Jets GM: Darnold can win starting QB job in training camp

New York Jets fans may not have to wait long to see quarterback Sam Darnold under center, as general manager Mike Maccagnan told "The Rich Eisen Show" on Wednesday the rookie will have a chance win the starting job out of training camp.

"We're going to basically expose him to everything," Maccagnan said. "We're going to give him the opportunity to go out there - learn, earn, and learn the position. But, of course, our focus is not necessarily to throw him into the fire until he's earned it.

"But we're very excited about him and his upside and potential. We have a lot of football to be played this spring and in training camp and we'll see how it comes along. He's going to have every opportunity to go out there and hopefully fulfill every potential we see in him."

The Jets picked Darnold third overall in the 2018 NFL Draft, anointing him their gunslinger of the future. The former USC star will battle veterans Josh McCown - last year's starter - and Teddy Bridgewater for the starting gig.

"Nothing's been predetermined one way or another," Maccagnan said. "There's a chance for anything on the table. Nothing's been sort of set in stone in terms of how we're going to do this in terms of a firm time frame. But he's going to have every opportunity and we'll see how it develops going forward."