Sam Darnold had another good day of throwing the ball. He continues to show his command of this offense but it was his two worst throws of the day that I want to focus on here. Because as off as the throws were they were still completed and they came on back-to-back plays. First Darnold threw a back-shoulder throw to Herndon for about 10-15 yards, the throw was way too far behind that back shoulder of Herndon, but somehow Herndon was able to contort his body to make a ridiculous diving catch. Then on the very next play Darnold saw Travis Wesco open across the middle of the field and put the ball too far out in front yet Wesco was able to extend just enough to make another diving catch.
Breshad Perriman was able to take a short slant to the house for a long touchdown today, Jeff Smith made a couple of nice plays and George Campbell won a handful of impressive reps with the backups today, but regardless of the state of the receiving core, Darnold and this offense are going to need these tight ends to make plays exactly like those two. Receiving targets can’t always expect a perfect ball and this Jets offense isn’t talented enough to be able to brush off every incompletion on a non-perfect throw, sometimes the target needs to bail out the quarterback and that’s exactly what happened today.
Herndon has that ability, he can do that consistently if he can just stay on the field. Wesco far less so, but it is there. The Jets and their fans are going to ask Darnold to elevate his play and in turn elevate the play of his teammates, but every once in awhile he’s going to need these guys to elevate him with plays like they did today.
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Breshad Perriman was able to take a short slant to the house for a long touchdown today, Jeff Smith made a couple of nice plays and George Campbell won a handful of impressive reps with the backups today, but regardless of the state of the receiving core, Darnold and this offense are going to need these tight ends to make plays exactly like those two. Receiving targets can’t always expect a perfect ball and this Jets offense isn’t talented enough to be able to brush off every incompletion on a non-perfect throw, sometimes the target needs to bail out the quarterback and that’s exactly what happened today.
Herndon has that ability, he can do that consistently if he can just stay on the field. Wesco far less so, but it is there. The Jets and their fans are going to ask Darnold to elevate his play and in turn elevate the play of his teammates, but every once in awhile he’s going to need these guys to elevate him with plays like they did today.
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