Why Sam Darnold’s Seattle Seahawks are DANGEROUS | Colin Cowherd NFL

Why Sam Darnold’s Seattle Seahawks are DANGEROUS | Colin Cowherd NFL

Welcome to the official YouTube channel for the Colin Coward podcast. Go on, hit that subscribe button if you’re new so you don’t miss any of our great football content this season. All right. Um, I think both you and I love this game. This was my second favorite bet on the board. Seattle plus one and a half. I said Friday on the herd blazing five bet the money line. I thought Jacksonville off an emotional win, biggest win in forever for them against Kansas City. They would come down short rest, come back down to earth. Seattle was going to play with their hair on fire in a tougher division. They’d be more desperate. I mean, you had 10 total penalties for the Jags in the first half. They had six penalties, three sacks allowed, four punts. They were just a mess. They weren’t really ready to play. They hung around for a while. But, um, you know, I’ll I’ll say this is um I mean, a classic example is Trevor Lawrence had a 54 yard touchdown pass taken off the board because of a penalty. It’s so Jacksonville. I don’t know how to explain this though. Seattle’s won nine straight road games. Now remember, Seattle is geographically, you know, this is why the Vancouver Grizzlies didn’t work. This is why the Mariners for years haven’t done well in the free agent market. It’s like a lot of players don’t want those long road trips. You’re up jammed up in the Pacific Northwest. It’s inconceivable that Seattle again in a tough division. Even Arizona is a hard place to go and win. Has won nine straight road games. They travel across the country. So, let’s start with that. Is that just coincidence, happen stance? I mean, some of those have been with Gino. That’s a lot of road wins in a row. They’re 10 and one on the road under Mike Mcdonald. 10 and one. That That’s insane. Again, they in theory have one of the best places to play at home. So, if they can parlay, which they’re going to do because they they were today, they sacked him seven times. They were all over Trevor Lawrence. I mean, he would he would scramble in the pocket and there would be another guy there. He was getting hit all day long. And their DBs hit, too. I mean, you could tell a couple times Brian Thomas is like, I don’t know if I want to catch this one over the middle. Oh, you could tell his body language. Yeah, he had that early in the season. It felt like he got over that last week and they were talking about the broadcast like Liam’s had some talks with him couple times like no way. I I never blame a player. I wouldn’t want to get taken out either, but the days of like Ronnie Lot are over. You’re not going to get depleted, but still he doesn’t want to get hit. And the the the defense was awesome today. I mean, their physicality when you factored in the I heard I was in the car maybe last week and I Steve Phillips, the baseball guy, the former GM was on and he said by far every year Seattle, no team travels farther in baseball than Seattle, right? Their travel is consistently the longest. Think about this game for them. I mean, what’s that flight? We just say naturally five to is that is that a five and a half? Is that a six- hour flight? I mean, that’s just that’s a long trip. Now, I I’m with you. You know, Tampa, the emotional win. I respect Trevor. Like, he’s he’s tougher than I think a lot of people want to give him credit for. He’s actually shown the last two weeks like he’s tough. Like, you can’t say that he’s down. I just don’t know how good he is. Like, he’s tough and he has some physical capabilities. He can scramble around, but I I like Sam to me, this is why I love the game. I’m like, I actually think the J Jacksonville’s coaching coaching staff is good. I think Liam’s been impressive. Their their coaching staff’s good. Clearly Seattle’s got a good coaching staff, but I the quarterback mismatch in this game I think’s pretty I mean Sam coming into this game objectively based on stats is like might have been the best quarterback in the league through the first five games. Well, Jackson Smith and Jigba is a monster. He is a freaking monster. 