Sam Darnold and Trent Dilfer have some things in common. Both were California kids, both were quarterbacks and both went in the top 10 in their respective drafts.
But there’s one thing Dilfer sees in the Jets rookie that he wishes he had during his career: Pace. Or, as the one-time Super Bowl champion and former ESPN analyst calls it, PACE.
“Plays after critical errors,” Dilfer explained on Monday morning during an interview to promote Panini America’s Panini Super Bowl Kid Reporter sweepstakes, for which he has been a coach since 2014. “It could also be games after critical errors.