<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/net-worth/sam-darnold-net-worth');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sam Darnold’s net worth in 2025');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Sam-Darnols-net-worth-in-2025.jpg"></figure><h1>Sam Darnold’s net worth in 2025</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-17T08:35:57-07:00">March 17th, 8:35am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-17T08:40:22-07:00">March 17th, 8:40am</time><address><a>Nate Duffett</a>Nate Duffett is a writer for ClutchPoints and a sports junkie at heart, especially for the Boston sports scene. In his spare time, he coaches hockey and is also a Hockey Scout at FCHockey and NeutralZone. Whether it's covering the NHL, MLB, NBA, NFL, or College Football and Basketball, there is not a sport Nate isn't able to discuss.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Sam Darnold’s net worth in 2025 is $30 million. After Darnold became the starting quarterback for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/vikings-news-minnesota-confident-sam-darnold-jj-mccarthy-injury">Minnesota Vikings following JJ McCarthy’s injury</a> prior to the 2024 season, he had a breakout season to earn a Pro Bowl bid. He then turned that into a big contract with the Seattle Seahawks. Here is a look at Sam Darnold’s net worth in 2025.</p><h2><b>What is Sam Darnold’s net worth in 2025?: $30 million (estimate)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Sam-Darnold.jpg"><figcaption>© Brad Rempel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Sam Darnold’s net worth in 2025 <a href="https://www.profootballnetwork.com/sam-darnold-contract-salary-net-worth/" rel="noopener">sits at about $30 million</a>, according to Pro Football Network.</p><p>Darnold was born in Dana Point, California, on June 5, 1997. He attended San Clemente High School and played baseball during his freshman season.</p><p>He turned to football and basketball for his sophomore year and excelled in basketball. Darnold was the South Coast League’s Most Valuable Player. Darnold’s former coach believed he could have played college basketball in a Power 5 conference.</p><p>However, Darnold’s first love was playing football. He played wide receiver and linebacker but moved to quarterback after the starter suffered an injury.</p><p>He threw a touchdown pass and two-point conversion to win the game and set the table for his eventual full-time move. Darnold starred once he finally moved, setting the school record for most touchdown passes in a game with five on two occasions.</p><p>Darnold had 3,000 passing yards and 39 touchdowns with 800 rushing yards and 13 rushing touchdowns in his senior season. He was a four-star recruit and was the eighth-best dual-threat quarterback in his class. He received scholarship offers from multiple Power 5 schools but eventually decided on going to USC.</p><h2><b>Sam Darnold’s college career</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USC</a> redshirt freshman QB Sam Darnold now holds the Rose Bowl record for touchdown passes (5), most points (32) &amp; most total yards (474). <a href="https://t.co/mywyEDChuI">pic.twitter.com/mywyEDChuI</a></p><p>— Ryan Abraham (@insidetroy) <a href="https://twitter.com/insidetroy/status/816326125022384128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2017</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Darnold redshirted behind Cody Kessler and Max Browne in his freshman year. He entered the 2016 season as the second-string quarterback behind Browne. Darnold was the backup for the first three games but took control of the offense in the fourth game against Utah. Darnold threw for 253 yards and a rushing touchdown in the loss but did enough to stay as the starter.</p><p>The Trojans didn’t lose another game for the rest of the season with Darnold setting the school record for passing touchdowns by a freshman with 26. Darnold won the Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year.</p><p>Darnold set Rose Bowl records in his first bowl game, throwing five touchdowns and 473 total yards. He was also the first-ever winner of the Archie Griffin Award for college football’s most valuable player to his team.</p><p>The Trojans didn’t have as good of a season the following year. The team had a new receiver group, injuries, and disappointing coaching.</p><p>However, Darnold’s excellence propelled them to a Pac-12 Championship Game victory over the Stanford Cardinal, where Darnold threw for over 300 yards and two touchdowns. Darnold’s final collegiate game was against Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, which they lost despite Darnold’s 356 passing yards.</p><p>Darnold announced he would forego the rest of his collegiate eligibility to enter the 2018 NFL Draft. He had an outstanding combine, which solidified him atop many teams’ draft boards.</p><p>The New York Jets took a chance on him, drafting Darnold third overall. Darnold signed a four-year, $30.25 million fully guaranteed contract with a $20 million signing bonus to kick off his career.