Why do I get the feeling that somewhere Adam Gase is smiling? Turns out that maybe he wasn’t the only one reasonable for Sam Darnold playing poorly with New York.

Darnold – and this is hard to believe – has actually been worse with Carolina over the the last month than he ever was with the Jets. He’s averaged 159 passing yards in his last five games, with 2 TDs and 8 interceptions. That translates to a 49.4 passer rating. Only once with the Jets did he have a passer rating under 60 over a five-game period.

This is doubly strange, with Darnold earlier in the season having passed for over 300 yards in three straight games.

Whatever happened to Joe Brady being the hottest up-and-coming coach in the game?

Now Darnold is out for a few weeks with a shoulder injury, but I don’t how much the Panthers will miss him. P.J. Walker is terrible (he’s completed only 3 of 15 passes this year) but how much worse than Darnold can he be?

Below see the list of all of Darnold’s 47 career starts. They’re not in chronological order. Instead, they’re order by passer rating, best to worst. I’ve got his Carolina starts from this year in bold.

Darnold has finished with a passer rating under 70 a total of 13 times, and five of those games have come in the last five weeks.

Panthers definitely will be shopping for a quarterback in the offseason.

SAM DARNOLD'S CAREER STARTS BY PASSER RATING
YearOppResultComAttPctYdsTDIntRate
2018GNBL 38-44243568.6%34130128.4
2019OAKW 34-3202969.0%31520127.8
2019at WASW 34-17193063.3%29341121.3
2018at DETW 48-17162176.2%19821116.8
2018INDW 42-34243080.0%28021113.9
2019DALW 24-22233271.9%33821113.8
2021NYJW 19-14243568.6%27910102.0
2018HOUL 22-29243863.2%25320100.0
2020at LARW 23-20223171.0%2071099.8
2021NOW 26-7263868.4%3052199.1
2018DENW 34-16102245.5%1983198.1
2019NYGW 34-27193063.3%2301097.9
2020LVRL 28-31142360.9%1862197.4
2021at HOUW 24-9233467.6%3040095.7
2019PITW 16-10162661.5%1831095.5
2020SFL 13-31213265.6%1791090.5
2020CLEW 23-16163250.0%1752087.4
2019MIAW 22-21203655.6%2702186.6
2021at DALL 28-36263966.7%3012285.5
2019at MIAL 18-26273969.2%2601185.4
2019at BALL 21-42183256.3%2182185.2
2019BUFL 16-17284168.3%1751084.9
2018at BUFW 27-23162466.7%1701183.7
2020at NEL 14-28233467.6%2661276.3
2019at BUFW 13-6233663.9%1991176.0
2018at CHIL 10-24142948.3%1531075.8
2020at BUFL 17-27213560.0%2151175.3
2018MIAL 12-20254161.0%3341274.6
2018at NEL 3-38162857.1%1670074.6
2018at JAXL 12-31173450.0%1671074.0
2019at JAXL 15-29213070.0%2182373.3
2019at CINL 6-22284858.3%2390071.4
2020at KANL 9-35183060.0%1330070.6
2020DENL 28-37234254.8%2300070.5
2021at ATLW 19-13132454.2%1290069.6
2020at SEAL 3-40142653.8%1320068.1
2021at NYGL 3-25162564.0%1120157.4
2021MINL 28-34174141.5%2071155.6
2020MIAL 3-20162759.3%1970251.0
2020at INDL 7-36172958.6%1681347.0
2021PHIL 18-21213756.8%1771344.5
2018at CLEL 17-21153148.4%1690238.2
2018MINL 17-37174240.5%2061334.4
2018at MIAL 6-13213953.8%2290431.8
2020BUFL 10-18122352.2%1200231.1
2021NEL 6-24163348.5%1720326.3
2019NEL 0-33113234.4%86043.6

—Ian Allan