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Warren Moon is making his Tremendous Bowl QB choose loud and clear — and he’s rolling with Sam Darnold over Drake Maye.
The Corridor of Famer tells TMZ Sports activities Darnold is red-hot proper now … pointing to the quarterback’s current yr as the largest motive he’d belief him on soccer’s greatest stage. Moon says Darnold has been slinging it with confidence, hitting tight home windows and — most significantly — taking good care of the soccer.
“He’s doing it together with his arm, he’s working the ball when he must and he’s making good choices proper now,” Moon stated. “I believe it’s going to hold over to the Tremendous Bowl.”
Moon says defending the soccer is a large shift from earlier in Darnold’s profession — when turnovers and shaky decision-making held him again. He didn’t maintain again when speaking about Darnold’s early days, both.
“If you happen to’re not put into the precise state of affairs with the precise teams round you, then you definitely may need a tricky time with the beginning of your profession,” Moon stated. “I believe that’s what occurred with the Jets, a really dysfunctional group to this present day.”
Moon believes Darnold rebuilt himself as soon as he acquired into a greater system … and now he’s cashing in forward of Tremendous Bowl LX.
As for Maye, Moon isn’t writing him off completely. He says the Patriots’ QB hasn’t appeared sharp throwing the ball within the playoffs, particularly whereas battling an undisclosed damage and ugly climate circumstances. Moon did give Maye props for utilizing his legs to maintain drives alive — together with stepping up throughout a snowstorm sport in Denver — however says his arm hasn’t been almost as harmful.
In the end, Moon thinks Darnold is peaking at precisely the precise time … and if his scorching streak retains rolling, he could possibly be the man stealing the present on Tremendous Bowl Sunday.