</p><h2><b>Sam Darnold’s professional career </b></h2><p>Darnold became the youngest opening-day starting quarterback since the merger when he started against the Detroit Lions on September 10, 2018. Darnold’s first pass couldn’t have gone worse and was a precursor to the rest of his Jets’ career.</p><p>His first pass was an interception, which Quandre Diggs returned for a touchdown. However, he finished with 198 passing yards and two touchdowns in the 48-17 victory. Darnold finished the season with 2,865 passing yards, 17 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions.</p><p>Darnold’s 2019 season was poor, and it started like that with a 17-16 loss where he had only 179 passing yards and a touchdown. He was diagnosed with mononucleosis on September 12, which infamously made him miss three games. The diagnosis didn’t go over well with Jets fans, although how he contracted the ailment was never proven.</p><p>The 2019 season was also the infamous moment where NFL Films caught Darnold saying he was “seeing ghosts” in a game against the New England Patriots, which is still the subject of memes and jokes on social media.</p><p>The Jets finished 2-14 in Darnold’s last season, which showed no progress being made under Darnold. The Jets traded him to the Carolina Panthers, who exercised the fifth-year option on Darnold’s contract worth $18.5 million. Darnold had two semi-successful seasons with the Panthers, but the team didn’t renew his deal when the time came.</p><p>The San Francisco 49ers signed Darnold to a one-year deal for the 2023 season, with Darnold winning the backup QB job over Trey Lance. The 49ers liked what they saw from Darnold, as they also traded Lance. Darnold started the season’s final game with the team electing to rest Brock Purdy.</p><p>The Minnesota Vikings signed Darnold to a one-year, $10 million deal prior to the 2024 season. He had a chance to be the starter while JJ McCarthy learned the pro game, but an injury to McCarthy in training camp confirmed his role as QB1.</p><p>Both Darnold and the Vikings surpassed all expectations by going 14-3 with two of their losses coming to the 15-2 Detroit Lions. Darnold threw for 3,519 yards with 35 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. However, the Vikings lost to the Los Angeles Rams 27-9 in the first round of the playoffs. Darnold had two turnovers and took nine sacks.</p><p>Following the season, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/seattle-seahawks/seahawks-news-seattle-sam-darnold-agree-massive-100-million-contract">Darnold signed a three-year $100.5 million contract</a> to be the new Seahawks starting quarterback. He agreed to the deal after the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-news-shocking-geno-smith-trade-seahawks">Seahawks traded Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders</a> and their new coach Pete Carroll, who is the former head coach of the Seahawks.</p><p>Nevertheless, was Sam Darnold’s net worth in 2025 a surprise?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sam Darnold’s net worth in 2025

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/seattle-seahawks/seahawks-rumors-the-eye-opening-truth-behind-sam-darnolds-100-5-million-contract');   ga('set', 'title', 'Seahawks rumors: The eye-opening truth behind Sam Darnold’s $100.5 million contract');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-eye-opening-truth-behind-Sam-Darnolds-100.5-million-contract.jpg"><figcaption>3/16/25</figcaption></figure><h1>Seahawks rumors: The eye-opening truth behind Sam Darnold’s $100.5 million contract</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-16T15:02:33-07:00">March 16th, 3:02pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-16T15:02:33-07:00">March 16th, 3:02pm</time><address><a>Steve Silverman</a>Steve Silverman has been covering the NFL for more than 35 years, and his writing has appeared in ESPN Magazine, Bleacher Report, CBS Sports, Pro Football Weekly, and Forbes.com. He has written 10 books, including "Who's Better, Who's Best in the NFL." He has won multiple awards from the Pro Football Writers of America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Sam Darnold was looking for a long-term contract at the conclusion of the 2024 season after leading the Minnesota Vikings to a 14-3 record and a spot in the NFC playoffs. He signed a 3-year, $100.5 million contract with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/seahawks-news-sam-darnold-reveals-brock-purdy-save-career">Seattle Seahawks</a> at the start of free agency, but there’s a chance he could be looking for a new deal at this time next year.