162 yards. Sam had a throw it’ll it’ll get no play, no highlights to Cooper Cup. And it was such a sly clever little throw. And again, Cooper at this point doesn’t run, but it was just like one of those, oh, that’s a pro throw. Aaron had a couple of these. Aaron Rogers does these throws where, you know, you throw it into the corner and if it gets picked, somebody goes a 100red yards. And it was Sam threw it and it was quick the Cooper Cup who doesn’t separate any longer. But I I think the thing about Trevor Lawrence is why I mean, Urban Meyer wasn’t a pro coach. That’s fine. I mean, Bill Pel’s not a college coach. That’s fine. But why has Jacksonville always beat themselves? Why do they always have so many penalties? Why do they always have so many big plays and touchdowns called back? That’s on Trevor. It’s like you can’t blame anybody else but Caleb Williams when the operations of the Bears offense looks clunky. Like Drake May is a freaking robot. Like he’s AI. He’s not doing that. I mean in New England’s a young team with a bunch of new players. They have penalties too, but Drake May’s figured it out quickly. I mean, Trevor’s been in this league a long time, and it’s just today, 10 penalties, touchdowns called back. I I I just always feel like they’re a bit of a they’re just never buttoned up. And I think Liam Cohen’s a good coach. So, I don’t know. I just I look at Seattle as a team like Green Bay. They’re young. They They’re not quite sure how to put people away. I mean, you’re watching this game and I’m watching this game. Seattle was the better team. They could have won this thing by four touchdowns. you know, young teams struggle. How do you put teams away? They just don’t quite know how to do it yet. But I’ll tell you, watching Seattle and watching their road record and and remember, young players, when they do get hurt, get healthier sooner, I think Seattle blew Pittsburgh out. I think Seattle is live. I still think they can win the I watched the Rams today. I think Seattle I’m going to take Seattle to win the division. Yeah, I I did at the beginning of the year at 5 to1. Uh I’m with you. I also think, you know, part of being one of the great prospects of all time, which I think we all agree that was he’s not, but like what goes with that at quarterback is not just physical attributes. It’s bringing everything to the table. You watch some of these highlights of Pton Manning or Troy Aman, these former number one picks, John Elway screaming at guys, holding them. They get to act like a coach. They’re the highest paid guy in the building. They’re the heartbeat of the building. everyone’s looking at them and that’s just never going to be Trevor Lawrence’s thing. So part of the penalty is like the coach can only yell at you so much. They literally do. Coaches yell at you constantly. But like when the quarterback holds you accountable and I just don’t think that they have that. I I’m sure they respect him because back to the toughness thing. He’s really proven that. I I always kind of question that. He’s he’s shown that this year. But I mean, yeah, they’re just uh they actually are a pretty talented team. But like if their most talented player, Brian Thomas, is not going to catch balls over the middle consistently cuz Trevor had actually had a couple nice passes in big spots over the middle that got dropped or he didn’t want to catch it. I’m like, “Yeah, this is there’s just going to be something a little miss.” And it goes also back to the Travis Hunter thing. Very talented player. I just feel like they’re a little lost with that, you know, with him kind of going both ways. you can’t just go all in with him as an offensive player, which I think is probably the right move. But yeah, I mean, I I I would pick the Colts to win that division right now. And I would say I would say Seattle has a very very good chance. They they just got to be healthy. If they’re fully healthy, they’re going to be very tough to deal with. By the way, don’t want to spend too much time on the Patriots 25 beating the Saints 2519. But Drake May, they had over 300 yards, 18 of 26. They’re asking him to throw it. He also had nine scrambles. He’s a hit. There is no Now again, he gets Mike Frabel. They spent some money on the O and D line, but if you didn’t watch this game, and it’s a corner TV game, as my friend Chad Milman would say, it’s it’s it’s that eighth blocks where Scott Hansen goes, here I am in the lower eighth. Um, Drake May is a hit. I think we can safely say that Drake May is a hit. Isn’t it powerful what confidence will do for young players? you know, early that that first game against the Raiders, I even I thought I was like, whoa, whoa, something’s a little something’s a little off. They get a couple wins and then you have that moment