Darnold’s career has seen him play for multiple teams, including the Carolina Panthers, San Francisco 49ers, and most recently, the Minnesota Vikings. In the 2024 season with the Vikings, he experienced a career resurgence, leading the team to a 14-3 record and earning his first Pro Bowl selection.
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The New York Jets plan to have the 21-year-old rookie start Monday in Detroit, making him the youngest quarterback to do so in an opener since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. And just to put Darnold in the spotlight a little more, he is set to become the first rookie quarterback to start a season opener on “Monday Night Football.”
Darnold acknowledged celebrating his accomplishment before shifting his focus and sounding like a veteran.
“I know that just because I get named the starter doesn’t mean that we won the game,” he said.
Darnold beat out Josh McCown and Teddy Bridgewater to earn the job perhaps as expected after New York drafted him No. 3 overall out of USC. New York coach Todd Bowles insisted Darnold will be asked to run the team’s regular offense that won’t be altered to keep it simple for him.
“Defensively, you’ve got to keep the score down whether you got Joe Montana, Sam Darnold or Roger Staubach,” Bowles said.
Detroit drafted Matthew Stafford No. 1 overall in 2009 and he beat out Daunte Culpepper to start in Week 1 of his rookie year against New Orleans.
Stafford said he didn’t remember much about the game other than facing the Drew Brees-led Saints, who went on to win the Super Bowl after opening with a 45-27 win at home over Detroit.
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