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Great quote: "One of the unimpeachable truths of the N.F.L. is its week-to-week unpredictability, and it recalls a sentiment expressed long ago by Mark Twain, who claimed to have counted 136 different kinds of weather during a single spring day in New England.
Except that the weather never changes in New England. It is always cool and overcast with a chance of Super Bowl. Ideal hoodie conditions."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/sports/football/nfl-standings-week-7.html
Except that the weather never changes in New England. It is always cool and overcast with a chance of Super Bowl. Ideal hoodie conditions."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/sports/football/nfl-standings-week-7.html
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Here are Darnold's comments:
https://www.northjersey.com/story/s...ed-patriots-theyre-not-unbeatable/4006470002/
FLORHAM PARK — History says the Jets don’t have much of a chance when they play the Patriots on Monday night. The statistics present an even more daunting outlook: the Jets’ offense has been one of the worst in football, the Patriots’ defense has been one of the best in history.
But don’t tell that to Sam Darnold.
The Jets’ second-year quarterback usually carries himself with quiet confidence, but Thursday he backed up that self-belief up with some bold words and made it clear that he’s not intimidated by the Patriots.
“Their defense is good, they have been all year,” Darnold said after practice. “But just like any team, they’re not unbeatable. So we’ve just got to go out there, find the weakness in the defense and keep working it. So that’s what we’re going to do on Monday night.”
A Week 7 win over the Patriots (6-0) would change everything for the Jets (1-4). But there aren’t many people outside of the team's headquarters can happen — and for good reason.
The Patriots (6-0) have won seven straight games over the Jets and 10 out of the last 11. And they arrive at MetLife with a defense that leads the league in overall defense (2347 yards per game) and scoring defense (8.0 points per game).
The Jets could hardly move the ball their first four games of the season, scoring only two offensive touchdowns.
But the Jets have hope because they were without Darnold (mononucleosis) for three of those games. And when he returned Sunday against the Cowboys, he played one of the best games of his career leading the Jets to three first-half touchdowns and an upset win over the Cowboys.
That was just one game — one half, really. This team has a long way to go before they prove they can be a consistent offense.
And yet the typically-reserved Darnold went all-in on the Jets' offense Thursday, saying that he expects them to be more than just good once they're fully healthy — tight end Chris Herndon didn’t practice Thursday and likely won’t play Monday — he expects them to be dominant.
“Once all the guys are back together, I think we're unstoppable as an offense, or we can be,” Darnold said. “It's up to us how much we execute or how well we go out there and play. It's really up to us how many points we score.”
That’s an extremely high bar to set for an offense that still ranks 30th or worse in every major category. But it felt like Darnold was trying to send a message to his teammates as they head into a game that could change their season.
He doesn’t care how good the Patriots are or what they’ve done. He’s not worried about Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. He’s confident in what this team can do.
And really, that’s all that matters.
Darnold is just at the beginning of his NFL career. But he already seems to understand what many past leaders of the Jets — both players and coaches — never grasped. It’s never going to work if the Jets are more focused on beating the Patriots than on doing their own job.
“I think for us, when you get locked in on trying to break the dynasty or tear them down, that's when you start losing control of yourself and losing control of your emotions during the game,” Darnold said. “For us, it's continuing to take it one game at a time and just focus on this game plan, what we need to do, the certain looks that we get, how we're going to adjust to those and go about the game that way.”
It’s not that Darnold doesn’t want to dismantle the Patriots’ dynasty. He just knows that focusing on it too much could push it away.
“Because if we get outside of ourselves, and try to take down Tom Brady, take down [Bill] Belichick, those are all legit [aspirations],” Darnold said. “But for us, it's really just about focusing on what we need to do and how we need to execute.”
So when Darnold takes the field Monday night, he won’t be thinking about how cool it would be to out-play Brady on national television. He knows he’ll be going head-to-head with Belichick and his defense, but he won’t be focused on slaying the legend.
“It's just X's and O's and for us, it's about executing and playing better than them,” Darnold said.
Perhaps Darnold’s refreshing self-belief is because he doesn’t know any better. After all, this is just his second game ever against the Patriots. Maybe after a few years and beatings at the hands of Belichick and Brady, that confidence will fade.
But right now, it’s clear that Darnold isn’t afraid of the Patriots. He believes the Jets, despite everything that’s gone wrong this year, can go out there and beat them.
