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Sam Darnold not the only Jets top pick who needs to step up

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Who exactly are the Jets?

Can they make a playoff charge with a rookie quarterback or can’t they?

Welcome to Referendum Sunday.

A Sunday when Todd Bowles and the Jets cannot afford to show up as beach bums and get swept by the Dolphins, with the Bills and the prospect of 5-5 staring them in the face.

Are they too young a team to keep any Sam Darnold growing pains, which have manifested themselves in varying degrees in his past three road games, from giving Brock Osweiler license to kick sand in their faces and turn the place into Hard Brock Stadium?