As Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio identified, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold having a tough outing throughout a current organized group exercise apply generated discussions about whether or not Darnold might 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 stated 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 actually a journeyman at this stage of his profession. Rookie Jalen Milroe, a third-round choose, is a undertaking for the long run who must develop as a passer earlier than he begins below heart towards reside defenses in significant video games.
That stated, Macdonald and offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak each insisted this previous winter they anticipated to move 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 determination,” Macdonald added about Darnold. “That isn’t what we’re attempting to construct. We would like these guys to go put together the best means after which once they exit on the apply area, go freaking let it rip, after which we’ll go repair it. We have time. It is June 3. They’ll get loads of reps. We’ll get these issues mounted. Sam made quite a lot of nice throws [Monday] — he was gashing us on third-and-goal to start out the day trip, too. So, yeah, it is sort 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 typically been less-than-sharp on the apply area. The Seahawks might have to have some tough conversations relating to Darnold’s future in January 2026, however Macdonald has no cause to fret about these potential chats within the first week of June.
