NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Darnold was uncertain where his NFL

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career would begin while he was preparing for the draft.The former Southern
California quarterback also was keeping tabs on what team Kirk Cousins would
choose in free agency. Darnold knew Cousins’ situation would likely affect his
future.“I was really just paying attention Danielle Hunter Jersey , especially during that time,” Darnold said Monday during a conference call. “Definitely paying attention to Kirk, what he was
doing free agent-wise and trying to understand what team I could maybe go to,
who might pick me up.“Yeah, I was definitely thinking about all that stuff
during the draft process.”The New York Jets went after Cousins in March and made
the former Washington quarterback a big-time offer. Instead, Cousins chose to
sign with Minnesota, getting a fully guaranteed three-year contract worth $84
million.The Jets then turned their attention to the draft, pulling off a trade
with Indianapolis to move up to the No. 3 spot and secure one of the top
quarterbacks available. After Cleveland took Baker Mayfield and the Giants went
with Saquon Barkley, the Jets knew they had their guy.“Yeah,” Darnold said,
“everything worked out for the best http://www.thevikingslockerroom.com/authentic-trevor-siemian-jersey , I think.”No doubt about it, as far as New York is concerned.Darnold has shown
steady progress during his first six NFL games, helping the Jets to a 3-3 start.
His best game might have come Sunday, when he went 24 of 30 for 280 yards and
two touchdowns with one interception in a 42-34 victory over Indianapolis .“I
felt like I kind of took what the defense gave me, but at the same time took the
shots when they were there,” he said. “So I thought I played really well, and my
completion percentage was up, which is a good thing.”He had ranked near the
bottom of the league in that category, as well as quarterback rating. Darnold is
at 59.8 percent on his completions, which is still among the lowest, while his
83.7 rating is in the middle of the pack.“For me Womens George Iloka Jersey , every week it’s the poise in the pocket,” coach Todd Bowles said. “And, the breaking of the huddle, the adjustments that
he has to make, the audibles he has to make and doing the right things and it’s
slowing down for him. And just doing that the right way, and he was pretty good
at it (Sunday).”Darnold will get a chance to do it again next Sunday, and this
time against Cousins and the Vikings at MetLife Stadium.Not that he feels any
added pressure going up against the guy who was the Jets’ top target in free
agency.“No, not at all,” he said. “For me, I’m just going out there every single
week, treating it as a faceless opponent and knowing what they do
defensively Dalvin Cook Jersey , knowing what they do well, maybe what they don’t do so well and just attacking them.“Like I’ve said before, take what they give me,
but at the same time take the shots when they’re there.”Meanwhile, the Vikings
are 3-2-1 with Cousins , who is fourth in the NFL with 1,921 yards passing to go
along with 12 touchdowns and just three interceptions.“He’s a good player,”
Bowles said. “He’s always been a good player. He was a good player in
Washington, he’s a good player in Minnesota. So, he’s somebody we’ve got to deal
with, he’s a tough one.”Several Jets players have said they didn’t necessarily
pay attention to the team’s interest in Cousins during the offseason. And they
and the coaches insist they aren’t approaching this as some sort of revenge game
to show the veteran quarterback what he turned down.“It’s never disappointing in
free agency http://www.thevikingslockerroom.com/authentic-pat-elflein-jersey ,” Bowles said. “Even though you have a chance at somebody, that doesn’t guarantee
you anybody. So you just move on, and always have a plan A, B, C and D. So you
just move on to the next phase of the plan.”For the Jets, that was Darnold.And,
so far, so good.“It’s been a fun process,” Darnold said. “Now that we’ve had a
few Sundays in a row where we can just kind of walk in on our routine, it’s
really fun to be able to understand it and kind of just go about it throughout
the week. I feel like I’ve definitely been getting a lot better as the weeks
have kind of compiled.” Declares he wants to be a "Viking for life""Last season
didn’t go the way that Everson Griffen envisioned. After getting off to a solid
start in the team’s first two games, Griffen missed five games following a
string of incidents that led to the Minnesota Vikings telling him to stay away
from the team until they decided he was ready. He eventually returned to the
team Womens Harrison Smith Jersey , but didn’t look quite the same as he had in the past.In a press conference on Tuesday, the second day of the team’s
offseason program, Griffen addressed the media and acknowledged that he wasn’t
the same player following the incident, but declared that he’s feeling much
better and is ready to get back into form in 2019.When he’s on, Griffen still
has everything that it takes to be a force at defensive end for the Vikings,
something he’s displayed prominently since taking over for Jared Allen as the
full-time starter at defensive end. It’s good to see that he’s back into the
swing of things and feeling like he’s ready to play at the same level we’re used
to seeing.Kudos to the Vikings for sticking with Griffen, too. Sure, football is
a business, but it seems like the team did right by Griffen when it came to his
issues and making sure that he got himself right again. I think we’re all very
much looking forward to seeing #97 chasing quarterbacks again in 2019.
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