Seahawks’ Mike Macdonald shoots down ‘crazy’ Sam Darnold chatter

As Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio identified, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold having a tough outing throughout a latest organized group exercise observe generated discussions about whether or not Darnold may lose the beginning job this summer time. 

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, but it surely’s only a loopy query. It is simply not going to occur. Sam’s our beginning quarterback. We love him. He is doing an incredible 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 decide, is a venture for the longer term who must develop as a passer earlier than he begins beneath heart in opposition to stay 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 choice,” Macdonald added about Darnold. “That’s not what we’re attempting to construct. We wish these guys to go put together the appropriate means after which once they exit on the observe subject, go freaking let it rip, after which we’ll go repair it. We have got time. It is June 3. They are going to get loads of reps. We’ll get these issues mounted. Sam made numerous nice throws [Monday] — he was gashing us on third-and-goal to begin 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 generally been less-than-sharp on the observe subject. The Seahawks might must have some troublesome 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.