Seattle Seahawks and QB Sam Darnold agree to three-year, $100M deal, according to reports

The Seattle Seahawks and QB Sam Darnold have agreed to a three-year deal worth $100.5 million, according to multiple reports.

After having resuscitated his career in Minnesota last season, quarterback Sam Darnold will try to repeat that success in Seattle.

Darnold has agreed to join the Seahawks, according to multiple reports, in the latest round of quarterback musical chairs around the NFL as free agency begins. It is a three-year deal worth $100.5 million, including $55 million guaranteed, per ESPN and NFL Network.

The Seahawks were in need of a starting quarterback after they traded starter Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders last week.

Multiple teams entered the offseason needing help at quarterback, but the question they faced was whether Darnold’s largely resurgent 2024 season was replicable in 2025. He completed 66% of his passes for 4,319 yards with 35 touchdowns — all career highs — and 12 interceptions in the offensive scheme of Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell, who was voted the NFL’s coach of the year.

In Seattle, Darnold will not have the services of receiver D.K. Metcalf, whom the Seahawks traded to Pittsburgh. What he will have are former first-round pick receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba as a top target and familiarity with offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, who was on the coaching staff in San Francisco when Darnold was briefly with the 49ers.

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/nfl/sam-darnold-seattle-seahawks-free-agency-nfl-rcna195702

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