that could be a career-changing moment. Buffalo Sunday Night Football, it’s the number one television show in America. I mean, everyone, you’re you’re playing the Bills that have the defending MVP, which I would imagine in Drake May’s life, he’s never played in an environment quite like that, right? I mean that’s uh you know some of these teams in the ACC don’t NC State probably doesn’t feel like that on a Saturday afternoon to win and play that well you saw today now listen Saints got a little cowboy vibe they they are not very good on defense they’re actually a fun team to watch Chuck it around offensively but he looks like a dram dramatically more confident player and I you could argue is that the most underrated aspect for a young quarterback is like does he believe in himself because a lot of these guys have talent We see guys year in year out, but when they go into the tank, look at Sam Darnold. Sam Darnold, we used to be like, turns the ball over all the time. I’m watching him now. Doesn’t put the ball in harm’s way. Really? Well, I think remember uh Mike Vrabel in camp said he he’s just got to believe in himself. He has to realize that being a leader means being a leader every day. That was Vrabel’s quote in the camp. So, Vrabel was telling you he’s got it in him, but he’s a young guy. I always said this is hard to walk in at 25 years old or 24. I mean, Darnold was 21 when he walked into the league in New York and then act like a leader. It’s 34 year old men in there. You’re 21. And if you have self-awareness, you don’t want to be a jerk. And I and I do think the Baker may feel, you know, kind of the component that that like I believe in myself. Baker’s rare. He’s an outlier. Most young people come into a room and they’re, you know, they’re a little it’s a little awe inspiring. It’s it’s these are professional. Nobody looks like Miles Garrett in college or high school, right? Nobody else in the NFL looks like him. So, I just I I think Drake and by the way, Mike Frabel’s intimidating. And so, and they in free agency, they spent $300 million. So, they brought in some old dudes, like old dudes making money. And I think Drake May was like Carolina football, you know, M. Brown is is very chill. You know, it’s Max’s like the most likable guy. You know, Vrabel’s a barker. Vrabable’s intense. Verbel’s smart. Vel gets after you. So, I think it’s I don’t Same with Same with Josh. I mean, Josh’s pretty intense guy, isn’t he? Yeah. So, and I like Josh, but he he’ll bark. So, I think it I think it’s just kind of like, holy this is a lot. But, man, those last four games I’ve watched Drake May. Here’s the other thing, John. when he he throws well running, like when he’s moving, he it’s no big deal. Like he doesn’t lose his accuracy. A couple of these rolling left, rolling right, it doesn’t affect him at all. Not that he throws better that way, but he throws moving is irrelevant. Some guys move and their accuracy dips. Yeah, not at all with Drake May from what I can tell. Well, the modern day quarterback is no longer. We’ve been talking about this forever. Is the group of the Eli’s and the Philip Rivers and the Pton Mannings. It is the Jackson Darts. It’s the Drake Mays and it’s led by the Mahomes, Lamars. I mean, even Joe Burrow can move. Uh, and obviously Josh Allen. So, the the You’re just not getting Jared Goff coming into the NFL anymore, you know? I mean, if if you can’t move, these teams aren’t going to be that interested you in you in college, let alone in the pros. The best players are out are not I wouldn’t even say Lamar’s an outlier. When I say dual threat, I just mean mobility. If you don’t have mobility, M. Jones is kind of got some mobility and he’s on the low low end, right? Yeah. I mean, I would say average mobility is like Baker Mayfield relative and even he feels like lost a little weight a little quicker. But I mean Drake is what 6’4 230. I mean he he’s cut from the Herbert cloth. I mean that’s what it’s ideally what you would want. And we might look back and go, “God, he went third overall. [Music]

Colin Cowherd is joined by ‘3 & Out’ host John Middlekauff to react to Week 6 in the NFL. Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks win again on the road, this time against the Jacksonville Jaguars. How dangerous are the Seahawks with Sam Darnold? Next they hit on the New England Patriots vs. New Orleans Saints game and ask whether Drake Maye is the real deal.

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