Sam Darnold To Sign With The Seahawks

[kidhawk]

NFL network says they are working on a 3 years and around $100 million

 

[Mistashoesta]

 

[Mistashoesta]

Just signed

 

[G-Money]

O-line please................even more now than ever.

 

[Hotchy]

Dear God,.....why are you mad at me ?

 

[Mistashoesta]

Dear God,.....why are you mad at me ?

I take it you don't approve?

 

[MontanaHawk05]

Lateral move.

 

[CallMeADawg]

Lateral move.

Impossible, he’s 27.

 

[hox]

At first glance, not hating the $$ amount. Seems reasonable.

 

[Shane Falco]

Our new $36M QB.

 

[kidhawk]

Just signed

Can’t officially sign yet. Only agreed to a deal. Can’t sign until Wednesday and let’s not forget until it’s signed players are still technically free to hear other offers. It doesn’t happen often but has happened where a player changes his mind between agreement and signing.

 

[Aircrew]

I'm stoked, I think this is an upgrade.

 

[Maulbert]

To people already whining about this: What about this deal makes you believe he is the future? $33 million a year is less than we offered Geno. This screams stopgap. My hope, which was the same when Geno was here, is they draft a young QB and let him sit and learn. I don't want a good rookie thrown to the wolves. I like this deal.

 

[TheLegendOfBoom]

Wow

 

[mistaowen]

None of this matters if they don't upgrade the OL. Geno actually was able to run an offense by bailing out the worst OL in the NFL with his pocket awareness, Darnold won't be able to do that. That's also a good chunk of guaranteed money for a guy who has only one good season.

He was the most realistic guy though and is young. Knows the system, played well last year (obviously with a really good setup), and does have the talent to be above average.

 

[HOF Hater]

What a terrible signing, he's not an upgrade to Geno

 

[Hawkpower]

55 mil guarantee seems a bit much. The talk was Sam market was more 30-35mil and Geno wanted 45.

I can only imagine that the guarantee money wasn't the issue with Geno.

He's getting like 35-36ish

 

[CallMeADawg]

To people already whining about this: What about this deal makes you believe he is the future? $33 million a year is less than we offered Geno. This screams stopgap. My hope, which was the same when Geno was here, is they draft a young QB and let him sit and learn. I don't want a good rookie thrown to the wolves. I like this deal.

Good deal made and we’ll see what they do in the draft. So far they have made the first of hopefully many good decisions.

 

[Seahawk_Dan]

He's getting like 35-36ish

Right. I misunderstood the fine print. It's 55mil over the 3 years and not 45mil a year like Geno wanted.

 

[FlayvaMeister]

Just signed

Per ESPN Free Agency Live Trackeer:
"Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold reached agreement today on a three-year, $110.5 million contract including $55 million guaranteed with the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle has its successor to Geno Smith.

Darnold is now reunited with new Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak, whom he previously worked with in San Francisco. -- Adam Schefter, NFL insider