Drafting Sam Darnold this past April has given every New York Jets fan – including myself, a glimmer of hope we haven’t felt in quite some time. The days of forcing rookie quarterbacks to the bench in order to gain some experience from the sideline are long over.
These last several seasons we have seen the likes of Marcus Mariota, Jameis Winston, Dak Prescott, Jared Goff and Carson Wentz avoid the sideline – leading to rookie seasons that any franchise would love to have when building for the next year and ultimately the future.