New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold had an impressive rookie debut but head coach Todd Bowles would like to pump the breaks a bit on Darnold being the savior for this team.
After Darnold threw a pick-six to open the game he rebounded finishing the game with 196 yards and two touchdowns. After getting the jitters out early he looked like a quarterback that belonged in the NFL and in the spotlight.
“We won one game, I can tell you after about 100 more of them whether we have one or not, right now it's a little early,” Todd Bowles said, via the team's transcript. “Obviously, [we're] starting him, he can play the position. He's got to go through some things like he will every week, every week will be different for him just like everybody else on the team that's young. You grow with the position, he's not green he's very sharp, he handles himself very well and I trust him to make adjustments as he goes.”
Bowles wants to remind everyone that this is not a sprint and it's going to take the play over the season to figure out just how good he can be. The first game was a good start but there is still a long way to go before a final determination can be made.
“It's going to take more than a game to say that he's really good. It's going to take more than a game,” Bowles insisted. “… It's one been one game to sit here and say whether he's great, whether he's trash or whether anything else is kind of way too early for that. He's played one game, he's got a lot of years to go and he'll build it as he goes.”
Darnold's next chance to impress the coaches and fans will be on Sunday afternoon against the Miami Dolphins. It will also be his first regular-season home game and expect him to get a big ovation when he enters the game.
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