(Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)Things could not have gone much worse for Sam Darnold, the prized rookie quarterback of the New York Jets, on his first NFL play. And the Jets turned their night of high hopes and great expectations into honest-to-goodness positive results, sprinting to a 48-17 triumph over the Detroit Lions before a “Monday Night Football” television audience. [The NFL teams that should be worried already (and those that shouldn’t)]There undoubtedly will be rookie-year ups and downs for Darnold, the No. But this was more about Darnold and the Jets than it was about Stafford, Patricia and the Lions. Rad more NFL coverage:Aaron Rodgers showed again Sunday night just how ridiculously good he isThese aren’t the same old Browns.

Source: Washington Post September 11, 2018 03:11 UTC