Sam Darnold is Jets' favorite to start Week 1
New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold is the favorite to start Week 1, believes Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News.
"Barring deer-in-the-headlights moments over the next couple weeks, it’d be an upset if Darnold isn’t the Week 1 starter," Mehta writes. "The brain trust is happier with this kid with each passing day, according to people familiar with the organization’s giddiness level." Darnold has been working with the first-team and is expected to start the Jets' second preseason game against the Washington Redskins on Thursday night. At this point, it sounds like Josh McCown and Teddy Bridgewater are competing for the backup job.
numberFire's models currently expect Darnold to be a backup this season.
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