It's not an exagerration at all to say that the Seattle Seahawks' 2025 season hingest largely on the performance of new quarterback Sam Darnold. The 28-year-old Darnold earned a three-year deal worth just over $100 million from the Seahawks this offseason after completing 66.

No player will have a brighter spotlight on him in training camp than quarterback Sam Darnold. That's just the nature of the position he plays, and when you're new to a team, a free-agent addition coming off a Pro-Bowl season, there's going to be a lot of interest in how you perform.