Sam Darnold deserves better. The New York Jets’ quarterback takes the brunt of the team’s ineptitude on the field. Off it, all he hears is how Gang Green should go 0-16 so it can select Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence in the 2021 NFL Draft.
You have to give credit to the third-year QB, who was the third overall pick out of USC in 2018. He always says the right thing.
“I love it here. I love the people here,” Darnold said Monday. “I love living here. I’ve always said it, that I want to be a Jet for life. But again that decision isn’t up to me.”
Darnold is 11-24 as a starter for the Jets with 41 TD passes against 37 interceptions. He has seen illness — mono — and injury — derail his career.
Throw in 91 sacks in two-plus seasons and you have to fear for the damage being done to his future in the NFL.