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Seahawks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Seahawks</a>' deal with QB Sam Darnold—reported as 3 years, $100.5M—is essentially a 1-year, $37.5M contract. If they want to, Seattle can move on after the 2025 season with no dead money, as long as Darnold is healthy and passes a physical, per <a href="https://t.co/CZ4pGTfRAa">https://t.co/CZ4pGTfRAa</a>. The only… <a href="https://t.co/rmm6PWHlCt">pic.twitter.com/rmm6PWHlCt</a></p><p>— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1901356564407005632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Darnold will earn $37.5 million from the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/seahawks-burning-questions-cooper-kupp-signing">Seahawks this season</a>, but the contract gives the Seahawks to <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1901356564407005632">move on from</a> the deal at the end of the year as long as Darnold is healthy, per NFL insider Ari Meirov. That essentially means Darnold must come through with another brilliant season if he wants to avoid seeking out a new employer next year.</p><p>Darnold was signed by the Vikings a year ago to serve as the replacement quarterback for Kirk Cousins. The Vikings were hoping that Darnold would hold down the starting quarterback position for several weeks until rookie J.J. McCarthy was ready to take over as the team’s QB1. Those plans were scuttled when McCarthy tore his meniscus in the team’s first preseason game and missed the entire season.</p><h2><b>Darnold takes advantage of his opportunity, and Seahawks hope he will do the same thing</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Sam-Darnold-has-much-to-prove-with-the-Seahawks-in-2025.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Darnold had been in the NFL for six non-descript seasons prior to last year’s performance with the Vikings. He had failed to impress while playing for the New York Jets, Carolina Panthers and the San Francisco 49ers.</p><p>The 2024 season was a different story for Darnold. He completed 361 of 545 passes for 4,319 yards with 35 TD passes and 12 interceptions. Darnold also demonstrated the ability to buy time with his quick feet. He is not a great runner, but he did manage to convert 23 first downs when he took off from the pocket.</p><p>Darnold led the Vikings to a 5-0 start and he followed that with a 9-game winning streak. Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald is hoping that Darnold can have a similar season in the Pacific Northwest.</p><p>The Seahawks will have a new look at the wide receiver spot as DK Metcalf was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jaxon Smith-Njigba is slated to become the team’s top receiver and the Seahawks also added former Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp and veteran Marquez Valdes-Scantling.</p><p>It would not be surprising if the Seahawks added at least one more receiver in the upcoming NFL Draft. The Seahawks also have what should be a powerful running game with speedy Kenneth Walker III and hard-hitting Zach Charbonnet. If both backs stay healthy, the Seahawks could have one of the top ground attacks in the NFL. That would take significant pressure off of Darnold as he attempts to justify his contract.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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As a die-hard NFL fan, Dakota's fandom rides with the Chicago Bears through thick and thin -- regardless of how much pain it has caused his heart throughout the years. One day, he believes he will celebrate the Bears winning a Super Bowl. Maybe even... a few?</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Although he’s had a bumpy start to his NFL career, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/seattle-seahawks/seahawks-news-seattle-sam-darnold-agree-massive-100-million-contract">Seattle Seahawks signed Sam Darnold</a> to a three-year contract, and he joined his fifth team through eight seasons. However, there was one stop along the way that jumpstarted his career, and that was when Darnold backed up Brock Purdy with the San Francisco 49ers in 2023. Playing behind Purdy for a season — after two failed attempts with the New York Jets and Carolina Panthers — <a href="https://x.com/akashanav/status/1900355087316508940" rel="noopener">helped him become a more nuanced quarterback</a>, Darnold said in his press conference on Thursday.</p><p>“I really thank Brock a ton, Brock Purdy, for his style of play and how he kind of described his style,” Darnold said, per Akash Anavarathan on X. “We’ve got a ton of great playmakers on offense. My job is just to play point guard and get the ball in their hands and let them go do great things with the rock. When I started to change my thought process as a quarterback to just getting the ball in my guys’ hands, that’s kind of where it unlocked for me a little bit.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sam Darnold credits Brock Purdy during his intro presser with Seattle for helping him “unlock” his development as a quarterback: <a href="https://t.co/5M3B7AInNH">pic.twitter.com/5M3B7AInNH</a></p><p>— Akash Anavarathan (@akashanav) <a href="https://twitter.com/akashanav/status/1900355087316508940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>For NFL fans who weren’t around in 2018, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-draft-profile-sam-darnold-3rd-overall-2018-nfl-draft-jets">Darnold was the No. 3 overall pick</a> to the Jets behind only Baker Mayfield and Saquon Barkley.