Todd Bowles spoke to the media after the Jets first practice on Friday. The hot topic was Sam Darnold not being in attendance. Here is everything Bowles has to say on the topic.<\/p>\n
On if there is an update on Sam Darnold and his contract\u2026<\/strong> On what Darnold loses by not being at training camp\u2026<\/strong> On if it is frustrating not having him at training camp considering he\u2019s the quarterback and number third pick in the draft\u2026 <\/strong> On how many practices Darnold would have to miss for it to become a concern\u2026<\/strong> On when another quarterback may be needed reduce the reps for the two quarterbacks that are at training camp\u2026<\/strong> On if he has been in touch with Darnold at all…<\/strong> On if it\u2019s annoying that Darnold\u2019s contract has not been completed\u2026<\/strong> On if Sam Darnold had reached a point in his development at the end of mini-camp to miss a few days of training camp or if he will be behind\u2026<\/strong> On if Darnold\u2019s absence alters the plans for dividing the reps\u2026<\/strong> Todd Bowles spoke to the media after the Jets first practice on Friday. The hot topic was Sam Darnold not being in attendance. Here is everything Bowles has to say on the topic. On if there is an update on Sam Darnold and his contract\u2026 No, not at this time. He\u2019s not here, so we\u2019re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":39100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[213],"tags":[2856],"class_list":{"0":"post-40205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jet-news","8":"tag-sam-darnold"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/USATSI_10805911_158813650_lowres.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-ast","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40206,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40205\/revisions\/40206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNo, not at this time. He\u2019s not here, so we\u2019re coaching the (89) other guys.<\/p>\n
\nAnytime you\u2019re not here you lose something. It\u2019s been a day. Obviously, when he comes in we will get him caught up. Right now, we\u2019ve got (89) other guys to worry about.<\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s part of the business. We\u2019ve got two other quarterbacks that can play too. If he came and got hurt on the first day, we would have to play everybody else so we adjust to that and move on.<\/p>\n
\nIt is not a concern now because I can only coach the guys that are here. As a coach, we\u2019re going to coach the guys that are here. When Sam gets here, we\u2019ll get him caught up. Until then, we go as planned.<\/p>\n
\nYou always talk about it regardless of the fact. And we keep a close monitor on them and we\u2019ll keep a pitch count. We\u2019ll understand when we need to do something and when we don\u2019t.<\/p>\n
\nNo, I have not.<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019ve played, I\u2019ve coached, I\u2019ve scouted. It\u2019s part of the business. It\u2019s just another day in the office. There\u2019s no animosity there. It\u2019s just the business part. When he comes in, we\u2019ll get him caught up to speed and get him ready to go. So right now we\u2019re just coaching the (89) other guys. It\u2019s not frustrating. I\u2019m a coach – people get hurt, people go down, people get suspended and contract situations. That has nothing to do with the team. I\u2019m worried about the team.<\/p>\n
\nEverybody needs practice full-time, whether it\u2019s a rookie or whether it\u2019s a 15-year veteran. He\u2019ll get caught up when he gets in here. Other than that we will go status quo as usual.<\/p>\n
\nI can\u2019t worry about the guys not here getting the reps. I have to worry about the guys here getting the reps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"