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<p>NEW YORK &#8212; Sam Darnold can finally start throwing footballs again. When the New York Jets quarterback will be able to do so in a game remains uncertain.</p><p>Darnold was cleared Monday for non-contact activities, but he can&#8217;t yet lift weights and declined to say whether the swelling of his spleen &#8212; a serious symptom of mononucleosis &#8212; has dissipated.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll let kind of the specifics come out when they do, and when Coach (Adam) Gase wants to disclose that information,&#8221; Darnold said during a conference call. &#8220;For me, it&#8217;s just doing what the doctors say. It&#8217;s out of my control.</p><p>&#8220;My spleen, at this point, is gonna do what it&#8217;s gonna do.&#8221;</p><p>Now, that&#8217;s a statement neither Darnold nor Gase &#8212; or anyone else around the Jets &#8212; ever expected to hear.</p><p>But, it has been that type of start to the season for New York, which is 0-3 and coming off a bye-week break that did little to clarify the health statuses of several key players.</p><p>Darnold, linebackers C.J. Mosley (groin) and Jordan Jenkins (calf) and wide receiver Josh Bellamy (shoulder) all appear likely to miss the Jets&#8217; game Sunday at Philadelphia, although rookie defensive lineman Quinnen Williams (ankle) could be back.</p><p>The uncertainty over Darnold&#8217;s health means Luke Falk could make his second straight start. Week 5 had been the goal for Darnold and the doctors, but that might prove to be overly optimistic.</p><p>&#8220;There&#8217;s just a lot of gray right now,&#8221; Gase said of Darnold, adding that the Jets have &#8220;a lot of boxes that we&#8217;ve got to check before we can say, hey, we&#8217;re rolling on Sunday.&#8221;</p><p>Elevated from the practice squad two weeks ago, Falk played in place of Darnold and the injured Trevor Siemian in Week 3 at New England before the Jets&#8217; bye-week break.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not an ideal situation,&#8221; Gase said of not knowing whether he needs to prepare Falk to start against the Eagles or if Darnold will be ready to go. &#8220;It&#8217;s one of those things where it&#8217;s the sooner the better that I have an answer.&#8221;</p><p>Darnold would like to have a full week of practice before he plays in a game, so Wednesday will be a crucial day for him and the Jets.</p><p>&#8220;That would be my goal,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But if I can&#8217;t do that and I can still play in the game on Sunday, then I&#8217;m going to do it. I&#8217;m going to do what I can to get out there with my guys because I miss the game too much.&#8221;</p><p>Darnold was diagnosed with mononucleosis on Sept. 11 and has missed two games because of the illness. He also recently acknowledged he was beginning to feel symptoms during the season-opening loss to Buffalo.</p><p>After staying away from the facility for a week until he was no longer contagious, Darnold returned to meetings while gradually regaining his strength and stamina. Meanwhile, the second-year quarterback has had to watch as his team got off to a tough start.</p><p>&#8220;Yeah, I&#8217;m super anxious to get out there,&#8221; Darnold said. &#8220;But, right now, I&#8217;ve got to control those emotions and really let the doctors tell me what I&#8217;ve got to do and what needs to happen before I can get back out there. Hopefully, I get to do some more physical activity and we&#8217;ll kind of go from there.&#8221;</p><p>For now, that means throwing again and getting in work on the stationary bike and some running.</p><p>&#8220;Nobody should hit him anyway (in practice), but right now what they&#8217;re telling us is he can&#8217;t have any contact,&#8221; Gase said of Darnold. &#8220;So, if we were playing the game tomorrow or Wednesday, he wouldn&#8217;t be able to play because he hasn&#8217;t been cleared for contact.&#8221;</p><p>Beyond that, though, it remains a waiting game for Darnold and the Jets.</p><p>&#8220;If they say I can get some cardio in, get in as much cardio as I can,&#8221; Darnold said, &#8220;and making sure that I&#8217;m in shape so that if I were to go out there and play a game that I&#8217;d hold up.&#8221;</p><p>Darnold says he actually feels his energy level is 100% now and has felt that way for at least a week. He insisted he feels as though he could play right now from a physical standpoint, but acknowledged he says that despite not having practiced the past three weeks and needs to sharpen his throwing and timing.</p><p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s kind of the most frustrating part about this,&#8221; Darnold said. &#8220;It&#8217;s what makes me the most anxious is just feeling 100%, but not necessarily being able to go out there and do what I love to do.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Dennis Waszak Jr.</p><p>AP Pro Football Writer</p></bylineMeta></div>

Jets’ Darnold cleared for non-contact