Ex-Jet Sam Darnold reveals cause for choosing 49ers as spot to restart profession

Former Jets first-round decide Sam Darnold revealed precisely what stood concerning the 49ers throughout his first expertise as a free agent, and why he selected the 49ers as his subsequent cease.

“Guys are open,” Darnold mentioned of why he signed in San Francisco on the “Pardon My Take” podcast. “I imply, there’s numerous guys open on dang close to each play,”

The primary-round bust for the Jets, chosen No. 3 total within the 2018 NFL Draft, has been given his third shot at success within the NFL with one of many league’s premier franchises after failures in Carolina and New York.

“It simply looks as if there’s a ton of solutions,” Darnold continued. “Nice run sport. I imply, at any time when you possibly can have an incredible run sport as a quarterback, that’s at all times a comforting feeling.”

Darnold has looked for solutions all through his profession, and people continuously eluded him as he compiled a 13-25 document because the Jets starter till he was traded to the Panthers in exchange for three draft picks.

He was benched on a number of events as a member of the Panthers, notably for PJ Walker.

The previous USC standout’s seek for solutions included blaming “ghosts” when the Patriots’ blitz packages gave him fits.

Darnold did present some enchancment in 2022, the place he went 7-3 as a starter for the Panthers with a 92.6 quarterback ranking.

He appears to be significantly wanting ahead to working with offensive guru, and 49ers head coach, Kyle Shanahan and the number of ability place gamers round him.

“However they’ve been there for therefore lengthy, and Kyle’s been in a position to perceive form of what everybody does properly, what they don’t do properly, and I really feel like each sport plan he makes use of will get essentially the most out of his guys,” Darnold defined. “That’s an excellent feeling as a quarterback, realizing that the coordinator’s going to place everybody in the very best place attainable.”

Darnold might be in an open competitors for the beginning job, reverse quarterback Brock Purdy — who’s at present recovering from offseason elbow surgery — and fellow former first-round decide, Trey Lance.