Free agent quarterback Sam Darnold made himself a ton of cash this season because the NFL’s most stunning comeback story when he led the Minnesota Vikings to a 14-win common season behind a career-high 4,319 passing yards and 35 touchdowns.
It’s anyone’s guess what’s subsequent for Darnold after such a powerful season, and one analyst has a powerful perception about one facet of Darnold’s future.
ESPN’s Dan Graziano not too long ago appeared on Unsportsmanlike and mentioned, “My anticipation on Darnold is that he’ll in all probability have a free agent market that costs him out of what Minnesota desires to do provided that J.J. McCarthy is coming there…I’ll be shocked if he’s again on the Vikings.”
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“My anticipation on Darnold is that he’ll in all probability have a FA market that costs himself out of what Minnesota desires to do… I’ll be shocked if he’s again on the Vikings.”
pic.twitter.com/SDf0yOkLju— The Purple Persuasion (@TPPSkol) January 31, 2025
Graziano famous that at 27 years outdated and with a handful of groups prone to be out there for a brand new quarterback, Darnold ought to obtain a hefty payday that, given McCarthy’s presence, wouldn’t make sense for the Vikings to match.
He urged the New York Giants, New Orleans Saints, and Las Vegas Raiders as groups with a transparent want for the place.
Whereas the Giants or Raiders may definitely be within the working to take somebody like Shedeur Sanders excessive in April’s draft, Darnold would even be a viable possibility in the event that they’d reasonably have a veteran.
The Raiders and Saints each have new coaches, with the Raiders not too long ago hiring 73-year-old Pete Carroll, who won’t have the endurance to attend for a rookie to develop.
Despite the fact that Darnold crashed and burned over the Vikings’ closing two video games, he’s nonetheless in line for fairly the payday this offseason.
It simply won’t be with the Vikings.
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