Current New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold encountered a forgettable outing against the rival New England Patriots in the latest installment of Monday Night Football. Not only that, but Darnold was captured on camera saying that he was “seeing ghosts.” As one can imagine, just about everyone on the planet was on the Jets quarterback's case on Tuesday morning.
However, a former Jets signal caller and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Brett Favre, recently came to his rescue.
“That’s a term that Mike Holmgren would say to me quite often, my first one, two, three years with the Packers,” Favre said on Tuesday, via SiriusXM NFL Radio. “It’s not a new term. Quite frankly, I’m not surprised. A young player — the quarterback, especially — will have a tendency to see ghosts. You know, you hear the term a lot, ‘It’s slowing down for him,’ and that is kind of the opposite of seeing ghosts. You know, you go from one level — high school to college, college to pros — and each time, there’s sort of a maturation level. The speed, really. The game itself is not that different. You still lineup with 11. You still throw it, you still run it. You line up in shotgun, under center, and so on and so forth. What’s different is in high school, you may have one or two really good players, either on your side or the other side. College, then you got eight, maybe nine, maybe 11, which would be rare. But when you get to the pros, that pool of really good players becomes bigger, and so you’re facing more exotic defenses or better talent and the speed of the game is fast. And so this is the learning curve for him.”
Brett Favre can relate to Sam Darnold. Jets fans can only hope that Darnold will be able to overcome early-career mistakes.
Brett Favre did, and the rest is history.
The Patriots blew out the Jets by the score of 33-0 while Darnold had five total turnovers, including four interceptions.
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