Remember that no quarterback after Darnold was able to make those Jets and Panthers team look good. Easily could turn into a nice Geno Smith like story, or a very mediocre season.
Darnold is a bust it’s that simple. Has the arm talent with a 10 cent head. He sees ghosts, can handle the processing in the fray it’s that simple. He’s had multiple opportunities to show he can overcome his mental processing issues and simply can’t do it and he won’t do it in MN. Vikings with this brutal start of the schedule playing 6 straight playoff teams after week 1 at NYG will be 0-7. The air will come out of the ballon in NY when Darnold loses the game with the same issues he’s always shown. Stick a fork in the Vikings this season it will be over by the quarter pole. Hopefully Kwesi gets shown the door in 2025.
I would love for Sam to have a great start to the season so I can come back to this thread and reply to the idiots saying he's garbage, calling you a Karen Niner fan, and saying he's a bust no matter what he does....and ask them how they're doing since Sam is shoving their crap back down their throats. 😈😈😈
Raiders are getting a top rookie qb next year or jump into the Dak Prescott sweepstakes if he becomes a FA. Raiders will be picking in the top ten next year.
@@henrywallacesghost5883 Raiders have to good of a defense and too weak of a schedule to not win 8+ games there not picking in the top 10 they might sign Dak though
@@henrywallacesghost5883 When I first learned about Sam's Grandfather and who he was, all of a sudden Sam Darnold became 100 times cooler than he was before.
Sam will have a amazing year mark my words will be a top 5-6 qb and make the pro bowl.. I just purchased few of his rookie cards because of this situation
I find it ridiculous that since he came here, until now, all of this has been ignored. When he got here all we heard was "he better produce now. Maybe O'Connell can help him but we're not sure at this point in his career." McCarthy comes along and "He's in the best position for any of these draft picks". Why wasn't Darnold in that same position when he came here until now? Because McCarthy went down? I've said it from the beginning and even before he came to the Vikings - Darnold's career was absolutely screwed by being on bad teams with bad coaches. (Trevor Lawrence was almost in that same position) Then he went to SF and just had bad luck because how they managed that QB room. I have every confidence in him until I see otherwise. I have a feeling media types will be saying "Darnold is the surprise story of the season."
@@oel734 Good catch. Yes, it won't be "Put Tebow in!" They can't put McCarthy in. They might put the QB2 in. Evaluation for trading that person sometime. Not to curse anyone, but it won't be like Cousins achilles where they did a lottery of sorts with their QB roster. The sensible thing would be just platoon the QBs they have. Reminds me of some team ages ago where there were multiple QBs and the coach would send in the QB with the play call. Olden days.
Sam is the man. Die-hard Jets fan here; Jets screwed him more times than anyone can count, cherry on top sending him to another dumpster fire in Carolina. Go SAM!
Wonderful now I get to look forward to Darnold all year as they go 5-13 Wonderful. I’m calling 175 yards and 2 pics or more in a loss to the Giants week 1 I hate being a Vikings fan
@@usa91787 Because that's what detractors expect from Sam as no one (it seems) was watching the 2022 Carolina Panthers (or rather paying attention) when Sam took over for an ineffective Baker Mayfield (who went 1-5) and went 4-2 (with the same players Baker struggled with) almost dragging that team to the playoffs. They're still stuck on "I see ghosts" even though that was *FOUR f'n years ago*. Some people just don't want Sam to improve as a QB because it destroys their "Sam sucks and I want to make fun of him 'cause my life is pathetic" narrative.
@@henrywallacesghost5883 Your point is just fine and is very valid for players like Brock Purdy. Sure Brock benefits from the guys around him, but he in large part is the driving force behind that offense’s success (him and cmc). Hurts and Tua were objectively bad players UNTIL their GMs gave them super teams.
I'll hope for the best, but I'm not getting invested until he does some proving. One thing's for sure: we'll get our answer to whether or not he's been a victim of circumstance, because if he can't thrive within Minnesota's offense, I doubt he thrives anywhere.
He can have all the talent in the world and be a superstar in college, but the NFL is a different animal. A quarterback has to have a talented brain, and he must be able to bounce back from adversity rather than a mental meltdown when everything goes wrong after an interception leads to four interceptions. I don’t think Sam has it in him. I think he will backslide and become what he has always been. Unfortunately, the Vikings might not have JJ McCarthy, a winner to fall back on.
