The NFL is typically viewed as a “what have you done for me lately” type of business. And lately, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold has been doing plenty.
The Seahawks are 5-2, poised as one of the top teams in the NFC, and Darnold’s play - coupled with the incredible emergence of Jaxon Smith-Njigba - has been a huge reason why. He’s completing 68% of his passes, has a 3:1 touchdown-to-interception ratio, and isn’t eating a ton of sacks with just nine in seven games.
But all of that is not enough to dissuade his detractors.