Can we turn any of these guys into the next Darnold?
February 10, 2026
Can we turn any of these guys into the next Darnold?
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Malik Willis and Mac Jones are the only 2 that have shown a glimpse lol
Yeah for the team they go to after us
It was never going to be Justin fields.
Jets need a good head coach and a competent front office. Then draft your franchise QB.
Can someone? Probably not. Can we? Absolutely not
No.
Boomer and gio this morning talking about how they could see Watson as our QB. fuuuuuuck outta here with that.
although it would fit right in with our vibe
Kenny Pickett ?
No way, we are the team that ruins careers not make them
Bring someone in but don’t promise them the starter role (like Fields). Draft a Nuss no earlier than 4th round. Play the year out to develop rest of team. Use pick next year on a potential starter. There is no easy fix to our shit show at QB.
Sam Darnold was the next Sam Darnold, if we simply surrounded him with talent and supportive coaches.
Shii I’d settle for someone as good as geno smith
Willis is going to be the next Darnold. Anyone that has seen his tape in Green Bay knows this.
Yeah, I’m intrigued by this Zach Wilson kid.
No. We can turn our next first round pick into the next Sam.
Some other team might be able to. Definitely not the Jets
I like Malik Willis and Mac Jones on this list. That’s it.
Mac Jones if he learned anything from Purdy like Sam did
We dont turn people into Darnold we allow other people to turn our former players into Darnold.
Out of those names, I’d stick a fork in Fields, Levis, Lance, ZW, and Pickett. None have shown the ceiling that Darnold had, except for maybe Fields and he’s failed on 3 teams already.
Willis & Mac Jones possibly, although Mac has durability concerns IMO and he could very well just be benefitting from a Shanahan offense. Both will likely not use their chance as a starting QB on us, and their price will be too steep anyway.
Kyler/Tua are wild cards. High ceiling for both of them, but they’ve declined year after year. Tua durability issues & Kyler attitude problems. I’d say these two are the most likely to turn it around in the right setting. Also probably won’t be us.
AR is a wild card. Howitzer for an arm yet terrible accuracy. Doesn’t really know how to play the position and wildly overdrafted due to the desire to “find the next Josh Allen.” Hasn’t started many games in his football career, so it’s possible he’s a very late bloomer. But also sounded like he was kind of a dickhead in the locker room, and fracturing an orbital from an exercise band feels like he may be cursed. If the Colts just wanna cut bait, i wouldn’t hate taking a flyer on him for a late rounder. But in this scenario our QB room would have to probably be Vet (Brissett?) with AR & a late day 2/early day 3 rookie competing for the backup job. Not sure I see it for us.
Darnold had serious potential if you watched him. It’s more we were that ass than he was. This is just a long list of ass qbs who don’t have Darnolds potential
I think Malik Willis has most potential rn
I just dont want kyler. i think he would be bad but good enough to leave us outside top 5 picks
No, we cannot.
Never getting Mac. 9ers won’t let him go for cheap.
Zach Wilson somehow leading someone to a SB win in a few years is going to feel completely different than Darnold doing it
If the jets trade for Kyler Murray , I’m
officially out as a fan and never looking back. Guy is too short and is more interested in double xp weekends than winning the chip.
I want us to try Levis.
No.
The next Sam Darnold is the one that Sam and his girl give birth too.
Maybe Zach Wilson.
I don’t think any will be the next Darnold. But, I’d give Lance the best shot, because he hasn’t has a much opportunity as the others to prove he stinks.
If it’s while playing for the Jets, NONE obviously. I’m sure Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes would suck ass all of a sudden if they played for the Jets. I still think Fields can be a star. Just has to get in the right situation.
Willis, Jones and i’d even consider Richardson on pure athleticism alone
There’s gotta be a Sam Darnold in there somewhere
Just to be really clear here – the issue was that the Jets couldn’t turn Sam Darnold into Sam Darnold.
Wilson for sure. And then whatever QB we draft next
We couldnt even turn Darnold into Darnold.
Can some of these players make something of their careers? Yes. Yes they can.
Can some of these players make something of their careers with the Jets? No. No they can not.
If I were to pick anybody off this list Willis or Richardson.
Josh Rosen trust
Wilson is probably the best physically. He can make all the throws, very mobile, hasn’t had any injuries and is very young. He should sign with the 49ers.
Can we as in can the jets? Doubtful
They dont come to the Jets to become a Sam Darnold. They leave the Jets to become a Sam Darnold.
Malik Willis
Pickett had the arm in college but don’t know what happened to him in the pros?
Maybe just can’t read at this level or poor instruction
Well if Woody is still at helm, no
My brother in Christ. We make the darnolds, we don’t fix em
Kyle Shanahan or Sean McVay could turn McCorkle into a Darnold but idk that we could.
