Sam Darnold is in a very odd place right now. He is a young quarterback who has shown some flashes. He is also on a team who has a chance to pick a new quarterback in a draft that is loaded with high quality quarterback prospects. It will be interesting to see if the Jets feel he has shown enough or if they move on from him already.
Let’s take a look at how many times the New York Jets won games against teams with a winning record with Sam Darnold as their starting quarterback.
I started to dive into this stat for every quarterback because the new hot argument is to say that a certain quarterback didn’t beat anyone good. I often see people use this argument to say players like Kirk Cousins and Matthew Stafford are not good and just put up empty stats.
First off and most importantly, quarterback wins are a team statistic. Secondly, very few quarterbacks in the NFL have a winning record against teams who finished the season above .500 in the league.
>>>Every NFL QB’s record against winning teams<<<
What is Sam Darnold’s record against winning teams?
Since entering the NFL in 2018, Sam Darnold is 4-13 (.235) against teams that finished the season with a winning record.
In 2020, Sam Darnold was 2-6 (.250) against winning teams as the starting quarterback.
- Bills (loss)
- Colts (loss)
- Bills (loss)
- Chiefs (loss)
- Dolphins (loss)
- Seahawks (loss)
- Rams (win)
- Browns (win)
In 2019, Sam Darnold was 1-3 (.250) against winning teams as the starting quarterback.
- Bills (loss)
- Patriots (loss)
- Ravens (loss)
- Bills (win)
In 2018, Sam Darnold was 1-4 (.200) against winning teams as the starting quarterback.
- Colts (win)
- Vikings (loss)
- Bears (loss)
- Texans (loss)
- Patriots (loss)
What quarterbacks have a winning record against winning teams?
There are currently 6 active NFL quarterbacks with winning records against winning teams.
- Ben Roethlisberger
- Jimmy Garoppolo
- Lamar Jackson
- Patrick Mahomes
- Russell Wilson
- Tom Brady
You can digest that information on your own. The only thing I want you to take away from this is that it is extremely rare to have a winning record against teams that finished the season with a winning record.
