Sam Darnold has been quite good for the Seattle Seahawks for most of 2025, but even during his best games, he has trended toward being brilliant for only a half. The Seattle Seahawks start fast, but sometimes in the second half of games, the offense can fall into a funk.
Plus, most of Darnold's turnovers have come in the second half of games. In Seattle's three losses, the quarterback's late-game mistakes have set the team up for failure. Had he continued that tendency in Week 14, Seattle could have fallen into the Atlanta Falcons' trap and lost ground in the NFC West race.