Sam Darnold just turned doubt into destiny while lifting Seahawks to the top

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold celebrates | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn ImagesIt couldn't have seemed real. Not to Sam Darnold and not to many NFL pundits. But to the Seattle Seahawks as a whole, everything went as expected. The team defeated the New England Patriots to win Super Bowl LX. The defense led the way, but Darnold more than played his part.

The quarterback's numbers against the Pats weren't overly impressive. He completed 19 of 38 passes for 202 yards and a touchdown. His passer rating was just 74.7, but he didn't do the one thing many had dogged him about for many years: He didn't turn the ball over.

And not just in the Super Bowl, but at all in the postseason. In fact, fewer…