Saw Darnold is an NFL free agent, takes me back to best game I ever viewed, even if a loss. PSU vs USC Rose Bowl.
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I recall that game for far different reasons than Sam!
The Giants passed on Darnold and drafted Barkley instead. It'd be funny if everything comes full circle and Darnold ends up with the Giants this off season.
Jesus. He is not still 'making bank' on that one game. He was about to be drummed out of the league if the Vikings did not save his career. Try to pay attention.
Darnold was brilliant in that game. The outcome was frustrating but incredibly exciting.
Wow. Pedantic much?
Your post was crazy. OK, I am sure you'll argue that your post was not crazy but perhaps deranged, especially as manifested in a wild or aggressive way. Maybe just over-enthusiastic or extreme.
Besides I totally agree with him. That game got him into the upper part of the first round. It showed his potential. He sucked for the Jets. The Panthers traded for him not because he played well for the jets but because he showed potential in college. he washed out there then washed out again for the 49ers. Why do people keep signing him? Because he showed potentail in college, mostly in that rose bowl under the brightest of lights. I agree, it is less and less impactful as he builds a resume but he'd have long been forgotten if he didn't play well for USC in that game and got drafted in the 4th round back in 2018.
That run by Saquon is the greatest football play that I have ever seen live.I recall that game for far different reasons than Sam!
Good one by Saquon but best ever is Kijana in the Rose Bowl, looked like the seas parted, someone will have a picture. Think that may have been against "Oregon.
Yep, took the guy years to be a decent starter. Without that game he would have never gotten four shots to finally produce,
And I doubt he will be quality this coming season.
Yep, a pathetic zone coverage scheme. If Diaz would have been DC that would have been a win.....
he'd have been tossing the ball in the Candian league or XFL
No comparison. Kijana met one guy in the hole, then untouched. Saquon beat almost the entire defense.
Saquon behind that 94 line would be illegal
Also Branden Bell's injury in the 3rd-D wasn't the same after that-hurt also that Blacknall and Manny Bowan were suspended for the Rose bowl.
Yes, Bell was the only player to get to the QB. After his injury, there was no one close. Our DE's were useless in that game. Jack Ham made a comment that Darnell had 27 seconds to find the WR and throw the ball. And, McSorely's 3 interceptions really killed us. Someone should have told him before the game: these DB's for USC and not like Wisky's DB's. Another game we had in the bag and blew it.
As a Jets fan, it pains me to think we were responsible for 2 of the many draft busts (first round no less) in recent Jets history.
That game was miserable. Yeah exciting but incredibly frustrating. We made Darnold look like John Elway in that 4th quarter and he benefited greatly in the draft from it. He had so much time back there it was ridiculous. Then crappy secondary coverage and you get whatever video game numbers he had in the 4th quarter. Pry and Franklin constructed the defensive strategy in the 4th to not lose through big plays so we executed that strategy to perfection by losing by giving up multiple 20 yard pass completions.
Not to mention the rest of the offense, which kept defensive coordinators honest about loading the box.
Between the end of the first half and beginning of the second half, four touchdowns on four consecutive offensive plays. The Championship game with Wisconsin had somewhat of a similar stretch/feel. Unreal.
That is one of the most incredible stretches in college football. It doesn't get the credit it deserves. How many times has a college football team scored a TD on four consecutive plays against a good, ranked opponent?
And we still had to make a defensive stand to win that game.
Jesus, you're a ****ing nut. I guess you are going to give credit to his being born to make his career possible.
He has career backup written all over him. Stick with what you know, obituaries.
Career stats
Career stats
| Year Year | Team Team | CMP% Completions percentage | YDS Passing yards | TD Passing touchdowns | INT Interceptions thrown | Rating Passer rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 2024 | Vikings | 66.2 66.2 | 4,319 4,319 | 35 35 | 12 12 | 102.5 102.5 |
| 2023 2023 | 49ers | 60.9 60.9 | 297 297 | 2 2 | 1 1 | 85.1 85.1 |
| 2022 2022 | Panthers | 58.6 58.6 | 1,143 1,143 | 7 7 | 3 3 | 92.6 92.6 |
| 2021 2021 | Panthers | 59.9 59.9 | 2,527 2,527 | 9 9 | 13 13 | 71.9 71.9 |
| 2020 2020 | Jets | 59.6 59.6 | 2,208 2,208 | 9 9 | 11 11 | 72.7 72.7 |
| 2019 2019 | Jets | 61.9 61.9 | 3,024 3,024 | 19 19 | 13 13 | 84.3 84.3 |
| 2018 2018 | Jets | 57.7 57.7 | 2,865 2,865 | 17 17 | 15 15 | 77.6 77.6 |
| Career Career | 61.2 61.2 | 16,383 16,383 | 98 98 | 68 68 | 83.9 |
You have a lot of problems with reading retention. Nobody ever said SD was anything but a backup. In fact, just the opposite. To @The Spin Meister and my point, his performance with NY, Carolina and the 49ers probably would have gotten him dismissed from the league if it wasn't for the PSU Rose Bowl game which helped lead him to a 3rd overall selection in the first round.
Nobody said he is a good QB. What was said is that he continues to benefit from that Rose Bowl performance because, without that, he's have never been picked that high and would have been out of the league before last season with the Vikings.
Saquon was never above 5.9 ypc for a season at Penn State. Ki-Jana had almost 7.8 ypc in 1994 and 7.2 ypc for his career. The OL gets some credit, but Carter was just on another level that year. Should have won the Heisman. Saquon had a pretty good offense around him in 2016 and 2017.
Uuhhh Barkley had a pretty weak o line. And a weak passing attack to take the pressure away.
If a team concentrated on stopping KJ Carter the passing attack would kill them.
You have a lot of problems trying not to be a retard. NO ONE in the NFL is saying "but that Rose Bowl performance 7 years ago". Your assertion that one single COLLEGE game stopped NFL teams from not signing him is absolutely, positively ludicrous after being in the NFL for multiple seasons. What exactly is your problem, undertaker?
Obli - that remem guy is a nut - get’s his panties in a bunch if anyone says something he doesn’t like and goes right to name calling which is always a sign of low intellect - number 1 candidate for the ignore button.
You should be introduced to Loado. And you need to separate disagreement with intelligence, you are really making yourself look bad here.
I don't care what anyone in the NFL is saying. Why do I care? he had a great game in the rose bowl then had five or six shitty years in the NFL. Why was he still getting contracts and reps? It certainly wasn't based on his performance with the J E T S jets, jets, jets.
And nobody ever said he was getting paid based on "one single college game". You are hyperventilating and that is probably leading to hallucinations. What was said is that it was additive.
Every team attempts to stop the run first and force the other team to pass, especially back in the 90's as opposed to today. They couldn't stop Carter. He just ran over defenders and then as the fastest player in college football just ran to the end zone. So I don't believe it's fair to Barkley or Carter to believe one was better than the other. Carter got injured early in his NFL career and couldn't recover his abilities, and Barkley also got injured but has recovered, it looks like to his top form. It is what it is.
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Ha ha - coming from you - someone who males themself look worse with every post that is rich.
But the rest of that offense included four future NFL linemen too. I also agree with you that Ki-Jana should have won the Heisman.
If you look at Darnold's career it is highly probable that the game of his career/life came against us in that Rose Bowl. Given the magnitude of that game I would challenge someone to find a bigger game he has played in where he played better than in that Rose Bowl.
