Until last season, seemingly nearly all NFL pundits had lost faith in the belief that Sam Darnold would ever be a very good quarterback. Yet, in 2024 with the Minnesota Vikings, the quarterback changed the narrative. He was very good, good enough to get a nice new contract with the Seattle Seahawks.
He could have shown himself to be a one-year wonder, but instead, he appears to be proving that his original team, the Carolina Panthers, simply had no idea what they were doing. Sam Darnold is a very good quarterback...to a degree.
One issue with Darnold that hasn't gone away is late-game mistakes.