With or without Sam Darnold, beating a good Philadelphia Eagles team is a Herculean task. It doesn’t help that the history doesn’t favor the New York Jets against Philly. Their 0-10 record against them stands as the longest winless streak against a single team in Jets history.
On top of that, the Jets have made this as hard on themselves as possible. Darnold saw the lion’s share of first-team reps in practice this week. This means Luke Falk hasn’t had much, if any, meaningful work with the first team in two weeks.
All odds point to New York losing a fourth straight game to open the year and an 11th straight to the Eagles.