Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold is playing like the MVP candidate the Jets hoped he would one day be when they selected him third overall in 2018. That’s led some people to wonder if Darnold was always a future star, and who just wasn’t. was given the opportunity to sign by the bad organization that drafted him.
Darnold doesn’t see it that way. When asked if the Jets were abandoning him, Darnold said, “No.”
“I had a lot of opportunities in New York and I always felt like I could have played better there,” Darnold continued.
This year, Darnold leads the NFL with 11 touchdown passes and a 118.9 passer rating and is the biggest reason the Vikings are 4-0. But in fairness to the Jets, they gave him three full seasons to develop and he never improved. In fact, his third and final season with the Jets was his worst. He was also mediocre in his two seasons with the Panthers and in his lone start last year with the 49ers. Darnold has been given many opportunities in his NFL career. The opportunity the Vikings gave him could have been his last if he had failed, but instead he made the most of it.
On Sunday in London, Darnold will face the Jets, perhaps leaving some Jets fans wishing their team had given him a better chance to develop. Even if Darnold says they gave him plenty of chances.
