What's next for Jets quarterback Sam Darnold after 2-14 season?

In what could have been Sam Darnold’s final salvo as Jets quarterback, he turned in a performance befitting Sam Darnold.

Yes, he showed occasional promise with a touchdown pass and a pair of superb touchdown drives. But in typical Darnold fashion, he also sowed doubt with two second-half interceptions and a handful of bad throws in Sunday’s season-ending 28-14 loss to the Patriots in Foxborough.

Promise has been plentiful in Darnold’s topsy-turvy three years in green. Consistent week-to-week results have not been.

What comes next? Not even Darnold knows. When asked afterward if he thinks he’s played his final game with the Jets, he said nothing to indicate that he believes he’ll return to Florham Park.

"I’m not sure," he said.

As general manager Joe Douglas turns his attention to a potential new era of Jets football, he must determine if Darnold will be the face of it or just another face watching from afar.

Sunday’s loss to a division rival with its own problems probably won’t factor into the ultimate determination very much, but it did little to change the narrative surrounding Darnold.

He was 23-for-34 passing for 266 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. His second interception, in the end zone with 3:49 left in the fourth quarter, ended any hope of a Jets comeback.

In 12 games this season, Darnold threw for 1,942 yards, eight touchdowns and nine interceptions. He had a 58.8% completion rate but played a lot of snaps without a healthy receiving corps. Not that he’ll make that excuse.

"I definitely didn’t play well this year," Darnold said. "I think there was really only the two games that we won. I think I can definitely play better in the future. I wasn’t consistent enough . . . I think I made too many impulse decisions."

Aside from saying he wasn’t sure about his future, Darnold hedged on what he wants to know from Douglas and when he wants to know it.

"I’m sure I’m going to be having conversations with them tomorrow," he said. "If not, at some point in the near future."

But Darnold wasn’t ready for a postmortem on his Jets career, either. "I’m not going to do that right now," he said. "I’m going to live in the moment and just talk to some of my teammates and the coaches after the tough loss and go about it that way. Whether I stay, whether I leave, whatever happens, I’ll deal with when it comes."

After all, with the Jets’ chances of drafting Trevor Lawrence likely dashed, they could decide to hold on to their quarterback, who will be only 24 when Week 1 comes around again.

"I like Sam, man," Jamison Crowder said. "Sam’s really good. All those decisions are for the decision-makers in those positions. But I think me and Sam have had a really good connection these last two years. Sam is a baller, man. He’s just young and still growing. But he’s definitely a baller and can be that quarterback for any organization for sure."

Will that organization be the Jets? Who knows?