Sam Darnold crashes back to earth in Seahawks biggest game of the season

Even with the Seahawks nearly pulling off a shocking comeback win over the Rams, Sam Darnold is going to want to forget about Sunday’s 21-19 loss to Los Angeles. Darnold threw four interceptions, which included one in the fourth quarter that came when the Seahawks were in the Rams’ end of the field and could have led to crucial points with Seattle down 21-12 at that point in the game. “I felt like, despite the turnovers, we moved the ball,” Darnold told reporters after the game.“We just couldn’t finish in the red zone.

I think that was a big thing today and then, obviously, I can’t turn the ball over as much as I did today.I’ll learn from it, watch the tape [and] grow from it.”The loss on Sunday came in a crucial divisional matchup in the NFC West and propelled the Rams into first place over the Seahawks. It also did little to quiet the narrative that Darnold cannot perform in big game situations. Last year, when Darnold was still with the Vikings, he threw for just 166 yards in a Week 18 loss to the Lions that cost Minnesota the No.

1 seed in the NFC in the playoffs. Similar to that game, Darnold did not throw a single touchdown pass on Sunday. “I’ve got to be better personally,” Darnold acknowledged. The former Jets quarterback finished the loss to Los Angeles, going 29-of-44 passing for 279 yards. His first interception of the day came on the Seahawks’ first drive of the game when he was picked off on the third play, and the Rams took advantage of the excellent field position gained off the pick to score the game’s first touchdown. Darnold again threw a pick, this time on the first drive of the second half, after he threw an incomplete pass and Kenneth Walker III ran for a yard. The Rams scored on the ensuing drive to take a 21-12 lead.Darnold threw his fourth pick of the day on the following drive. He did orchestrate an 84-yard drive late in the game to cut the deficit to just two, but Seattle came up short in the end....