{"id":65657,"date":"2020-09-12T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sam-darnold-talks-jets-terrible-mono-bout-mekhi-becton\/"},"modified":"2020-09-12T21:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T18:16:00","slug":"sam-darnold-talks-jets-terrible-mono-bout-mekhi-becton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sam-darnold-talks-jets-terrible-mono-bout-mekhi-becton\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sam Darnold talks Jets, terrible mono bout, Mekhi Becton"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Sam Darnold talks Jets, terrible mono bout, Mekhi Becton<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n With the Jets\u2019 season set to kick off Sunday, QB Sam Darnold huddles by phone with Post columnist Steve Serby for some Q&A. <\/em><\/p>\n

Q: Will you be able to see over Mekhi Becton?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: (Laugh) Yes. We\u2019ve established that already, got a couple of practices together, so yeah, we figured that out.<\/p>\n

Q: What is the most physical play you\u2019ve seen him make?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I think whenever him and [left guard] Alex [Lewis] double-team someone, and then he just runs up to a linebacker and just crushes him. I think those plays are the most fun to watch for a quarterback at least, watch it on tape.<\/p>\n

Q: How comforting is it having someone that size and that ability as your left tackle?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Very comforting.<\/p>\n

Q: Why is it fun being quarterback of a New York professional football team?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: First of all, I think playing football in general<\/a> is always fun (laugh), and then adding on to being in New York and having a fan base like we have \u2014 there\u2019s no other fans like the Jets fans. We\u2019re long overdue for a winning season, so I think we all just kind of owe it to the fans, obviously our organization as well, but our fans are diehards. Before game<\/a>s \u2014 obviously we\u2019re not gonna be able to do this this year \u2014 but before games being able to hang out with the fans and talk to \u2019em a little bit, and after the games, sign autographs and talk to the fans there. That\u2019s something I\u2019ve always dreamt of as a kid, and the fans in New York make it that much more amazing to do that.<\/p>\n

Q: Does it increase your urgency that the Jets have not made the playoffs in nine straight years and have not won a Super Bowl since 1969?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I think for us, we\u2019re focused on making sure that we do everything that we can every single day to best the team that we\u2019re going against that week. Obviously, if we just continue to do that, it will add up, but we can\u2019t be focused on those kind of things, obviously we\u2019re aware of it. And like I just said, we\u2019re aware of how hungry these fans are, but as players we\u2019re hungry too. We want to win. \u2026 We want to win now, but we understand that we gotta take it one day at a time.<\/p>\n

Q: How do you deal with the pressures and responsibility of a franchise quarterback?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I think for me it really stems from having a good family and to be able to talk to them if I feel like I ever need to, to be able to have those friends and teammates that I count on, that I lean on, if I\u2019m ever feeling a lot of pressure. And coaches as well to be able to talk to. We got a good group here, and I got a good family and a good group of friends to be able to lean on.<\/p>\n

Q: Fill in the blank: As a quarterback, I live for \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Playing football.<\/p>\n

Q: Tell me why a 65 percent completion percentage is realistic for you this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I love the system. This system is based on finding completions no matter where you are on the field, no matter what the defense brings pressure-wise or coverage-wise. So I think it\u2019s very realistic.<\/p>\n

Q: How much of a quicker decision-maker do you expect to be this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I think the ball\u2019s definitely gonna come out a little faster. I think you\u2019re gonna see a little more confidence in terms of throwing the football. I think it\u2019s gonna be a really good year. Obviously we gotta take it one game at a time though.<\/p>\n

Q: \u201cGhosts.\u201d When you think back to that night against the Patriots, what do you think of?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Getting our butts kicked.<\/p>\n

Q: Do you regret saying the word ghosts?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: No, no, I don\u2019t regret that. I was just communicating kind of how I was feeling at the time on the field. And, I think, whatever people wanted to say or memes that people (chuckle) wanted to create after that, that kind of came with it. I think there were some of \u2019em that I actually laughed at.<\/p>\n

Q: It sounds like you\u2019re not expecting a game where you see ghosts this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: (Laugh) Yeah, hopefully not. I don\u2019t envision that at all.<\/p>\n

Q: Define leadership at the quarterback position.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I think leadership at the quarterback position is just making sure that, first of all, that guys can trust me to do the right thing on every single play, and it really starts outside the building. If I don\u2019t have a good relationship with all the guys, then I don\u2019t think they\u2019d be able to trust me to get them the ball on a big third down, you know? So I think it goes hand-in-hand.<\/p>\n

Q: What do you insist that your huddle is like during games?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Uh, quiet (laugh). As long as the huddle is quiet and they\u2019re listening to me, everything goes well.<\/p>\n

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Q: Do you ever get angry in the huddle?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: No. I never get angry. I get hyped up every now and then just wanting to go down there and score on a big third down, third-and-short, trying to get the O-line hyped up to go convert.<\/p>\n

Q: What is your funniest huddle moment as a Jet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: If someone cracks a joke or someone says something that you\u2019re not necessarily expecting to come from them, that\u2019s gonna be where the funny moments come out.<\/p>\n

Q: What\u2019s the best joke you\u2019ve cracked?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I got a bunch of bad jokes. I think I\u2019ll keep that inside the huddle. Maybe when I\u2019m mic\u2019d up, you guys might be able to hear some of \u2019em.<\/p>\n

Q: Are you a battlefield commander?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Yeah. If things are heated, I feel like I get good sense of the guys in the huddle and I\u2019m able to calm everyone down. Like I said, if it\u2019s third-and-short, I need the guys to be ready to frickin\u2019 go and knock someone off the ball and get that one yard. I feel comfortable doing that, too.<\/p>\n

