 Don mentioned the story in the athletic and it jumped out at me when I read it. So I'll try to sum it up Sam Darnold after what was it the dolphin loss? I think it was after the dolphin loss He runs into the room Red face runs into Adam Gase's office. I said, you know what? I don't like what we're doing This is these are the things I like. These are the things I want in the offense These are the things I can do well and Gase looked at him kind of grinned and said What what took you so long like he's playing some kind of mental game with the kid? Why don't I don't think so but what I would say the coach should sit the kid down After it's not working after he's seeing ghost and go what works for you, man Let's let's do what works for you. Let's ask. Well, we'll ask Sam today But maybe it's a matter of Sam being like no, I'm good. All this stuff is good. I got it Yeah, I like all this and he's like, are you sure you're comfortable and and maybe he just didn't want to acknowledge I'm not comfortable with half the playbook. Well after he slimmed it down. He's been better. Yeah We're in the middle of the gang green report 98 70 SPN's gang green report brought you by Sean or Bach It just almost seemed like you're playing mind games with a young kid You want to break them before you build them back up But while you're breaking him you're losing games that you should win if they don't want the buffalo game if they have won The dolphin game winnable games. Where are they right now? But that's what happens when you're a team that's still trying to find its way, right? We did they beat Dallas and it's all it's finally come together and then they lose the next three games All right, you beat the Giants of the Redskins and you look at it And those are games you're probably supposed to win what are you gonna do against Oakland because now that's that's different competition They got to just find some consistency But the fact that they've won two in a row in the first time in forever, you know It's got to feel pretty good, but reading the article Michael I kind of got the sense that you know model really just messed everything up, right? Because where would they be if he didn't miss three games? Where would they be if he didn't have protection? You know around his midsection for the spleen. I'm just wondering was that I'm waiting for my quarterback to kind of finally wake up And get it as Peter was suggesting or when am I gonna feel like he's healthy enough and Also not scared because I I do believe I think he put between the offensive line not being very good And the fact that he was overcoming the illness that he had Was he a little like scared to take a hit and now he's feeling better and now it's all right It's on the table kid. Let's throw some stuff at you that maybe we thought we would have been in this case If he had not gotten sick it so that the illness affect this it's so hard to judge though what we're seeing Because the Giants are terrible and the Redskins are brutal and As Don said this isn't college basketball You don't make your schedule out other than the conference games Do you actually play what the NFL puts in front of you? So they've done what they have to do but we also have to sit here and evaluate a Sam Darnold that much better Then he was against the Patriots. Well the Patriots are really good team and he looked lost the Giants and The the Redskins are brutal and he looked much better But then the Dolphins are brutal and he didn't look that great. Although he that loss wasn't on him I just don't know how to judge him. He looks better. He looks more comfortable. Yeah, but we've all believed in Sam, right? I mean I never lost faith in them. I thought it was ridiculous to say when you know Jones won a couple of games in a row. He's the better quarterback in New York. I mean he had mono, but He took a step back because of that but I think we all believed that he was the right pick and that he was gonna be A good quarterback that he could still be a franchise quarterback. So I always believed but now you got to attach it to keep getting better and Where does this team now stand? Even if you believe in the quarterback Michael is the team any good because the offensive line still isn't great, right? I mean look how many different but that's the sixth different offensive line that they've had since the start of the season I'll tell you he was great right now Jamal Adams. Oh Yeah, he's he's playing something he's playing out of his mind right now But it's but that defense overall when you look at the giant game You can't tell me that anybody else on the defense played well besides him No, we talked so much about him taking a ball away from Jones How many big plays did the Giants offense have in that game last week? So there's your quarterback progressing and getting better, which is so so important And I think we all still believe but now where is this team going and where is this coach going? Because we are very hard on Adam right and rightly so and there's serious questions on whether he's a good coach or not Can he still win minds over by beating up teams like the Giants and the Redskins or does he have to start winning some games? Like the Raider game competing with the Ravens Beating the Pittsburgh Steelers some of the teams that are on their schedule that are much better than the teams They've beaten over the last couple of weeks one thing that stood out to me and I don't think this is a popular stance Lovey on Bell doesn't look good He's just not he's not getting any separation. He's not hitting the hole I know the offensive line is bad, but the series that they had his backup in Look great and then lovey on Bell continues to just get one or two yards every single carry So I wonder what's going on with him. Here's some numbers on the Jets There's the first two-game win streak in their last 20 games. Wow. It's unbelievable Now this is another unbelievable step from our very own Ritz Simeone Sam Donald became the second-jets quarterback in the past 15 years to have minimums of 200 yards and one touchdown pass in Four straight games just a second in 15 years. That's easy 200 yards and one touchdown pass The only other guy was Patrick in 2015 Two straight weeks for Donald with a quarterback rating of 97 or better and for this season He now has two games with QB ratings of 113 or better And for those that can't help get past Donald's 3.6 QB rating against New England Here are the opposing quarterback ratings against the Patriots is here 65.6 for Rothless burger 20.8 for combo of Rosen and Fitzpatrick 47.2 for Luke Fault 24.0 for Josh Allen 61 for Colt McCoy 35.2 for Daniel Jones 3.6 for Donald 79.2 for Baker Mayfield Now 107.7 for Lamar Jackson might win the MVP 74.4 for Carson Wentz. So everybody struggles it seems like against Eagles not to a 3.6 But he's been bad. Absolutely. Now just to clarify it was after the Jacksonville game not the Miami game Okay, all right because they're two and one since that conversation and he played better in the Miami game Yeah, I remember we it wasn't on him but just everybody else collectively was poor So I guess most jet fans will just look at it as I want my quarterback to get better And then the team stinks so we can get rid of the head coach But how much responsibility does Gays have to have if Donald continues to progress and get better And you give him the blame you got to give him the credit So it's really hard Michael and I'll be interested to hear the calls when we start to take them of how you Compliment the team and feel good about where they've been over the last couple of weeks But yet not compliment the coach for it, right? You kind of have to do that and it was a very propitious time For Christopher Johnson to say he's you know, we're not firing him because now he looks better You don't say that before you play the Patriots say that before you play the Giants true