The morning started poorly, with a botched play.

Sam Darnold turned the wrong way on a handoff, and it was blown dead. Adam Gase, however, wasn’t upset when he approached his young quarterback and observed him upset with himself.

“We’re probably going to have a good day,” he thought to himself.

It was more than a hunch.

“He makes one mistake and he locks in really good,” Gase said.

By the end of the Jets’ sixth practice of training camp, the play was significant only because of what followed. Darnold channeled his anger from that miscue into execution, producing his best practice of the summer. His two-touchdown day illustrated why everyone at 1 Jets Drive is raving about the second-year quarterback, who is now surrounded with a few more weapons, most notably Le’Veon Bell and Jamison Crowder.

“If he’s playing like that, I don’t think there is a ceiling [for our offense]. I think sky’s the limit,” wide receiver Robby Anderson said.

He missed just three passes in 15 attempts, spread the ball around, delivered accurate passes with zip, made quick decisions and showcased his ability outside of the pocket that makes him so dangerous.

Three specific plays stood out. On a rollout to his right, Darnold initially looked like he may run, drawing cornerback Brian Poole. But instead the third overall pick in the draft a year ago found Anderson on the run, delivering a strike.

“That’s a gift on his part,” Anderson said. “He can really throw the ball on the run. Not many guys can do that. So him being able to extend plays when things might die down, quarterbacks might throw it away or take a sack, he’s able to make something special happen as we’ve seen last year.”

He also threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Quincy Enunwa in the left corner of the end zone despite blanket coverage from Darryl Roberts. The pass was located so only Enunwa could get his hands on it. In team drills later, he rolled to his left and, throwing across his body, hit Crowder in traffic against with a picture-perfect pass only his slot receiver could reach.

“When he throws it, he can get his whole body into it,” Gase said. “He torques his hips and that ball comes flying out of there and it’s accurate. I haven’t seen many guys throw to his left the way he does.”

Of course, it’s only training camp. Exhibition games have yet to begin. There will be hiccups as there were his rookie year, when he threw 15 interceptions and completed 57.7% of his passes. Darnold, with far less talent than he now has, finished strong, though, throwing just one interception in his last four games and tossing six touchdown passes after missing time with a sprained foot, and the Jets believe he has only taken big steps since then.

Gase has seen with his own eyes as an opposing coach what Darnold can do, and he’s now seen him up close, too. He sees how Darnold is commanding the huddle, how hard he works to know everything about Gase’s offense so he can become a leader, how much progress he’s making.

It was all on display on Wednesday. Throws on the run, throws in narrow windows, execution at the goal line. Gase was asked about his excitement level in getting to coach someone like Darnold, and he paused for a while. Then the coach smiled.

“I like the fact,” he said, “that our quarterback is pretty good.”