Day in and day out, Drew Lock and Joshua Dobbs have had a front row seat to watch Sam Darnold and Drake Maye emerge as leaders at quarterback in two different parts of their careers. Darnold, in his eighth season,

After Super Bowl LX against the New England Patriots on Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks will have some decisions to make regarding the respective futures of quarterback Sam Darnold and running back Kenneth Walker III.

Darnold, his Seahawks teammates and offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, who coached him as an assistant in San Francisco, felt like a match made in heaven. Seattle’s offense soared during the regular season while the quarterback delivered the best football of his career.

Drake Maye and Ssam Darnold's respective partners are turning heads with their "beef" before Super Bowl LX.

Sam Darnold was discarded by multiple NFL teams and spent time with the Carolina Panthers before moving on to bigger things. So did Baker Mayfield, who bounced from franchise to franchise before

Sam Darnold entered the NFL in 2018 as one of the more gifted quarterbacks of his draft class. But he quickly learned that a quarterback’s environment is arguably the most critical factor in their development and long-term success.

This game ended up being the lasting moment of Darnold's time with the Jets.

What makes Darnold's presence in the Super Bowl worth lingering over: It allows the possibility that the first story we told about someone was incomplete. People grow. Circumstances change.