Sam Darnold became the youngest quarterback to ever start a Week 1 game when he made his NFL debut on Monday, and let’s just say he did not exactly get off to a roaring start.
On the very first play of the game and the very first pass of his career, Darnold threw a pick-six to Detroit Lions linebacker Quandre Diggs.
Sam Darnold’s 1st NFL pass didn’t exactly go according to plan. #Jets pic.twitter.com/6gwOujfm3b
— Ryan Field (@RyanFieldABC) September 10, 2018
Darnold couldn’t possibly have scripted a worse start to his NFL career, and you won’t be surprised to see that Twitter showed him no sympathy.
Good Lord! The very first play of Sam Darnold’s career, he throws a puck-6 to Diggs. Why the hell are you throwing an ACROSS-THE-FIELD PASS? Jesus! This ain’t USC! Actually, maybe he still thinks it is. Lions 7, Jets 0. #MyGoodness
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) September 10, 2018
Sam Darnold’s first play: pick six.
Not ideal. pic.twitter.com/DaSF0t85PX
— DraftKings (@DraftKings) September 10, 2018
Baker Mayfield > Sam Darnold
— Barstool Sooners (@OUBarstool) September 10, 2018
Sam Darnold needs this… pic.twitter.com/00DBzf2cfd
— Armando Salguero (@ArmandoSalguero) September 10, 2018
Sam Darnold's first snap of his career is a pick-6 pic.twitter.com/ddHkIh6kjw
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 10, 2018
Sam Darnold is the youngest QB in NFL history to throw a pick six.
— Football Perspective (@fbgchase) September 10, 2018
Sam Darnold’s face is the perfect reaction to this stat. #MNF #Jets pic.twitter.com/AHV8LbtXry
— Cody Ulm (@CodyUlm) September 10, 2018
There have been some questions about the Jets potentially risking shattering Darnold’s confidence, so it will be interesting to see how the former USC star bounces back. On the bright side, he got his first career pick-six out of the way in a hurry.
