after two straight losses, during which he totaled one touchdown and four interceptions, Darnold feels he needs to be more decisive and has to trust himself more.
“Just going with my gut feeling and really trusting my eyes, trusting what I see and letting it rip,” Darnold said on a conference call Monday afternoon. “Every time I look back at it, my first read I think the defense is not going to give me something and I would skip over a progression.