Quarterback Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks host the Minnesota Vikings in Week 13. The significance? The Vikings let Darnold walk to the Seahawks in the offseason after he led them to a 14-win season and earned a Pro Bowl nod in favor of 2024 first-rounder J.J. McCarthy.
To date, this decision has blown up in Minnesota’s face, with the Seahawks 8-3 and the Vikings 4-7 this season. Terry Brashaw emphasized the mistake that the Vikings made on Sunday’s “FOX NFL Kickoff.”
“What we failed to realize is that this is [McCarthy’s first] yr [starting], and it takes some time,” Bradshaw mentioned. “I do not care who or the place you are enjoying, it takes some time, and I believe McCarthy’s not fairly prepared. And I do imagine – and I mentioned this from the very starting – I believed that Darnold ought to’ve stayed not less than another yr whereas they made certain that they had their backup. However he needed the cash, and he left, and good for him.”
McCarthy tore his meniscus within the 2024 preseason, forcing the quarterback to overlook his rookie season. In McCarthy’s place, Darnold had the perfect season of his NFL profession for the Vikings, posting 4,319 passing yards, 35 passing touchdowns, 12 interceptions and a 102.5 passer ranking, whereas finishing 66.2% of his passes.
Then, after Darnold accomplished simply 43.9% of his passes in a Week 18 loss to the Detroit Lions (had the Vikings received that recreation, they might’ve received the NFC North and been the No. 1 seed within the NFC) and Minnesota scored simply 9 factors in each the aforementioned loss and its NFC wild-card spherical loss to the Los Angeles Rams, it selected to not re-sign Darnold, who was enjoying on a one-year deal. Darnold signed a three-year, $100.5 million take care of the Seahawks.
By 11 video games this season, Darnold has totaled 2,785 passing yards, 19 passing touchdowns, 10 interceptions and a 106.2 passer ranking for the Seahawks, whereas finishing 69.5% of his passes. Darnold’s passer ranking and completion proportion are profession bests.
As for the Vikings, McCarthy has solely appeared in six video games as a result of an ankle damage and can miss Week 13 as a result of a concussion. He boasts a 57.9 passer ranking, has accomplished simply 54.1% of his passes and thrown 10 interceptions. Minnesota is 3.5 video games out of the third NFC wild-card seed.
Catch Darnold and the Seahawks play the quarterback’s previous group at 4:05 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports activities app.
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