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Malik Willis and Mac Jones are the only 2 that have shown a glimpse lol
Yeah for the team they go to after us
It was never going to be Justin fields.
Jets need a good head coach and a competent front office. Then draft your franchise QB.
Can someone? Probably not. Can we? Absolutely not
No.
Boomer and gio this morning talking about how they could see Watson as our QB. fuuuuuuck outta here with that.
although it would fit right in with our vibe
Kenny Pickett ?
No way, we are the team that ruins careers not make them
Bring someone in but don’t promise them the starter role (like Fields). Draft a Nuss no earlier than 4th round. Play the year out to develop rest of team. Use pick next year on a potential starter. There is no easy fix to our shit show at QB.
Sam Darnold was the next Sam Darnold, if we simply surrounded him with talent and supportive coaches.
Shii I’d settle for someone as good as geno smith
Willis is going to be the next Darnold. Anyone that has seen his tape in Green Bay knows this.
Yeah, I’m intrigued by this Zach Wilson kid.
No. We can turn our next first round pick into the next Sam.
Some other team might be able to. Definitely not the Jets
I like Malik Willis and Mac Jones on this list. That’s it.
Mac Jones if he learned anything from Purdy like Sam did
We dont turn people into Darnold we allow other people to turn our former players into Darnold.
Out of those names, I’d stick a fork in Fields, Levis, Lance, ZW, and Pickett. None have shown the ceiling that Darnold had, except for maybe Fields and he’s failed on 3 teams already.
Willis & Mac Jones possibly, although Mac has durability concerns IMO and he could very well just be benefitting from a Shanahan offense. Both will likely not use their chance as a starting QB on us, and their price will be too steep anyway.
Kyler/Tua are wild cards. High ceiling for both of them, but they’ve declined year after year. Tua durability issues & Kyler attitude problems. I’d say these two are the most likely to turn it around in the right setting. Also probably won’t be us.
AR is a wild card. Howitzer for an arm yet terrible accuracy. Doesn’t really know how to play the position and wildly overdrafted due to the desire to “find the next Josh Allen.” Hasn’t started many games in his football career, so it’s possible he’s a very late bloomer. But also sounded like he was kind of a dickhead in the locker room, and fracturing an orbital from an exercise band feels like he may be cursed. If the Colts just wanna cut bait, i wouldn’t hate taking a flyer on him for a late rounder. But in this scenario our QB room would have to probably be Vet (Brissett?) with AR & a late day 2/early day 3 rookie competing for the backup job. Not sure I see it for us.
Darnold had serious potential if you watched him. It’s more we were that ass than he was. This is just a long list of ass qbs who don’t have Darnolds potential
I think Malik Willis has most potential rn
I just dont want kyler. i think he would be bad but good enough to leave us outside top 5 picks
No, we cannot.
Never getting Mac. 9ers won’t let him go for cheap.
Zach Wilson somehow leading someone to a SB win in a few years is going to feel completely different than Darnold doing it
If the jets trade for Kyler Murray , I’m
officially out as a fan and never looking back. Guy is too short and is more interested in double xp weekends than winning the chip.
I want us to try Levis.
No.
The next Sam Darnold is the one that Sam and his girl give birth too.
Maybe Zach Wilson.
I don’t think any will be the next Darnold. But, I’d give Lance the best shot, because he hasn’t has a much opportunity as the others to prove he stinks.
If it’s while playing for the Jets, NONE obviously. I’m sure Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes would suck ass all of a sudden if they played for the Jets. I still think Fields can be a star. Just has to get in the right situation.
Willis, Jones and i’d even consider Richardson on pure athleticism alone
There’s gotta be a Sam Darnold in there somewhere
Just to be really clear here – the issue was that the Jets couldn’t turn Sam Darnold into Sam Darnold.
Wilson for sure. And then whatever QB we draft next
We couldnt even turn Darnold into Darnold.
Can some of these players make something of their careers? Yes. Yes they can.
Can some of these players make something of their careers with the Jets? No. No they can not.
If I were to pick anybody off this list Willis or Richardson.
Josh Rosen trust
Wilson is probably the best physically. He can make all the throws, very mobile, hasn’t had any injuries and is very young. He should sign with the 49ers.
Can we as in can the jets? Doubtful
They dont come to the Jets to become a Sam Darnold. They leave the Jets to become a Sam Darnold.
Malik Willis
Pickett had the arm in college but don’t know what happened to him in the pros?
Maybe just can’t read at this level or poor instruction
Well if Woody is still at helm, no
My brother in Christ. We make the darnolds, we don’t fix em
Kyle Shanahan or Sean McVay could turn McCorkle into a Darnold but idk that we could.