Josh Allen and Sam Darnold: Evaluating the Present and Predicting the Future
There was a lot of anticipation this offseason for the two matchups that were to take place this fall between the Bills and Jets and their top draft choices Sam Darnold and Josh Allen, after both came off the board in the first seven picks of the 2018 draft.
Injuries to both Allen and Darnold wiped out the chance for them to square off in Week 10 at MetLife Stadium, but now in Week 15, the two rookies, and good friends, will meet up.
So what can be said about their seasons thus far?
Buffalobills.com sought out the observations of NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock, as well as those of AFC East beat reporters, Eric Allen (NYJets.com), Alain Poupart (MiamiDolphins.com) and Mike Reiss (ESPN.com - New England) on the two young signal callers and how much progress they’ve demonstrated in 2018.
We also asked them to peer into the future as best they could, to see where this pair of AFC East quarterbacks might be in a couple of years.
Josh Allen’s rookie season so far
Sam Darnold’s rookie season thus far
Where do you see their careers in two to three years time?