EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Emboldened by his terrific Week 6 performance, New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold entered Monday night playing and talking like a true franchise quarterback. By the second quarter of the Jets' 33-0 loss to the New England Patriots, he was talking like a beaten man.
"I'm seeing ghosts," Darnold -- mic'd up by ESPN -- said on the sideline after his third turnover.
It was an early Halloween gag, presented by the man who has haunted the Jets for two decades.
Confused and rattled by Bill Belichick's suffocating defense, Darnold set a career high with five turnovers -- and that includes his college career at USC.