00:00Hello.
00:01Sam had a hell of a year.
00:21Once labelled a bust in New York,
00:23Sam Darnold's chances of ever making the top 100 seem slim.
00:27Shaking things up in Minnesota
00:28unlocked the secret to a one-of-a-kind season.
00:31Once he got into the NFL,
00:33landed in some tough situations,
00:34but there's never a doubt in my mind
00:35that he'd come in here and ball.
00:37The record speaks for itself.
00:38Sam Darnold is going to become the first quarterback
00:41in National Football League history
00:44to win 14 games in his first year with a new team.
00:49Every receiver wants a quarterback with a strong arm,
00:52you know, a quarterback that can throw it,
00:53you know, 60, 70 yards.
00:55I'm going to give y'all a chance, man.
00:57He does it so effortlessly.
01:00He just flipped the wrist and it's traveling to 60 yards.
01:04What a dime from Sam Darnold.
01:09San Francisco, the 97-yarder,
01:11that probably was my favorite one.
01:12Second and nine from their own three.
01:14I definitely was drooling a little bit when the play was called,
01:16but, you know, seeing the ball in the air
01:17and seeing that I had a chance to go and score.
01:20Shot Jefferson.
01:21Yes!
01:22Caught at the 50.
01:23Cuts back to the 25.
01:24Heads to the right.
01:25He's trying to outrun the Niners.
01:27To the 5.
01:28A 97-yard touchdown from Sam Darnold.
01:32It was a great throw by Sam.
01:34Just kind of, you know, lead me to a spot
01:36and let me go get it.
01:36You know, just calling the play
01:37and seeing the safety kind of come down a little bit
01:40before I even broke.
01:41You know, he's just floating in and putting it to a spot
01:43and letting me run under.
01:44So deep throw accuracy is phenomenal.
01:47Some people call him Sammy Vick.
01:50Everybody makes the jokes,
01:51but Sam is really athletic.
01:55He's able to escape a little bit, too.
01:56You wouldn't expect for him to have the legs that he has,
01:58but able to extend some players.
02:04You would think the players did,
02:05but, you know, he's scrambling out the pocket
02:07and still being able to find somebody down the field.
02:09Big trouble.
02:10Sam Darnold keeps it alive.
02:12Darnold on the run.
02:13Open man.
02:14Coverage blown.
02:16Walking touchdown.
02:17Remember that spin move he did against,
02:18I think it was the Titans,
02:20where he spun, escaped the pocket,
02:22and then threw it across the body.
02:23Darnold won it for his life.
02:24He played first down.
02:26Just a magical play by Darnold,
02:28spinning away from the would-be set.
02:30And it was fire.
02:32Darnold's turnaround earned him a $100 million payday
02:36with Seattle this offseason.
02:37But his Minnesota teammates will never forget
02:39the year it all started to click.
02:41I was so happy because I was going against him
02:43every day in practice,
02:44and to see the level of trust he was getting
02:46from his teammates,
02:47the level of respect that he was getting from the league,
02:48just goes into his hard work
02:49because he put the work in every day.
02:51Wanting to be better.
02:51Hey, that was a perfect route, too.
02:53Talking to us, communicating with us,
02:55and just being that vocal leader that we need.
02:57Hey, hey.
02:59I love playing with y'all, man.
03:01Hey.
03:02I'm excited to see the new experience
03:04and the new career and journey
03:06that he's about to go on.
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