Sam Darnold has been a mess this season as late mistake dooms Seahawks on TNF

The Seahawks better just hope it’s October — and thus ghost season — and that’s why Sam Darnold is playing like he’s with the Jets again.One season after leading Seattle to a Super Bowl title, Darnold is back to playing rather uninspiring football and his two-interception, zero-touchdown performance doomed the reigning champs in their 17-14 overtime road loss to the Broncos on “Thursday Night Football.”Darnold threw his second interception of the night on the first overtime possession to set up Denver’s game-winning field goal, and Seattle is now 1-3 since he returned from a Week 1 glute injury.“I think it’s BS for me to keep turning the ball over,” Darnold said after falling to 3-3.“It’s not fair to our defense, not fair to our special teams group, not fair really to our entire team.

I got to be better that way.”The Seahawks entered this year seemingly in good position to repeat as Super Bowl champions, especially after Darnold’s first season with the team in 2026 went so smooth.This year has marked a notable regression for the former Jets’ first-round pick, who now has seven interceptions to seven passing touchdowns.All the interceptions have come in the last four games since he missed one contest due to an injury suffered on the first drive of the season-opening win over the Patriots.Thursday night marked his third multi-interception performance and prevented the Seahawks from winning a game in which the defense allowed just 168 total yards.Trailing 14-11 with less than two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Darnold threw his first interception but received a second chance when the defense posted a three-and-out.He led the Seahawks to a game-tying field goal, but the good feelings didn’t last when he threw an interception in overtime on a play he described as “greedy.”That turnover gave the Broncos the ball at the Seahawks’ 43-yard line and they moved eight yards before winning on a 53-yard field goal.Darnold finishe...