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So it would have been reasonable for outside observers to cringe at Sam Darnold's wild flip of the ball toward running back Aaron Jones Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers, not only because it threatened to turn a busted play into a massive turnover,

Sam Darnold has started 58 games across seven years with four teams. Only one of those teams, the 2019 New York Jets, won more than four of the games Darnold started. The 2024 Minnesota Vikings are already halfway there.