The Seahawks' dominant Sunday night victory over the Washington Commanders was the perfect example, as Darnold posted arguably the best game of his eight-year career. Darnold completed his first 16 pass attempts and tossed four touchdowns in the first half alone, finishing 21 of 24 for 330 yards.

Sam Darnold's stellar performance, including a perfect first half in a 38-14 win over Washington, has been crucial to Seattle's 6-2 start and positions Darnold as a possible MVP contender.

On his fifth team and with his early-career “ghosts” behind him, Darnold is thriving for the Seattle Seahawks and rekindling an offseason debate.

Albert Breer from Sports Illustrated points out that the Jets clearly fumbled developing Sam Darnold in light of his late-blooming success.

On a second-and-goal with 7:39 remaining in the game, Daniels scrambled to his right but was taken down behind the line of scrimmage by Drake Thomas. The second-year signal-caller attempted to use his non-throwing hand to balance as he went down, and that's when his elbow popped.