Sam Darnold
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Yeah.
And, you know, this is backup quarterback stuff.
This is quarterbacks that aren't used to the speed of the league because they haven't played.
You heard everybody in the pregame show talking about it.
I think her cousins brought it up.
And it really showed itself in a couple decisions that he โ
Ultimo, he made that, you know, he just wasn't used to making those decisions.
And by the way, the New England Patriot defense has been awesome throughout this playoff run.
They have held opposing offenses to one touchdown in each of these games or less.
Now, the other thing about this whole game is that if it weren't for that horrific play by Jarrett Stidham, I don't know if the Patriots would have scored at all.
Yeah, exactly.
And everything felt like it was going the Broncos way.
Stidham looked really, really good up until that point.
I thought that ball got knocked out of his hands, and it should have been called a fumble initially.
And again, this is New York getting involved, by the way.
You know, I know.
I initially thought that he had pushed it out and it was an incomplete pass, but then obviously looking back on it, you know, he ended up scoring a touchdown anyway, so it didn't end up hurting them.
But, yeah, looking back on it, obviously, you know, they end up calling it a fumble.
But he, I mean, I was really impressed with the way he was playing up until that point.
And then that play happens, and then you can tell that that just changed everything in his mind.