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Draft Note by John Paulsen
With Kirk Cousins leaving for Atlanta, the Vikings have a hole at quarterback and Sam Darnold is not a bad stopgap option as the franchise waits for J.J. McCarthy to be ready. In six starts for the Panthers in 2022, Darnold averaged a healthy 8.2 yards per attempt and threw seven touchdowns against three picks. He also averaged 18 yards rushing. In his lone 2023 start for the 49ers, he completed 16 of 26 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown and added 19 yards and a touchdown as a runner. If he enters the season as the starter, which seems likely, he'll have good upside as a QB3-type who has great weapons and can run.
Sam Darnold
- QB
- , Minnesota Vikings
- 27
- 225 lbs
- 6' 3"
- 273
- 1
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Draft note
With Kirk Cousins leaving for Atlanta, the Vikings have a hole at quarterback and Sam Darnold is not a bad stopgap option as the franchise waits for J.J. McCarthy to be ready. In six starts for the Panthers in 2022, Darnold averaged a healthy 8.2 yards per attempt and threw seven touchdowns against three picks. He also averaged 18 yards rushing. In his lone 2023 start for the 49ers, he completed 16 of 26 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown and added 19 yards and a touchdown as a runner. If he enters the season as the starter, which seems likely, he'll have good upside as a QB3-type who has great weapons and can run.
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·Jul 22 · 3:49 PM EDT
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2024 Strength of Schedule - MIN
W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 @NYG | 7 SF | 30 HOU | 21 @GB | 1 NYJ | BYE | 31 DET | 28 @LAR | 10 IND | 27 @JAX | 20 @TEN | 9 @CHI | 23 ARI | 22 ATL | 9 CHI | 13 @SEA | 21 GB | 31 @DET |
Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.
Game Stats
Wk | Opp | Comp | Att | PaYds | PaTD | Int | YPA | YPR | RuAtt | Yds | TD | Fum | YPC | Pts | Snaps | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | @PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -1.00 | -0.2 | 2/68 | 2.9% |
2 | @LAR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
3 | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1.00 | -0.1 | 4/83 | 4.8% |
4 | ARI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1.00 | -0.1 | 1/55 | 1.8% |
5 | DAL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1.00 | -0.1 | 11/71 | 15.5% |
6 | @CLE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
7 | @MIN | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
8 | CIN | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
9 | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10 | @JAX | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 6.00 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | -1.00 | -0.1 | 13/62 | 21.0% |
11 | TB | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
12 | @SEA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
13 | @PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1.00 | -0.1 | 4/59 | 6.8% |
14 | SEA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
15 | @ARI | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 | 10.00 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -1.00 | 0.6 | 10/56 | 17.9% |
16 | BAL | 8 | 14 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 5.79 | 10.12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 6.1 | 19/70 | 27.1% |
17 | @WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -1.00 | -0.2 | 5/70 | 7.1% |
18 | LAR | 16 | 26 | 189 | 1 | 0 | 7.27 | 11.81 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2.71 | 17.5 | 61/61 | 100.0% |
Per game | 2.80 | 4.60 | 29.70 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 6.46 | 10.61 | 2.10 | 1.50 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.71 | 2.34 | 13.00/65.50 | 20.50% | |
Totals | 28 | 46 | 297 | 2 | 1 | 6.46 | 10.61 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0.71 | 23.38 | 130/655 | 20.50% |