Ex-Vikings QB Sam Darnold Gets Bad News Ahead of 1st Year With Seahawks

Ex-Vikings QB Sam Darnold Gets Bad News Ahead of 1st Year With Seahawks

The Minnesota Vikings got a Pro Bowl performance out of quarterback Sam Darnold last season, but whether he can sustain that level of play moving forward remains a serious question.The Seattle Seahawks paid Darnold north of $100 million on a three-year contract in free agency to lure him away from Minnesota, which wasn’t going to put up anywhere near that kind of investment with second-year QB and 2024 No. 10 overall draft pick J.J. McCarthy wai…

Former Viking Already on the Hot Seat

Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold has been attached to the Seattle Seahawks organization for two months, and his job security might be narrower than most thought when he signed a new contract in March. One ex-Viking evidently has folks already nipping at his heels. Darnold quarterbacked the Vikings to a 14-3 record last season before he and the club capitulated in the playoffs versus the Los Angeles Rams. Minnesota didn’t re-up wi…