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Too many times, talented quarterbacks playing under bad teams have become jokes to trolls, casual media outlets, and even experts. An example of this is Sam Darnold in his three years in the league with the New York Jets. The joke of ‘seeing ghosts’ continues to haunt Darnold to this day, even though he is playing elite with the\u00a0Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n
In the nine games with the Seahawks this season, Darnold has been electric and incredibly efficient. Darnold has completed 71.1% of his passes for 2,262 yards, 17 touchdowns, six interceptions, and a league-high 77.6 QBR. He has been solid through the first ten weeks of the season, much like he was last season for the Minnesota Vikings.<\/p>\n
Darnold isn’t forcing his passes out to his pass-catchers. He is patiently waiting for players like wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, wide receiver Cooper Kupp, tight end A.J. Barner, and a group of young, talented rookies to get to a comfortable position on their routes away from the opposing defensive backs.<\/p>\n
Most of all, Darnold is making accurate passes when he needs to\u00a0against the blitz. He is graded as the No. 1 quarterback in the league at 90.6 when facing an opposing team’s blitz. He is also first in the league in big-throw rate at 10.7% with nine big-time throws. Finally, Darnold possesses the sixth-lowest turnover-worthy play rate with one bad throw.<\/p>\n
Even when facing serious pressure from opposing defenses, Darnold has delivered the ball to his receivers for efficient plays. Darnold doesn\u2019t panic when he sees an extra player coming at him. Instead, he has been taught to focus on the lack of extra coverage support on the field, leading players like JSN, who is the league\u2019s top receiver, to get open and make a big play.<\/p>\n
The quarterback that Darnold will face in Week 11 on the road, in Los Angeles Rams’ Matthew Stafford, should be on the short list for league MVP. While he has been great leading the Rams to one of the top offenses in the league, he isn’t as efficient against the blitz as Darnold.<\/p>\n
Stafford has the sixth-highest overall grade (81.4) when dealing with an opposing team’s blitz. He has also been prone to making mistakes when facing blitzing situations. Stafford has four throws that are turnover-worthy plays, 21st in the league.<\/p>\n
Darnold is far from being the underdeveloped quarterback playing for the poorly run Jets from 2018 to 2020. After three years with the Jets and two years with the Carolina Panthers, Darnold spent a year with the San Francisco 49ers under Kyle Shanahan in 2023 and the Vikings under Kevin O\u2019Connell last season.<\/p>\n
This season, Darnold is taking his bad experiences with bad teams and his years studying under Shanahan and O\u2019Connell to turn into a true top-tier quarterback in the league. He is no longer seeing ghosts of his bad experience, but it might take an NFC West Divisional title or a deep run in the playoffs for others to feel the same. Darnold, along with his elite Seahawks team, might have the potential for a Super Bowl run.<\/p>\n
The Kansas City Chiefs will look to avoid their first 0-2 start since 2014 when they host the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles in a Super Bowl LIX rematch on Sunday.<\/p>\n
This version of the Andy Reid Bowl comes seven months after the Eagles scored the first 34 points in a lopsided 40-22 victory in New Orleans, ending the Chiefs’ bid for an unprecedented Super Bowl three-peat.<\/p>\n
“We’ll learn from this,” Reid, the winningest coach in the history of both the Chiefs and Eagles, vowed after that game.<\/p>\n
Both teams enter Sunday’s rematch rested. Philadelphia (1-0) kicked off its title defense last Thursday with a 24-20 home win against the NFC East rival Dallas Cowboys, while Kansas City (0-1) fell 27-21 last Friday in Sao Paulo to the AFC West rival Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n
The last time the Chiefs opened a season with two straight losses, in 2014, was also the last time Kansas City failed to make the playoffs.<\/p>\n
The game features the active NFL head coaches with the highest winning percentage in Philadelphia’s Nick Sirianni (.710, 49-20) and the most wins (Reid, 273). It’s also a clash of Super Bowl MVP quarterbacks with the highest winning percentages in the league since 2022: Jalen Hurts (.792, 38-10) and Patrick Mahomes (.780, 39-11).<\/p>\n
“It’s just another opportunity for us,” Hurts said Wednesday when asked about facing Mahomes and the Chiefs again. “That’s been my approach on it. We’ve got a lot that we can learn from this past week and we’re playing a really good team. It’s a new team. We’re a new team.<\/p>\n
“… It’s a different team. They have their leaders and they’ve always had their core, and they’ve always been really renowned for being disruptive, being able to score the ball and just playing really good team football. It’s a real well-respected organization.”<\/p>\n
Mahomes, who has three Super Bowl rings, said he always learns from his mistakes, whether it’s from the Super Bowl loss to Philadelphia or last week’s effort in Brazil.<\/p>\n
“That’s part of playing the game,” Mahomes said Wednesday. “You learn from your failures, just like you learn from the positive things you do, and then you come back and play better football this week, and it’s going to take our best football to go out there and get a win.”<\/p>\n
This is the fifth straight season (including playoffs) that Philadelphia has played Kansas City. Including a split in their two recent Super Bowl meetings, the all-time series between the Chiefs and Eagles is tied at 6-6.<\/p>\n
Only Kansas City (.714, 25-10) has a better road winning percentage than Philadelphia (24-10, .706) in the NFL since 2021. And only the Chiefs have a better interconference record (17-3) during that same span than the Eagles (16-4). Philadelphia has won nine straight regular season and postseason games against AFC opponents.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia tight end Dallas Goedert missed practice Wednesday with a knee sprain and is questionable for Sunday, per multiple reports. Starting left guard Landon Dickerson (back) practiced in a limited basis. Backups QB Tanner McKee (thumb) and RB Will Shipley (oblique) did not practice.<\/p>\n
For the Chiefs, wide receivers Xavier Worthy (shoulder) and Jalen Royals (knee) did not practice Wednesday. Right guard Trey Smith (knee\/illness) and linebacker Drue Tranquill (knee) were limited. Linebacker Nick Bolton (biceps), wideout Marquise “Hollywood” Brown (ankle) and right tackle Jawaan Taylor (knee\/ankle) were full participants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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