Sam Darnold was just 20 when the New York Jets drafted him third overall in the 2018 NFL Draft. After providing a whirlwind of offensive systems and clumsy maturation opportunities, the team gave up on him after three seasons. Regardless of how one may choose to describe those years, the quarterback believes it set the foundation for who he is today.

“I was taking it one day at a time,” he said during his latest interview with Jason Garrett on NFL on NBC . “That was my mindset, especially coming in, learning the system from Jeremy Bates, who was the offensive coordinator at the time in New York, and just learning as much as I could.

“I was very thankful. Very grateful to be with Josh McCown [QB], my rookie year, who was 40 at the time. He had a lot of experience in the NFL and play

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