Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold says he feels like he would have been able to give the Minnesota Vikings a chance to advance past last season's Wild Card round if he had played "up to my standard" in the playoffs.

The Seattle Seahawks are gambling big on quarterback Sam Darnold in 2025, and the passer knows he has to play better than he did in the 2024 playoffs.

Sam Darnold received a three-year, $100.5M contract from the Seattle Seahawks back in March after he guided the 2024 Minnesota Vikings to a 14-3 record. However, Darnold's nightmare outings over the final two games of his Minnesota tenure have some wondering if he will forever come up short on the sport's biggest stages.