You split his 2 years of Carolina,stick his first year in the ny jets collage 2nd year Baker was starting Darnold started last 6, his numbers better than Mayfield that year 6gms 82/140 58.6% 1143yds(3200yd pace)8.2 avg 7TD 3INT Rtg 92.6 Npw put that behind better protection, and an array of weapons,top 5 offence...Voila
I appreciate somebody showing this dude some respect. Watch his highlights in "New York". It's Darnold to Crowder, like a 5'10 receiver. Those guys had a connection that because they were all they had and couldn't overcome. He had some impressive plays. Sam Darnold is not the end of the world at worst. They'll upset more with him Ill bet than with the rook. He's kinda perfect for whatever ass minnesota that cant ever put it together. Ima laugh if can glue something together there.
Imagine Sam darnold throws 27/29 tds 3800 yards 10int finish 7-10 Do the Vikings extend him ?😂😂😂 This could be good and bad 4-13 is what I think they’ll finish .
I'm kinda Donald Fan,, Hope He Does Well, But How Do You Call The Jets Dysfunctional?? And Not Call The Vikings Major League Dysfunctional.. Cause The Vikings Are Dysfunctional
Oh great, here comes the ever hopeful Vikings fans with their non-stop, "We're going to the Superbowl. We have Sam Darnold. This year is gonna be our year.". He's Kirk Cousins 2.0, they will be lucky to hit 9-8.
Well, Kirk barely has a winning record so as a Vikings fan I’m thinking Sam will be ok. In fact, in their last 7 starts both Kirk and Sam are 4-3 and Sam did that with 6 games at terrible Carolina and 1 game at SF without McCaffrey, Debo, and Ayuk. Kirk may start 0-3 again this year, but with Atlanta.
Vikings fans are hilarious this year, they remind me of Bears fans under Fields. Going back to 6 year old draft reports, living off the fumes of Darnold's college glory and ignoring his years of crappy NFL play and blaming it all on something, anything else- head coaches, other players, chaos!!! Enjoy your 5-6 win season. Their GM knew not to get rid of their 1st round pick next year- it'll be a top 5 overall!
I've been a huge Bobo since 1977. Darnold sucks and a TON of Vikings fans are delusional. Just because he's on our team, somehow he's going from worst QB in the NFC to top 5. It's freaking ridiculous.
Across his 27 college games over two seasons, Darnold amassed a whopping 36 turnovers. He lost 14 fumbles out of a total of 20, and threw 22 interceptions on 846 attempts (2.6%). After losing 5 fumbles and throwing 9 interceptions in 2016, Darnold lost 9 fumbles and threw 13 interceptions in 2017 as he threw 114 more passes. Why would any team pick him round 1?
Darnold is not accurate and makes poor decisions. He's been throwing dumb picks since USC. If it was all about arm strength Jamarcus Russell would be in Canton. Good luck Vikings.
Take the under on the Vikings this year and don't draft jefferson. Sam darnold sucks and he always will suck. He's had so many chances, he's a turnover machine he's not a starter in this league. Anyone who believes in him is delusional and will look stupid by week 8.
He looked good at Carolina until D got injured and started sucking and McCaffrey went down. Not enough targets there. Purdy look great without him and a WR down vs Cleveland? Believe he had 3 picks and an L. Minnesota is the first team that can play some D and run the ball. This is Sam’s real first opportunity.
@@BradBoulden-o7d You obviously don't know anything about football. Sam Darnold has started 56 games that's a nice enough sample size to know who he is. To blame the coaching and players around him are excuses. In 56 games you should still be able to evaluate the player regardless of who he plays with or who is coach is. What great coaching or players did zach wilson, johnny manziel , josh rosen, jimmy clausen, brock osweiler play with? Yet you're still able to understand that those guys were overwhelmed and can't play at that level just like sam darnold. In 56 games he's thrown 56 interceptions and fumbled the ball 38 times he's a turnover machine he sucks he should haven never been drafted that high. Im betting a 100 dollars every game on a darnold turnover and when it hits every week I'll laugh and think about your comments.
Sam is going to surprise a lot of folks this year.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Yeah. Bad 😢
Only if he can cut the turnovers. We'll have to wait and see.
@@keyes8495 but thats the thing that the only thing he has to do. He has the arm. He has the legs. He already showed that.
They've been saying this ever since 2018
As a niner fan, he didn't have good teams with the Jets and Carolina. He learned for a year under Kyle. I hope he does well.
He won't, he's garbage
Remember that no quarterback after Darnold was able to make those Jets and Panthers team look good. Easily could turn into a nice Geno Smith like story, or a very mediocre season.
