Sam Darnold Signs with Seahawks Following Geno Smith Trade

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00:00But we start with the most important position in football and the biggest quarterback name in free agency.

00:06Sam Darnold, after a career year in Minneapolis, has a new home, the newest quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks.

00:13After dealing Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders on Friday night to set the stage for an opening at the QB spot,

00:20Sam Darnold signs a three-year, $100.5 million deal to become the newest starting quarterback for the Seahawks.

00:28Again, a career year in Minnesota gets Sam Darnold paid.

00:32He will look to provide that stable floor in the Pacific Northwest these next few seasons.

00:37Yeah, interesting to see what that offense does now because you have a pretty good stable of running backs there,

00:42a decent offensive line.

00:43You figure you have your franchise quarterback.

00:45We'll see if he plays as well in the regular season as he did last year with the Minnesota Vikings.

00:49Jackson Smith and Jigba, the lone standing guy, you could say, at the wide receiver position.

00:53But that's what you have a draft for, draft capital, and you're going to fill in the blanks there.

00:57So this could be a reset of Seattle who won 10 games last year and felt that their roster wasn't strong enough to compete

01:03over the next couple of years, primarily because they didn't think their quarterback was worth as much money

01:08as he thought he was getting here.

01:09So I do believe they got a younger quarterback, which obviously they did, Darnold's younger than Geno Smith,

01:14and also at the same time probably figuring they paid him $33.5 million when Geno was probably asking for around $40 to $40 plus

01:20at this point here, and also didn't just cut him here, traded him, and got draft capital back.

01:25I really like what the Seattle Seahawks are doing because I'm now under the impression as I get older,

01:29either trying to build for a future championship or you're doing it wrong.

01:33If you feel your organization doesn't have the necessary tools to compete for a deep playoff run,

01:38which means making the playoffs and winning at least one playoff game, why not scrap it, start over,

01:43and try to rebuild from scratch?

01:44That's a healthy organization in Seattle.

01:46I like the moves they're making.