Not trying to be a dream killer here but, what happens if we trade Darnold to Dallas and Lawrence decides to stay in school another year OR force a trade? Two words..." We're Fucked!"
I thought it pretty obvious but then the person who highlighted it then left out the 'well' and changed the context exactly like he desired. Very disingenuous tbh.
If Darnold is a "turnover machine" what does that make Brett Favre? Darnold's career Interception Pct. is 3.2%, Favre had a 3.3% ratio. And Favre played on MUCH better teams with MUCH better coaching. Your hysteria over your dream of the Jets landing a "can't miss, sure thing; guaranteed HOF" QB in Lawrence is coloring your ability to fairly assess Darnold.
I don't think it is realistic to trade Darnold prior to obtaining the number one pick unless someone gives us a ridiculous offer which would be really hard to get with him being injured. But to answer your question the answer might be to sign Dak Prescott. Why would Prescott sign with us? Maybe a better coaching staff plus being loaded with high picks and salary cap room might do it. But signing with the Jets has the potential to quickly ruin his career.
He is a turnover machine. In only 30 games he's tossed 32 interceptions and has fumbled the football a whopping 16 times. He played like this in college @ USC too. He was a turnover machine who tossed ints and couldn't stop fumbling the football. And please don't ever compare Sam to a younger Favre. After Favre's 3rd season starting he had 70 TDs thrown with a 26-19 winning record (all 3 winning above .500 seasons) with a QB Rating of 90.7 during his 3rd season. Sam? lol. 11-19 losing record during his 3rd season. Only 39 career TDs and during his 3rd year a horrible QB Rating of 70 dead last ranked 32nd amongst all QBs. Yes. Favre was an int machine but he also tossed TDs and had a winning record and a great QB rating during his 3rd year. To be in your 3rd year? 32nd dead last rated QB? Na. Sam has to go!
24-25. But it doesn't matter because Favre was WAAAAYY BETTER during Favre's 1st season (2nd year) than Darnold is today during his THIRD YEAR! I'm sorry. But you're not allowed to be a 3rd year starting NFL QB but yet ranked as the 32nd QB ala DEAD LAST in QB Rating 3 years later? Nope. Sam has to go. He's more of a BUST than Mark Sanchez ever was. Sam was an ESPN media driven HYPE MACHINE because of ONE ROSE BOWL GAME. And fans like me (and you) and especially Maccagnan fell for it.
Did you ever stop to consider that if quoting stats proved anything, you'd win more people over to your POV?
Maybe its time to trade Sam to Dallas with Daltons injury? Their season is imploding, but the division is weak.
That is something he would never consider, this is what makes him a repetitive bore, types the same thing over and over, which is kinda ironic because it then makes me a repetitive bore writing out the same reply over and over again. Man, 2020 sucks balls.
to be fair, a lot of people warned that Sam Darnold would be another USC bust in a long line of them.
Before he was drafted, I had heard that he had issues with reading defenses, pass accuracy, and he lacked confidence. All three have been absolutely true. The scouts and analysts never, ever, ever, EVER learn. Almost every year that there's a good USC QB going into the draft, they almost always rank them in the top 5 to 10. And every single one over the past 30 years, with the exception of Carson Palmer, has been a bust. I don't get it either; it would be one thing if these QBs were coming out looking like a Peyton Manning, can't-miss prospect. But they all came into the draft with serious question marks and concerns, but because they went to USC, their stock gets bumped up. And, every year, all the concerns end up being quite valid.
At the end of the day, you need to make plays. Even though Burrows team sucks, he still throws for 300 yards a game. Sam is so awkward in the pocket, just not there.
Our biggest mistake was not drafting Sam but trading all those picks for him. That’s what sets you back.
They were all #2 picks....we got one from a trade so it wasn't a steep price to pay. MM did a good job moving up 3 spots.
I'm not apologizing for Sam's performance - that 1st interception was a perfect microcosm of what he has been so far. The 2nd INT, that was a good play by the Bills to tip it. But the OL? Worst performance you can imagine -they cold not do anything the 2nd half. Pass block, run block, even short yardage - 4th and 1 play was abysmal. They looked worse than last year. The Bills made adjustments sent blitzes all over and around. Perfect example of Gase being plain out coached. Four yards total offense in the 2nd half? When you have a combination of poor OL play, poor coaching, poor play calling, this is the crux of the matter. Just going by what I saw from the game.