He’s probably not right. Not yet. But what if he is?
https://www.northjersey.com/story/s...ed-patriots-theyre-not-unbeatable/4006470002/
FLORHAM PARK — History says the Jets don’t have much of a chance when they play the Patriots on Monday night. The statistics present an even more daunting outlook: the Jets’ offense has been one of the worst in football, the Patriots’ defense has been one of the best in history.
But don’t tell that to Sam Darnold.
The Jets’ second-year quarterback usually carries himself with quiet confidence, but Thursday he backed up that self-belief up with some bold words and made it clear that he’s not intimidated by the Patriots.
“Their defense is good, they have been all year,” Darnold said after practice. “But just like any team, they’re not unbeatable. So we’ve just got to go out there, find the weakness in the defense and keep working it. So that’s what we’re going to do on Monday night.”
A Week 7 win over the Patriots (6-0) would change everything for the Jets (1-4). But there aren’t many people outside of the team's headquarters can happen — and for good reason.
The Patriots (6-0) have won seven straight games over the Jets and 10 out of the last 11. And they arrive at MetLife with a defense that leads the league in overall defense (2347 yards per game) and scoring defense (8.0 points per game).
The Jets could hardly move the ball their first four games of the season, scoring only two offensive touchdowns.
But the Jets have hope because they were without Darnold (mononucleosis) for three of those games. And when he returned Sunday against the Cowboys, he played one of the best games of his career leading the Jets to three first-half touchdowns and an upset win over the Cowboys.
That was just one game — one half, really. This team has a long way to go before they prove they can be a consistent offense.
And yet the typically-reserved Darnold went all-in on the Jets' offense Thursday, saying that he expects them to be more than just good once they're fully healthy — tight end Chris Herndon didn’t practice Thursday and likely won’t play Monday — he expects them to be dominant.
“Once all the guys are back together, I think we're unstoppable as an offense, or we can be,” Darnold said. “It's up to us how much we execute or how well we go out there and play. It's really up to us how many points we score.”
That’s an extremely high bar to set for an offense that still ranks 30th or worse in every major category. But it felt like Darnold was trying to send a message to his teammates as they head into a game that could change their season.
He doesn’t care how good the Patriots are or what they’ve done. He’s not worried about Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. He’s confident in what this team can do.
And really, that’s all that matters.
Darnold is just at the beginning of his NFL career. But he already seems to understand what many past leaders of the Jets — both players and coaches — never grasped. It’s never going to work if the Jets are more focused on beating the Patriots than on doing their own job.
“I think for us, when you get locked in on trying to break the dynasty or tear them down, that's when you start losing control of yourself and losing control of your emotions during the game,” Darnold said. “For us, it's continuing to take it one game at a time and just focus on this game plan, what we need to do, the certain looks that we get, how we're going to adjust to those and go about the game that way.”
It’s not that Darnold doesn’t want to dismantle the Patriots’ dynasty. He just knows that focusing on it too much could push it away.
“Because if we get outside of ourselves, and try to take down Tom Brady, take down [Bill] Belichick, those are all legit [aspirations],” Darnold said. “But for us, it's really just about focusing on what we need to do and how we need to execute.”
So when Darnold takes the field Monday night, he won’t be thinking about how cool it would be to out-play Brady on national television. He knows he’ll be going head-to-head with Belichick and his defense, but he won’t be focused on slaying the legend.
“It's just X's and O's and for us, it's about executing and playing better than them,” Darnold said.
Perhaps Darnold’s refreshing self-belief is because he doesn’t know any better. After all, this is just his second game ever against the Patriots. Maybe after a few years and beatings at the hands of Belichick and Brady, that confidence will fade.
But right now, it’s clear that Darnold isn’t afraid of the Patriots. He believes the Jets, despite everything that’s gone wrong this year, can go out there and beat them.
He’s probably not right. Not yet. But what if he is?
EasyBigFella
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Darnold is Sanchez 2.0. He'll be an-all time epic bust of a QB when it's all said and done
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IDK. I felt that on Day One for Sanchez, but I still think Darnold will be good,
All he did was say to himself something that happens to all QBs. He probably forgot he was miced. It's happened.
I doubt he'll do anything under Gase, though. Gase is a moron. Darnold was having free runners all night and Gase tells him to put the ball in the endzone. WTF? Darnold had about 1.5 seconds before getting hit. Sure enough, Jets call a deep pass,Darnold gets hit while throwing, and is picked. Jets would be better off with Spurrier.