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The Seahawks without Sam Darnold

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The Seahawks are 2–0 without Sam Darnold this season and 2–4 with him. Since his first start, in September 2025, they’re 2–0 in the 2 games without him and 19–7 in his starts.

Missed games (glute), per the NFL’s week 2 injury report.

Sam Darnold’s page

, a game

This season

MeasureWith Sam Darnold6 gamesWithout2 gamesDifference
Record2–42–0
Points, over expected+0.6−1.5+2.0
Passing yards, over expected+10.5−18.1+28.6
Against the line−4.7+10.3−14.9
Points allowed, over expected+1.7−14.7+16.4
Margin, over expected−1.3+13.2−14.6
Rushing yards, over expected−9.7+20.3−30.0
Pass attempts, over expected+2.1−7.9+10.0
Carries, over expected−0.1+4.2−4.3
Sacks taken, over expected+0.4−1.0+1.4
Turnovers, over expected+0.9−0.8+1.7

2 games without him is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Last 35 games

MeasureWith Sam Darnold26 gamesWithout2 gamesDifference
Record19–72–0
Points, over expected+1.6−1.5+3.1
Passing yards, over expected+5.6−18.1+23.7
Against the line+5.0+10.3−5.2
Points allowed, over expected−1.1−14.7+13.7
Margin, over expected+1.9+13.2−11.4
Rushing yards, over expected+0.7+20.3−19.6
Pass attempts, over expected−0.7−7.9+7.2
Carries, over expected+1.2+4.2−3.1
Sacks taken, over expected−0.1−1.0+0.8
Turnovers, over expected+0.4−0.8+1.1

2 games without him is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Who played instead

  • Drew Lock · 2 games · 422 passing yards, 4 TD, 0 INT

His teammates without him

This season

MeasureWith Sam DarnoldWithoutDifference
Emanuel Wilson, RB
Rushing yards61.647.5+14.1
Carries17.611.5+6.1
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR
Receiving yards118.0138.5−20.5
Receptions7.88.5−0.7
George Holani, RB
Rushing yards12.521.0−8.5
Carries4.26.0−1.8
Jadarian Price, RB
Rushing yards22.052.0−30.0
Carries7.511.5−4.0
AJ Barner, TE
Receiving yards30.310.5+19.8
Receptions3.01.5+1.5

Last 35 games

MeasureWith Sam DarnoldWithoutDifference
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR
Receiving yards103.8138.5−34.7
Receptions7.08.5−1.5

The games without him this season

DateGameResultPlayed instead
Sep 20, 2026@ARIW 31–7Drew Lock
Sep 9, 2026vsNE · played, 2 of 24 pass attemptsW 13–10Drew Lock

Method

  • With him is a game he played, from the snap counts; without him is a game the team played while he was on its roster and he didn’t.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.
  • Since his first start counts from the first game the ledger has him starting for the team, playoffs included.
  • Over expected is the team’s average a game over what the season’s ratings expected in each game, the same numbers each measure’s own page reads. “Averages” shows the plain numbers.
  • Against the line is the team’s margin less the closing line’s, the market’s margin before kickoff, from nflverse’s schedules. A game with no line sits out.
  • His teammates’ numbers are plain averages a game.
  • Why he’s out: the NFL’s week 2 injury report.

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