The reason behind Jets’ Sam Darnold trade, per Joe Douglas

If there’s one thing New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas is not, it is that he is dishonest. No one can say that about Douglas, including Sam Darnold. In a statement echoing Detroit’s sentiments towards their erstwhile quarterback Matthew Stafford, Douglas opened up about the deal that sent the Jets’ young stud Sam Darnold to the Carolina Panthers. In spite of potentially creating millions of angry Jet fans with blunt talk, Douglas was brutally honest: