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Jets HC Saleh on Darnold: Elite — but not his starter yet

Robert Saleh will inherit a number of issues in and around the organization that recently hired him as head coach. The New York Jets offense is coming off a putrid season and the defensive unit wasn’t all too productive either. An overall winning culture additionally needs to be established after a 10th consecutive non-playoff season.

But one of the more important issues that’ll continue to become even more crucial as the new league year and NFL Draft approach is the situation involving quarterback Sam Darnold. Coming off a struggle-filled 2020 season in which he didn’t exactly prove to the organization that he’s the concrete starter moving forward, Darnold’s future isn’t clear.