Sam Darnold’s poor performance among 4 takeaways from Jets’ Week 1 loss to the Bills

Nothing went well for the Jets in Week, especially when it came to Sam Darnold.

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Defense couldn’t stop a nosebleed

The Jets defense allowed 27 points, 404 total yards and 31 first downs. Josh Allen completed 71.7 percent of his passes for 312 yards with two passing touchdowns and added only 57 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Chalk it up to injuries, lost players or a bad/inexperienced secondary, but Gregg Williams’ squad didn’t get the job done.

Stefon Diggs and John Brown carved up the Jets and Williams benched starting cornerback Pierre Desir in the second quarter. The defensive line managed three sacks for six yards but allowed almost 100 rushing yards. Nothing worked, save for two fumble recoveries, and the Jets couldn’t hold back anything the Bills threw at them.