Macdonald credits 'tremendous' Darnold in thumping playoff win over 49ers

Sam Darnold battled past an oblique injury to lead the Seahawks to a huge 41-6 victory in the Divisional Round

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00:00What did you think about the way you played?

00:03Tremendous. Tremendous.

00:04I mean, there's a couple plays early that I think you get in the swing of things,

00:06but I say manage the game is like a very high-powered compliment, you know,

00:12just throwing it on time, taking care of the ball, making the plays when we need to.

00:18I think there's going to be some more.

00:19There's some explosives out there that maybe we could get to, but shoot,

00:24I thought there's a lot of operation stuff that he did that really helped us as well.

00:28Yeah, no, it's huge.

00:30You know, I don't take it for granted whatsoever.

00:32You know, it's just a special group.

00:34I think that's the biggest thing, and that's why it means so much.

00:37You know, just the way those guys are in the locker room ever since I got here.

00:41You know, they were tight, you know, before I got here, obviously,

00:43but just the way that, you know, they took me in as one of their own, you know,

00:47and that's so special about this league in general.

00:50Like, you make so many great relationships throughout this whole process,

00:53and, you know, that locker room and these coaches, you know,

00:57just the way that we play together.

01:00That's the reason why I play this game,

01:01and, you know, they've made it really easy for me to come in here

01:04ever since I did in April to be able to, you know, help lead this team

01:09and drive the ball down the field, score touchdowns, all those things.

01:12And so...