Seahawks QB Sam Darnold is studying a brand new metropolis and offense with loads of help

[ad_1] RENTON, Wash. (AP) — In the beginning, Sam Darnold needs it to be identified that he’s not a great golfer.

The Seattle Seahawks quarterback, who signed a $100.5 million, three-year contract in March, mentioned he’s a ten handicap. The 27-year-old spends time on the course at any time when he can throughout the offseason, and hopes to hike and conserving attempting out eating places within the Seattle space that he now calls dwelling.

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Oh, and about that dwelling.

“We purchased a spot, so to be trustworthy, been shifting a ton of furnishings in,” Darnold mentioned Wednesday.

That’s been the main focus of Darnold’s offseason outdoors of soccer. 5 days into organized staff actions, Darnold's high precedence has been studying first-year offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak’s playbook.

Kubiak and Darnold had been each with the San Francisco 49ers in 2023, however a lot has modified since that season within the Bay Space, when Kubiak was a passing sport coordinator and Darnold a backup.

Kubiak spent final season because the New Orleans Saints' offensive coordinator. Darnold, in the meantime, loved his most interesting NFL season, setting profession highs in passing yards, touchdowns and completion share whereas guiding the Minnesota Vikings to a 14-3 report.

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“You see the tape, the tape tells all of it. He grew quite a bit,” Kubiak mentioned. “He took a possibility there and ran with it, and he’s been doing a fantastic job for us right here.”

Such reward solely reinforces the plain: Darnold is Seattle's starter. Coach Mike Macdonald mentioned as a lot throughout an interview with KIRO-AM on Tuesday, when he was requested whether or not something apart from an damage to Darnold would forestall him from beginning the season opener on Sept. 7.

“Sam’s our beginning quarterback,” Macdonald mentioned. “We love him. He’s doing an amazing job.”

Darnold mentioned he is a fan of the opposite quarterbacks within the assembly room, Jalen Milroe and Drew Lock. Throughout the NFL draft in April, Macdonald referred to as Darnold to let him know concerning the staff's plans to pick Milroe out of Alabama within the third spherical.

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It was a gesture of respect to the veteran QB, who signed only a month earlier.

“I feel on the finish of the day, communication is vital,” Darnold mentioned. “However for him to have the ability to name and talk about that, it was cool.”

Darnold discovered to not get rattled simply throughout stints in two large markets. He performed in school at Southern California after which was drafted by the New York Jets, the place he was thought of a bust. He moved on to Carolina and San Francisco earlier than resurrecting his profession in Minnesota.

Now, he involves Seattle as a pacesetter and face of the franchise. Working in Kubiak's system has eased his transition, however Kubiak was fast to level out — with out making a gift of any secrets and techniques — that the Seahawks’ offense can be uniquely its personal.