Sam Darnold & Le’Veon Bell Ready to Tear Up the NFL

New York Jets second year quarterback Sam Darnold is excited about what his offense can do in the upcoming season.

Sam Darnold told the Jets official website that their offense this year will be ‘Electric’.

“I think we’re going to do some fun things out there with all the tempo and all the different things we can do. It’ll be fun, it will be fun to watch us and hopefully we are going to put up a lot of points.”

Sam Darnold talks about the team, but his personal development will be a big factor as well. His preseason performances showed the kind of progression you want to see from a second year signal-caller.

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His improved pocket movement and decision making will help him to dovetail with new star running back Le’Veon Bell. Darnold had trouble connecting with his running backs last year. Bell, though, is a different proposition entirely.

“First of all, the way he is able to protect out of the backfield,” Darnold said of Bell. 

“Also, if the linebacker has him matched up out of the backfield, I know he’s able to win that matchup running a route and running the football. There are so many different ways he can help, but it all starts with the offensive line. We all know that, but we can count on Le’Veon to find that opening and find the crease in there.”

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While there is excitement, there is also an acceptance that the new-look Gang Green could take some time to gel.

“It’s not that I’m expecting there to be growing pains, but if there are, we’re just going to roll with them,” Darnold said. 

“We’re going to play it one play at a time. If something happens during the course of a series, I might go to the sideline and tell Gase how I’m feeling back there, how the defense is responding and all of that. We’re just going to try and figure things out. Right now, especially, we have a really good foundation for where we want to go.”