One week after being the third-string quarterback for the New York Jets, former Trojan quarterback Sam Darnold is now sitting comfortably atop the depth chart. How did he fare in his first official start in the NFL?
“I believe that [Darnold] will Quarterback 1 in Week 1 for the New York Jets,” future Hall-of-Famer Jason Witten says right before Sam Darnold’s second preseason game. Just one piece of praise out of many heard throughout the preseason, the rookie quarterback is slowly but surely taking the league by storm.
And, yes, it’s early, but the young gunslinger is also starting to shed the bust label off of USC quarterbacks.