NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Sam Darnold hopes to be back on the field sooner than many expected.
The New York Jets quarterback said Tuesday during his weekly spot on “The Michael Kay Show” on 98.7 ESPN New York that he’s feeling much better while recovering from mononucleosis and is aiming to return in Week 5 against the Philadelphia Eagles. That would mean he would miss only two games.
“There was a really bad four-day stretch there where I also had strep throat during the mono, so it was a bad few days,” Darnold said in his first public comments since becoming ill.