Better of Sam Darnold at Tremendous Bowl LX Media Day

[ad_1] Sam Darnold is grateful that he will get the chance to start out his first Tremendous Bowl on Sunday, when his Seattle Seahawks play the New England Patriots at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.

However he's just a little upset that he will not be capable to watch Unhealthy Bunny's halftime present.

"I like his music," Darnold mentioned throughout NFL Tremendous Bowl LX Media Evening on Monday. "It is nice to have him carry out on the Tremendous Bowl. I want that I might see it, however I am afraid I will be preparing for the second half at that second."

This is not Darnold's first Tremendous Bowl. The 28-year-old was on the San Francisco 49ers' roster for Tremendous Bowl LVIII, however he did not play a snap because the backup to Brock Purdy. Now the main man in Seattle, Darnold believes that his journey within the NFL has ready him to compete for his first Vince Lombardi Trophy.

"I take each expertise as its personal, it doesn't matter what occurs," Darnold mentioned. "I used to be actually blessed to have the ability to get drafted to the Jets. Clearly, issues did not work out the way in which that I needed them to there."

The New York Jets drafted Darnold with the third general decide within the 2018 NFL Draft, however New York determined to maneuver on from him in 2021 after 38 appearances and a 13-25 document. 5 years and 4 groups later, Darnold feels as if he is discovered a house with the Seahawks.

"I might have cherished to get drafted to New York and have that be my dwelling for 20 years, nevertheless it simply did not work out that means," Darnold mentioned. "Identical factor in Carolina and San Francisco. That was a fantastic place for me to be taught. In Minnesota, I really feel like I had a extremely nice alternative with actually good gamers and actually good coaches to indicate not folks, however present myself what I can do on a soccer subject and I feel folks noticed that.

"Seattle, proper after I obtained right here, it felt like dwelling, and it appears like dwelling. I am simply so grateful for John and Mike believing in me and the entire gamers in that locker room for believing in me. For me to only be capable to go on the market and do nothing greater than my job on each single play. That is a really safe feeling as a quarterback."

He additionally would not thoughts the meals scene in The Emerald Metropolis.

"I am just a little little bit of a foodie, making an attempt all of those totally different spots in Seattle," Darnold mentioned. "These are the principle two issues: meals and golf."