Twin tweaks: Two subtle adjustments have raised Sam Darnold's game

A look at what's happening around the New York Jets:

1. 'Pretty inspiring': Sam Darnold's former high school coach flew across the country last weekend to watch his prized ex-pupil face the Houston Texans. It was Jaime Ortiz's first chance to see Darnold in person as an NFL quarterback, and from his end zone seat, Ortiz witnessed what he saw many times in the fall of 2014 at San Clemente High School in California:

A creative playmaker.

"He has what I call it the 'it' factor," Ortiz said in a phone interview. "It's when everything around him just slows down. For other players, it tends to speed up. I saw how people in the crowd reacted. When he made a play, they just shook their heads. For him,…