The same Kyle that mortgaged future to draft Trey Lance? Shut up Karen Niner fan
Darnold is a bust it’s that simple. Has the arm talent with a 10 cent head. He sees ghosts, can handle the processing in the fray it’s that simple. He’s had multiple opportunities to show he can overcome his mental processing issues and simply can’t do it and he won’t do it in MN. Vikings with this brutal start of the schedule playing 6 straight playoff teams after week 1 at NYG will be 0-7. The air will come out of the ballon in NY when Darnold loses the game with the same issues he’s always shown. Stick a fork in the Vikings this season it will be over by the quarter pole. Hopefully Kwesi gets shown the door in 2025.
I would love for Sam to have a great start to the season so I can come back to this thread and reply to the idiots saying he's garbage, calling you a Karen Niner fan, and saying he's a bust no matter what he does....and ask them how they're doing since Sam is shoving their crap back down their throats. 😈😈😈
Darnold is gonna raise this team up huge
Jefferson will make Darnold look good enough to have another starting competition with the Raiders/Saints
Raiders are getting a top rookie qb next year or jump into the Dak Prescott sweepstakes if he becomes a FA.
Raiders will be picking in the top ten next year.
@@henrywallacesghost5883 Raiders have to good of a defense and too weak of a schedule to not win 8+ games there not picking in the top 10 they might sign Dak though
Jefferson did nothing playoffs vs giants stars are supposed to step up he proved he's not great unless it's garbage time or gets lucky
Thank you for teaching me about Dick Hammer. Incredible. Skol.
Dick Hammer is about as good as Dick Armey😂
@@henrywallacesghost5883 When I first learned about Sam's Grandfather and who he was, all of a sudden Sam Darnold became 100 times cooler than he was before.
Sam will have a amazing year mark my words will be a top 5-6 qb and make the pro bowl.. I just purchased few of his rookie cards because of this situation
What are you going to do with the left over change from that 5 dollar bill?
Complete delusional vikings fan
@@jgs1703Vikings fans aren't delusional but overly hopeful. Now Bears fans on the otherhand😂 Never saw so much delusion over Feilds or Caleb.
@@henrywallacesghost5883 but what else are we supposed to are. u saw our curse with injuries there is only one thing to be: hopeful
What scintillating convo. Up after the break: I think my cat is starting to talk. 😅
I find it ridiculous that since he came here, until now, all of this has been ignored.
When he got here all we heard was "he better produce now. Maybe O'Connell can help him but we're not sure at this point in his career."
McCarthy comes along and "He's in the best position for any of these draft picks".
Why wasn't Darnold in that same position when he came here until now?
Because McCarthy went down?
I've said it from the beginning and even before he came to the Vikings - Darnold's career was absolutely screwed by being on bad teams with bad coaches. (Trevor Lawrence was almost in that same position)
Then he went to SF and just had bad luck because how they managed that QB room.
I have every confidence in him until I see otherwise.
I have a feeling media types will be saying "Darnold is the surprise story of the season."
Might be best for everyone. Darnold gets an entire year. Vikes escape a QB controversy. McCarthy gets to sit a year.
Not only that but it avoids an ugly situation where the Fans start chanting McCarthy's name each time Sam has a 3-and-out on a drive.
@@oel734 Good catch. Yes, it won't be "Put Tebow in!" They can't put McCarthy in. They might put the QB2 in. Evaluation for trading that person sometime. Not to curse anyone, but it won't be like Cousins achilles where they did a lottery of sorts with their QB roster. The sensible thing would be just platoon the QBs they have. Reminds me of some team ages ago where there were multiple QBs and the coach would send in the QB with the play call. Olden days.
Sam is going to be on my Fantasy Team... Sam's the Man!
Love how Simms mispronounces words and names. He wouldn’t be Simms without it!!! ❤
Sam's the Man! 🏈 👍
Sam is the man. Die-hard Jets fan here; Jets screwed him more times than anyone can count, cherry on top sending him to another dumpster fire in Carolina. Go SAM!
Wonderful now I get to look forward to Darnold all year as they go 5-13
Wonderful.
I’m calling 175 yards and 2 pics or more in a loss to the Giants week 1
I hate being a Vikings fan
You forgot 2 lost fumbles
Why is that your highly informed evaluation of Darnold?
@@usa91787 Because that's what detractors expect from Sam as no one (it seems) was watching the 2022 Carolina Panthers (or rather paying attention) when Sam took over for an ineffective Baker Mayfield (who went 1-5) and went 4-2 (with the same players Baker struggled with) almost dragging that team to the playoffs.
They're still stuck on "I see ghosts" even though that was *FOUR f'n years ago*.
