Giants not taking Vikings QB Sam Darnold lightly: 'Not a guy to sleep on'

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Giants not taking Vikings QB Sam Darnold lightly: 'Not a guy to sleep on'
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A familiar face who spent time around these parts stands in the way of a successful and potentially joyous Giants season opener Sunday at MetLife.

A familiar face who spent time around these parts stands in the way of a successful and potentially joyous Giants season opener Sunday at MetLife Stadium. Sam Darnold runs a drill during a joint training camp practice with the Cleveland Browns at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on August 14, 2024 in Berea, Ohio.

Burns, an elite pass rusher who played two seasons with him in Carolina before signing with the Giants, delivered this message to those who don’t believe in Darnold. Darnold, too, saw his first head coach, Todd Bowles, fired after his rookie season and replaced by Adam Gase.Gase called me two days after the Jets fired him following the 2020 season and essentially told me the same thing John Mara told reporters about Jones.

Or Geno Smith, the former Jets quarterback whom they drafted in 2013 and, after four seasons with them, he bounced around before finding a home as the starter in Seattle the past two seasons.

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