On three separate occasions during Wednesday’s practice, Sam Darnold and Justin Jefferson connected on plays that could best be described as: Wow.
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“It’s been something that I’ve worked on the last couple years,” Darnold said of his downfield passing game. “I feel like early on in my career the first few years haven’t been as accurate as I wanted to be. It’s been a point of emphasis for me in the offseason to get better at that. It’s good to be able to make progress that way.”
If he continues to roll along the way he has recently against a stout Brian Flores defense, then the conversation will shift from whether he’s starting to the potential upside for this season. Since the middle of last week Darnold has looked much closer in practice to the QB who won four of his last six games in Carolina and played well in one start for San Francisco than the one who went 17-32 to start his career.
Darnold’s surge during the dog days of camp has mostly been paired with McCarthy looking like he is gaining more and more comfort in the offense all the time.“I think the thing I've been most proud of is that one bad day I had, it wasn't an ideal outcome day, but I learned so much in that day and then I came out the next day and had a really solid performance,” McCarthy said.
“I feel like the instant learning is what I've been getting the most just because of how great our coaches are,” McCarthy said. “They're always right on it every time and hit it right on the head. That little debrief later on is just me watching film again. There's definitely a multiprocess to that learning experience.”
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