Some people just don't want Sam to improve as a QB because it destroys their "Sam sucks and I want to make fun of him 'cause my life is pathetic" narrative.
Sam the Hammer Darnold 💜
Man Simms dislike for Tua and Hurts and unconditional love for Darnold is funny, football is back
None of those three guys are that good
@@bunker5696Yes they are. Just because Hurts and Tua have good players around them doesn't take away from them.
@@henrywallacesghost5883 Your point is just fine and is very valid for players like Brock Purdy. Sure Brock benefits from the guys around him, but he in large part is the driving force behind that offense’s success (him and cmc). Hurts and Tua were objectively bad players UNTIL their GMs gave them super teams.
@@bunker5696both those quarterbacks led their teams to winning records prior to having so called super teams. Stop the hate.
Geno Smith 2022, Baker Mayfield 2023, Sam Darnold 2024?
@@Shiesty723 Sam Bradford?
Let's not forget Rich Gannon,Sam Bradford
I'll hope for the best, but I'm not getting invested until he does some proving. One thing's for sure: we'll get our answer to whether or not he's been a victim of circumstance, because if he can't thrive within Minnesota's offense, I doubt he thrives anywhere.
The good news: Sam Darnold is going to have a career year. The bad news: Not a high bar. 😂 Seriously though, I think he will have a monster year.
PB and Miracle Whip sandwiches are the Best!
Hall is the #1 backup...solid.
Sam Darnold bout to be in his Geno Smith era
Everybody is thinking Darnold is Mullens level😮
He can have all the talent in the world and be a superstar in college, but the NFL is a different animal. A quarterback has to have a talented brain, and he must be able to bounce back from adversity rather than a mental meltdown when everything goes wrong after an interception leads to four interceptions. I don’t think Sam has it in him. I think he will backslide and become what he has always been. Unfortunately, the Vikings might not have JJ McCarthy, a winner to fall back on.
Sam almost took Carolina to the playoffs even though the Panthers were horrible as a Football team. The Vikings will make the playoff this year.
I wouldnt be surprised if darnold balls out. If he does theres definitely teams thatll pay him 30+ mil a year
I think he can have a year like Geno smith had his first year with the Seahawks. He’s more talented and a better passer of the ball.
You split his 2 years of Carolina,stick his first year in the ny jets collage
2nd year Baker was starting
Darnold started last 6, his numbers better than Mayfield that year
6gms 82/140 58.6% 1143yds(3200yd pace)8.2 avg 7TD 3INT
Rtg 92.6
Npw put that behind better protection, and an array of weapons,top 5 offence...Voila
trying his best to be happy for his vikings😂😂
I have to remember that Darnold averages less than 215 yards per game passing through his whole career, LESS!!
he had awful weapons and when he played in the 49ers offense most of the starters were benched
Name 1 WR he had. Or name a single O lineman he had. Ohhh and who was his OC?
You can’t they’re all trash.
That’s not terrible. That’s average
@@6ftmouse349I agree with you but he did have dj Moore
Most of his games were with trash teams.
Look for Sam to have better numbers than Kirk with JJettas look at Jj,s numbers with trash last year and missing 7 games!
I appreciate somebody showing this dude some respect. Watch his highlights in "New York". It's Darnold to Crowder, like a 5'10 receiver. Those guys had a connection that because they were all they had and couldn't overcome. He had some impressive plays. Sam Darnold is not the end of the world at worst. They'll upset more with him Ill bet than with the rook. He's kinda perfect for whatever ass minnesota that cant ever put it together. Ima laugh if can glue something together there.
As a lifelong minnesota fan,I have 0 confidence in darnold. I've seen him play with other teams.
Dick Hammer (he pounded it...)
If JJ were healthy, Darnolds' position would be on the line. When will they put JJ in. At least now that conversation is out.
In 1988, I was shocked to see my wife's doctor smoking a cigarette at the nurses' desk on the day my son was born.
Jim Plunkett 2?
Did they just compare Darnold to Caleb as a prospect 🤔
Hmmmmm vikings has a xhance to bring in sam Darnold guy ju ju smith. Usc. Wr. Connections. Run it back yeah
Darnold is the 2nd coming of Alex Smith.
Doctor smoking is hilarious
Imagine Sam darnold throws 27/29 tds 3800 yards 10int finish 7-10
Do the Vikings extend him ?😂😂😂
This could be good and bad
4-13 is what I think they’ll finish .
I couldn’t tell you what they were talking about 🤷♂️
All I want to know is who dresses Chris Simms 🤦♂️
I love cigarettes so much 😢 Had to quit though.
