As Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio identified, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold having a tough outing throughout a latest organized group exercise follow generated discussions about whether or not Darnold may lose the beginning job this summer season.
Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald did his greatest to place the subject to mattress on Tuesday.
“No, you guys are loopy,” Macdonald mentioned when requested about Darnold’s job safety throughout an look on Seattle Sports activities 710 AM, as shared by Kevin Patra of the NFL’s web site. “I respect that you have to ask it, however it’s only a loopy query. It is simply not going to occur. Sam’s our beginning quarterback. We love him. He is doing an amazing job.”
Whereas the Seahawks can escape the three-year, $100.5M contract they gave Darnold in March as quickly as subsequent offseason, it is downright laughable to assume a June throwing session would trigger Macdonald and Co. to have second ideas about beginning him in September. Present Seattle backup Drew Lock is basically a journeyman at this stage of his profession. Rookie Jalen Milroe, a third-round decide, is a challenge for the long run who must develop as a passer earlier than he begins beneath middle towards stay defenses in significant video games.
That mentioned, Macdonald and offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak each insisted this previous winter they anticipated to go into springtime exercises with Geno Smith atop the depth chart. Smith is now with the Las Vegas Raiders.
“God forbid you are the worst payer of all time since you made one dangerous throw or one dangerous choice,” Macdonald added about Darnold. “That isn’t what we’re attempting to construct. We wish these guys to go put together the appropriate approach after which once they exit on the follow subject, go freaking let it rip, after which we’ll go repair it. We have time. It is June 3. They will get loads of reps. We’ll get these issues fastened. Sam made plenty of nice throws [Monday] — he was gashing us on third-and-goal to start out the time out, too. So, yeah, it is type of a loopy query.”
Darnold endured a pair of nightmare outings to shut his Minnesota Vikings tenure final season, so it is comprehensible some Seattle followers might not love studying that he has generally been less-than-sharp on the follow subject. The Seahawks might have to have some troublesome conversations concerning Darnold’s future in January 2026, however Macdonald has no motive to fret about these potential chats within the first week of June.
