Sam Darnold’s ‘High-Powered Quarterbacking’ Silences Doubters, Vaults Seahawks Into Super Bowl

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Written By Corbin Smith

He can’t make the clutch throws. He can’t avoid turnovers. He can’t help seeing ghosts. Now an NFC Champion quarterback, narratives that followed Sam Darnold from dreary days in New York have finally been exterminated leading the Seahawks to the Super Bowl.

Corbin Smith

After teaching and coaching high school football for five years, Smith transitioned into sports reporting in 2017 and spent seven years with Sports Illustrated as a Seahawks beat reporter before launching the Emerald City Spectrum in February 2025. He also has hosted the Locked On Seahawks podcast since 2019.

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