The Jets' GM was literally at a loss for words when Sam Darnold dropped to them

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The Jets gave up a bounty of draft picks to move up to the third spot in the 2018 NFL draft, but it became apparent in the weeks leading up to the event that they would have no shot at landing the quarterback at the top of their wish list: Sam Darnold. Then draft night came, and the Browns took Baker Mayfield. Then the Giants took Saquon Barkley. And Darnold, the quarterback the entire Jets front office had been fawning over throughout the draft process, was just there for the taking. Sports Illustrated takes you inside New York’s war room for the moment they realized they were getting their man. As Saquon Barkley came off the board at 2, [GM Mike] Maccagnan leaned over to Heimerdinger, sitting

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