😎👍
No confidence in Sam. This is a joke. They just need things to talk about.
I'm kinda Donald Fan,, Hope He Does Well, But How Do You Call The Jets Dysfunctional?? And Not Call The Vikings Major League Dysfunctional.. Cause The Vikings Are Dysfunctional
Pro Cigarette Talk
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Oh great, here comes the ever hopeful Vikings fans with their non-stop, "We're going to the Superbowl. We have Sam Darnold. This year is gonna be our year.". He's Kirk Cousins 2.0, they will be lucky to hit 9-8.
I’m a Vikings fan who wanted to move on from Cousins-we’ll be lucky if Darnold is Cousins level. Get well soon JJ!
I don’t know many Vikings fans who are like that
Darnold is gonna have 2 pics minimum in his start in NY
It’s gonna be a dumpster fire
You must not know many Vikings fans because we definitely dont say any of of that lol.
Well, Kirk barely has a winning record so as a Vikings fan I’m thinking Sam will be ok. In fact, in their last 7 starts both Kirk and Sam are 4-3 and Sam did that with 6 games at terrible Carolina and 1 game at SF without McCaffrey, Debo, and Ayuk. Kirk may start 0-3 again this year, but with Atlanta.
Last chance for Mr. Darnold
He’s had to move on the pocket .. because he’s never had a good OLine
Baker comeback esce season incoming
If a great quarterback is a force multiplier, then this is prime excuse making for a certified bum
I have no faith in Darnold, the guy throws awful picks and his biggest moment was being on caught on camera saying he’s seeing ghosts.
Sam who can believe in that dudes been a bust how can he turn that all around
He's started 56 games? He is what he is, a potato. A full season, 4 or 5 wins tops.
He mispronounced it because of New York Met Travis Dar'neau
Justin Jefferson requests a trade after this season.
Kirk was not able to run and just took sacks. All his yards were garbage time in non prime time games, eating weird meat with no shirt and gold chains
Can't be any worse than kirk
Vikings fans are hilarious this year, they remind me of Bears fans under Fields. Going back to 6 year old draft reports, living off the fumes of Darnold's college glory and ignoring his years of crappy NFL play and blaming it all on something, anything else- head coaches, other players, chaos!!! Enjoy your 5-6 win season. Their GM knew not to get rid of their 1st round pick next year- it'll be a top 5 overall!
Naw man no Vikings fans were looking forward to Darnold it was literally accepted because McCarthy who started to ball out was coming
That’s all it is
I've been a huge Bobo since 1977. Darnold sucks and a TON of Vikings fans are delusional. Just because he's on our team, somehow he's going from worst QB in the NFC to top 5. It's freaking ridiculous.
Across his 27 college games over two seasons, Darnold amassed a whopping 36 turnovers. He lost 14 fumbles out of a total of 20, and threw 22 interceptions on 846 attempts (2.6%). After losing 5 fumbles and throwing 9 interceptions in 2016, Darnold lost 9 fumbles and threw 13 interceptions in 2017 as he threw 114 more passes. Why would any team pick him round 1?
He's better now
Sam Darnold is below average.
Darnold jersey in the mail
Darnold is not accurate and makes poor decisions. He's been throwing dumb picks since USC. If it was all about arm strength Jamarcus Russell would be in Canton. Good luck Vikings.
Take the under on the Vikings this year and don't draft jefferson. Sam darnold sucks and he always will suck. He's had so many chances, he's a turnover machine he's not a starter in this league. Anyone who believes in him is delusional and will look stupid by week 8.
He looked good at Carolina until D got injured and started sucking and McCaffrey went down. Not enough targets there. Purdy look great without him and a WR down vs Cleveland? Believe he had 3 picks and an L. Minnesota is the first team that can play some D and run the ball. This is Sam’s real first opportunity.
@@BradBoulden-o7d You obviously don't know anything about football. Sam Darnold has started 56 games that's a nice enough sample size to know who he is. To blame the coaching and players around him are excuses. In 56 games you should still be able to evaluate the player regardless of who he plays with or who is coach is. What great coaching or players did zach wilson, johnny manziel , josh rosen, jimmy clausen, brock osweiler play with? Yet you're still able to understand that those guys were overwhelmed and can't play at that level just like sam darnold. In 56 games he's thrown 56 interceptions and fumbled the ball 38 times he's a turnover machine he sucks he should haven never been drafted that high. Im betting a 100 dollars every game on a darnold turnover and when it hits every week I'll laugh and think about your comments.
i hope Sam Darnold tears it up & McCarthy comes back with fire under his belt