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How Jets' Sam Darnold can improve in 2019, sans mentor and burrito buddy

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- A look at what's happening around the New York Jets:

1. McCown's parting thought: With his mentor, confidant and de facto coach embarking on a new career, Sam Darnold is bound to experience occasional pangs of Josh McCown withdrawal during the upcoming season. Darnold is probably already feeling it. After all, the two quarterbacks were virtually inseparable last season and became BFFs.

"He'll probably get lost on the way to the dry cleaners and he'll be lonely at Chipotle," McCown said last week in a phone interview, adding a touch of humor.