Jets' Adam Gase, Sam Darnold attribute testy sideline exchange to frustration

Adam Gase and a disgusted Sam Darnold engaged in a brief, semi-animated sideline conversation Thursday night that was caught on TV and went viral on social media -- the first hint of possible discord between the New York Jets' coach and quarterback.

On Friday, they both downplayed the incident, insisting it was just a moment of frustration.

"We were both in the same mind frame where somebody didn't execute their job, and basically I was bitching about that and he was doing the same thing," Gase said.

Said Darnold: "We were not in a disagreement at all. It was just me being ... you know, I think just frustrated on the circumstances and what was going on in the game at the time."

The exchange…