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<\/a>Darnold looked masterful in running the team’s two-minute offense in his pre-season debut.<\/p><\/div>\n
Starved for a franchise quarterback since the days of Joe Namath, Jets fans weren’t just treated to an impressive debut from Darnold against the Atlanta Falcons in the team’s 17-0 vicotry<\/strong><\/a>, but it was the way Darnold went about his business that has fans hoping he’s under center when the season kicks off.<\/p>\n It wasn’t Mark Sanchez locking on to a single target and following his receiver for the duration of a route before firing an interception.\u00a0 It was far from it.\u00a0 On several plays, Darnold was seen coming away from his primary receiver, then moving on from his second before completing a pass to his third option, staying calm, cool and collected the whole time.<\/p>\n Nor was it Geno Smith sensing pressure up the middle and high-tailing it away from the line of scrimmage for a sack and a loss of yardage on the play.\u00a0 Instead, it was Darnold, calmly keeping his eyes down the field, sensing pressure, and then moving within and outside the pocket to pick up a few yards with his legs, or to complete a pass to a receiver who had come open during the scramble with a defender bearing down on him.<\/p>\n Outside of a few fringe lunatic fans, the commentary on Darnold’s play has been effusively positive, with some of the game’s better x’s and o’s people breaking down some of his more impressive plays.<\/p>\n