</p><p>However, Darnold’s first stop in his NFL career didn’t go as planned, as his combined record over his first three seasons with the Jets was 13-25.</p><p>Now, that’s not all his fault, as he was alongside the commonly clowned-on head coach: Adam Gase.</p><p>Gase didn’t really crack out in the NFL, as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jets-news-new-york-fires-head-coach-adam-gase">he would be fired after the 2020 season</a>, ending his head coaching career.</p><p>Darnold on the other hand continued working on his craft, spending two seasons with the Panthers alongside Cam Newton and Mayfield, the No. 1 overall pick in his draft class.</p><p>In those two seasons, Darnold didn’t prove he was a starting quarterback yet. This caused him to take a backup spot with the 49ers under Purdy, leading to the former No. 3 overall pick in 2018 reviving his career as a 26-year-old.</p><p>He <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings/vikings-news-minnesota-ink-sam-darnold-10-million-deal-kirk-cousins-falcons-move">signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2024</a> under head coach Kevin O’Connell, but there wasn’t a strong belief that Darnold would play much.</p><p>However, after the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings/vikings-news-jj-mccarthy-injury-timeline">Vikings’ rookie quarterback suffered a season-ending injury</a> in Minnesota’s preseason finale, Darnold was called upon, and he delivered.</p><p>Leading the Vikings to a 14-3 record, the now Seahawks quarterback lit up the league, passing for over 4,000 yards for the first time in his NFL career.</p><p>Now, as Sam Darnold looks to lead the Seahawks similarly in 2025, he looks back on the teachings of Brock Purdy as a strong reason why he’s able to succeed at the quarterback position once again.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Seahawks’ Sam Darnold reveals how Brock Purdy helped save his career

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/seattle-seahawks/seahawks-news-klint-kubiak-sam-darnold-quality-sticks-out');   ga('set', 'title', 'Klint Kubiak pinpoints Sam Darnold quality that ‘sticks out’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Seahawks-news-Klint-Kubiak-pinpoints-Sam-Darnold-quality-that-sticks-out.jpg"></figure><h1>Klint Kubiak pinpoints Sam Darnold quality that ‘sticks out’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-13T21:41:56-07:00">March 13th, 9:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-13T22:16:52-07:00">March 13th, 10:16pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Seattle Seahawks made the surprise decision to trade entrenched starter Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders and replace him with Sam Darnold on a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/seattle-seahawks/seahawks-news-seattle-sam-darnold-agree-massive-100-million-contract">three-year, $100.5 million deal</a>. Darnold had a breakout season in 2024 after failing to impress over his first six years in the league.</p><p>New Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak is embracing the veteran <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44244026/seahawks-darnold-apply-lessons-disastrous-24-finish" rel="noopener">passer’s arrival</a>. “Sam’s extremely talented… Obviously, a great thrower of the football. His mobility sticks out, his toughness, his maturity,” Kubiak said of his new quarterback, per Brady Henderson of ESPN.</p><p>“The thing about Sam that really sticks out is he’s an A-plus teammate. He elevates those around him and the guys he plays with respect him because when your best players are your hardest workers, that’s what you really strive for. That’s what you want as a coach, and Sam has that in spades,” Kubiak added.</p><h2><b>The Seahawks are betting on Sam Darnold</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Sam-Darnold_85e826.jpg"><figcaption>Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Darnold worked with Kubiak when they both ended up with the San Francisco 49ers for the 2023 season. The former third overall draft pick signed a one-year deal with San Francisco and beat out Trey Lance for the backup role behind Brock Purdy. Kubiak was hired as the 49ers’ passing game coordinator.</p><p>Both took big career steps in 2024 as Darnold established himself as a consistent starter with the Minnesota Vikings and Kubiak was promoted to offensive coordinator by the New Orleans Saints. Now they’ll reunite in Seattle.</p><p>The Seahawks’ offense will look very different in year two of head coach Mike Macdonald’s tenure. In addition to changing quarterbacks, the team <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/grading-seahawks-steelers-dk-metcalf-trade">traded wideout DK Metcalf</a> to the Pittsburgh Steelers and released fan favorite Tyler Lockett.