Two go makes an attempt for 13 yards. That is all Sam Darnold has been capable of produce as his follow-up act to his memorable 2025 season.
Regardless that Darnold went down early within the Seattle Seahawks‘ season-opening sport, his group appears to be nonetheless holding out hope for a fast return, per a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Seattle is holding out hope that Sam Darnold can return quickly
Darnold is unable to play and is already listed as out for this coming Sunday’s Week 2 NFC West division matchup in Arizona with the Cardinals, coming off a surprising upset of the Chargers. Nonetheless, the Seahawks stay immune to formally putting him on injured reserve.
As Darnold is pressured to observe Drew Lock, who led the Seahawks to a Tremendous Bowl rematch win over the Patriots, begin in his place, an harm that originally appeared prefer it may finish his season earlier than it began will not be as devastating as first thought.
Darnold proved his price with a memorable championship season final 12 months
The Seahawks additionally understand how vital having Darnold again and wholesome can be later within the season as they push in direction of the playoff and a title protection. As a result of final season, Darnold, now 29, put collectively a magical season that culminated within the Seahawks successful the franchise’s second championship in Tremendous Bowl LX.
In 2025, Darnold’s first with Seattle, he threw for 4,048 yards with 25 landing passes. His storybook 12 months adopted the Minnesota Vikings declining a possibility to award him for his success there with a brand new long-term contract.
Darnold has revived his profession after as soon as being labeled a bust
As soon as labeled a bust after a rocky tenure with the Jets, Darnold revived his career in 2024 with the Vikings, tossing for a career-high 4,319 yards with 35 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. However his struggles within the playoffs, not like a 12 months later in Seattle, led to the Vikings shying away from investing within the former first-round select of USC.
Nonetheless younger at simply 29, Darnold has 20,444 passing yards with a completion share of 62.3% and 123 touchdowns in 101 video games throughout 9 seasons.