Q: Much has been made of Daniel Jones adding 10 pounds of muscle. Did you reshape your body in any way over the offseason?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: No. \u2026 I feel like sometimes during the course of the season you can lack focus on those certain things that you keep your body right, and for me that\u2019s gonna be a big point of emphasis this season is spending extra time on my body to make sure that I don\u2019t lose what I gained during the offseason.<\/p>\n

Q: When you think back to your first Opening Day, 2018 at Detroit, what do you think of?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Pick-six on the first play (laugh). And then, obviously coming back from that [for a 48-17 win].<\/p>\n

Q: And how about postgame, with your parents there outside the visiting locker room at Ford Field?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Just embracing \u2019em. My mom saying, \u201cHey, proud of you.\u201d Dad saying, \u201cI love you,\u201d as I got on the bus. That was definitely a moment I won\u2019t forget.<\/p>\n

Q: Describe your second Opening Day last year, a 17-16 loss to the Bills.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Besides the obvious, just kind of going in and we got up 16-0, I feel like we got a little loose, lackadaisical, maybe. We gotta keep the right mindset of continue to put our pedal on the gas pedal no matter what.<\/p>\n

Q: Were you feeling any effects of mono at that point?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: You know what? I know I didn\u2019t get great sleep the couple of nights before that. I couldn\u2019t figure out why. I normally don\u2019t get sick or nervous before games. I just kind of thought like, \u201cHey, what\u2019s going on here? Like why do I feel this way?\u201d After the game I felt like crap.<\/p>\n

Q: How much of a personal nightmare was that for you having mono and not being able to play football?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: It sucked. It sucked.<\/p>\n

Q: Does Adam Gase seem different in any way to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: No, I think Adam\u2019s always gonna be himself, and that\u2019s the best part about him. He doesn\u2019t care what anyone else thinks. He\u2019s gonna prepare really, really hard to make the best game plan for us, and in return we\u2019re gonna go out there and execute, that\u2019s how it is.<\/p>\n

Q: What are your thoughts on Le\u2019Veon Bell?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: He\u2019s gonna have a really big impact for us this year.<\/p>\n

Q: How much of a weapon can he be in the passing game?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: He can be a huge weapon. We see it in practice all the time. I think it just comes down to us executing during the games. If we can do that, we\u2019ll be all right.<\/p>\n

Q: Frank Gore?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: He doesn\u2019t say a ton, but he\u2019s just a hard worker, and he leads by example. That\u2019s just what he does, and he\u2019s gonna continue to do that for however much longer he decides to play football.<\/p>\n

Q: Denzel Mims?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: He\u2019s gotta worry about getting healthy and making sure that he knows his stuff. As long as he continues to work hard, I feel like the sky\u2019s the limit for him.<\/p>\n

Q: Chris Herndon?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: He\u2019s always a huge weapon for us. For him as well, he\u2019s just gotta stay healthy. As long as he can do that, he\u2019s gonna make big plays for us.<\/p>\n

Q: What things have you missed most during this pandemic?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I don\u2019t know, I think just being able to do normal things. \u2026 Like being able to go out to a restaurant and have a nice meal, and be able to hang out with my teammates without having to worry about who else is around.<\/p>\n

Q: Some teams will have a limited number of fans in their stadium. For now, the Jets won\u2019t have any. Do you think that\u2019s a competitive disadvantage?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: It just depends how many fans that they\u2019re allowed to have in. I know that we\u2019re allowed to pump in crowd noise and stuff like that. I guess it\u2019s just gonna be something that we kind of find out and adapt to.<\/p>\n

Q: Joe Namath guaranteed a Super Bowl championship once upon a time. If and when you\u2019re in that position, on the brink of one, do you think you would ever guarantee a Super Bowl win?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I think it\u2019s a different day and age. There\u2019s too much superstition nowadays as well (chuckle), so yeah, I think for us, I would probably just say it takes one day at a time, and we gotta go out here and have a good practice (laugh).<\/p>\n

Q: What was most eye-opening to you during the social<\/a> justice and equality discussions you had as Jets listening to your black teammates?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: What some of my teammates went through as kids, and what they teach their kids now, it\u2019s just different from what I was raised up to believe and what I\u2019m gonna teach my kids. I\u2019ve always grown up, when I see a policeman, I\u2019m thinking, \u201cOK, I\u2019m safe.\u201d Whereas my teammates grew up thinking, \u201cOh, shoot, there\u2019s a policeman, make sure that I\u2019m doing everything right so he doesn\u2019t app<\/a>roach me, or do something that I wouldn\u2019t want.\u201d The mindset of black people in America seeing a policeman and feeling safe, until that\u2019s a reality for them, that\u2019s when we won\u2019t have to worry about just kind of what we\u2019ve been talking about these last however long this has been going on.<\/p>\n

Q: What message would you want to give to Jets fans?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: We weren\u2019t sure whether or not the season was gonna happen or not. But everyone in the locker room, everyone on the coaching staff has done everything that they can to prepare for the season, and now that it\u2019s here, I think the fans can really look forward to all of our hard work coming together and it\u2019s coming to fruition. I think we\u2019ve all worked so hard and we\u2019ve all put in so much time together to be able to go out there and execute and win football games. And I think that\u2019s what the fans are gonna see.<\/p>\n

Q: Would you feel unfulfilled if you never won a Super Bowl?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Um \u2026 yeah.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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