</p><p>The Seahawks did add veteran receiver <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/seattle-seahawks/seahawks-news-seattle-adds-wr-dk-metcalf-tyler-lockett-departures">Marquez Valdes-Scantling on a one-year deal</a> in free agency that is worth up to $5.5 million. MVS will join new number one wideout Jaxon Smith-Njigba as the team’s WR2 in Kubiak’s offense. Of course, the Seahawks will likely make further additions through free agency and the draft.</p><p>While the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/seattle-seahawks/seahawks-news-why-seattles-geno-smith-trade-is-being-universally-panned">Smith trade has been universally panned</a>, the Seahawks hope that Darnold can replicate his 2024 season. Last year he took over as the Vikings’ starter after a season-ending injury to rookie QB J.J. McCarthy. Darnold started all 17 games and completed 66.2 percent of his passes, throwing for 4,319 yards and 35 touchdowns with a 102.5 passer rating – all were easily career-highs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Klint Kubiak pinpoints Sam Darnold quality that ‘sticks out’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/seattle-seahawks/seahawks-news-sam-darnold-gets-100-real-frustrating-end-vikings-2024-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Seahawks’ Sam Darnold gets 100% real about frustrating end to Vikings’ 2024 season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Seahawks-news-Sam-Darnold-gets-100-real-about-frustrating-end-to-Vikings-2024-season.jpg"></figure><h1>Seahawks’ Sam Darnold gets 100% real about frustrating end to Vikings’ 2024 season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-13T21:24:27-07:00">March 13th, 9:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-13T21:29:23-07:00">March 13th, 9:29pm</time><address><a>Richard Pereira</a>Richard Pereira joined ClutchPoints in January 2025 as an Associate Editor. He earned his degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2023 and has been covering the school's athletic programs since 2020, having served as a Sports Editor at the FAU University Press. He was granted the unique opportunity to report on the men's basketball team's journey to the Final Four in Houston for FAU Owls Nest during March Madness, consistently striving to grow as a sports journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Vikings</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New Seattle Seahawks <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/seahawks-news-seattle-sam-darnold-agree-massive-100-million-contract">quarterback Sam Darnold did not like the way</a> the 2024 NFL season ended for him and the Minnesota Vikings.</p><p>Darnold left the Vikings after one season, a year that saw him put up the best stats of his professional career. He led Minnesota to a 14-3 finish in the regular season, but their playoff run came to an abrupt end after a 27-9 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Wild Card round.</p><p>Darnold <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44244026/seahawks-darnold-apply-lessons-disastrous-24-finish" rel="noopener">reflected on the season during his introductory press conference</a> for the Seahawks on Thursday. A reporter brought up the question 14 minutes into the event, which the quarterback was appreciative to oblige and answer.</p><p>“I was waiting for someone to bring that up,” Darnold said while flanked on stage by coach Mike Macdonald and offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak. “I appreciate that.</p><p>“No, it’s fair, man. You get all the way to that point, you have the season that we had offensively, as a team, and then you run into at the end of the day. Only one team can win the Super Bowl and unfortunately, we weren’t that team.”</p><h2><b>Sam Darnold aims to help Seahawks after Vikings stint</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Sam-Darnold_e54d66.jpg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Sam Darnold wished things ended on a better note for him and the Vikings, considering his rise as one of the better quarterbacks in the NFL. However, it wasn’t meant to be, as he’ll embrace the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/seahawks-news-sam-darnold-swiftly-takes-dk-metcalfs-no-14-after-officially-joining-seahawks">next chapter of his career with the Seahawks</a>.</p><p>One year with the Vikings showed what Darnold can do at his best. Playing the entire regular season, he completed 361 passes for 4,319 yards and 35 touchdowns. This marks career highs across the board, showcasing his ability to have the offense explode with multiple scores throughout every game.</p><p>He’ll look to bring that momentum over to a Seattle offense that ranked 18th in points per game last season. They also ranked 14th in total yards, eighth in total passing yards, and 28th in total rushing yards.</p><p>The Seahawks finished 10-7 in 2024, falling short of the postseason due to tiebreaker rules being in favor of their division rival, the Los Angeles Rams.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
7372.5	59.7	20.5	7

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
7372.5	59.7	20.5	7

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