{"id":708855,"date":"2026-01-27T12:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/708855\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:16:18","slug":"can-the-dolphins-find-their-own-sam-darnold-the-splash-zone-1-27-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/708855\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the Dolphins find their own Sam Darnold \u2013 The Splash Zone 1\/27\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"297\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/d95f929679ad4b51706013f5b719c5d5.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Seattle Seahawks are heading to the Super Bowl with a very impressive defense and they decided to gamble and take a chance on QB Sam Darnold. Darnold had not lived up to his first round status until he signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2024 and revived his careers. The Seahawks traded away Geno Smith and this was going to be Darnold\u2019s offense. The gamble has clearly payed off and maybe, just maybe the Miami Dolphins could find their own Darnold one day.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>You can check out that story here, and the rest of the day\u2019s round-up below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/dolphins\/onsi\/news\/how-the-dolphins-can-find-their-own-darnold-01kfx8jthbhv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:How the Dolphins Can Find their Own Darnold;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">How the Dolphins Can Find their Own Darnold<br \/><\/a>The Miami Dolphins are looking to find the right formula to get back into contention<\/p>\n<p>Jon-Eric Sullivan<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/miami-dolphins-gm-worked-sb-152826051.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miami Dolphins GM worked with SB-bound Seahawks, Patriots GM\u2019s;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins GM worked with SB-bound Seahawks, Patriots GM\u2019s<br \/><\/a>The Packers Way has helped lead the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots into Super Bowl 60.<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins Offseason<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/dolphins-continue-building-foundation-scouting-180600973.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dolphins building new foundation by scouting players and coaches at Senior Bowl;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins building new foundation by scouting players and coaches at Senior Bowl<br \/><\/a>It\u2019s an open secret that the Senior Bowl is part scouting operation and part job fair, and you can be certain that the Miami Dolphins, under their new regime of general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and coach Jeff Hafley, will take advantage of both functions this week in Mobile, Al.<\/p>\n<p>Phinsider News You May Have Missed<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thephinsider.com\/the-splash-zone-miami-dolphins-news\/114632\/jeff-hafley-begins-shaping-coaching-staff-the-splash-zone-1-26-26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jeff Hafley begins shaping coaching staff \u2013 The Splash Zone 1\/26\/26;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jeff Hafley begins shaping coaching staff \u2013 The Splash Zone 1\/26\/26<br \/><\/a>Welcome to the Splash Zone, the quickest way to get your day started off right. We bring you a rundown of Miami Dolphins news from the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thephinsider.com\/miami-dolphins-news\/114788\/dolphins-hire-new-wide-receivers-coach\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dolphins hire new wide receivers coach;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dolphins hire new wide receivers coach<br \/><\/a>Tyke Tolbert joins Dolphins coaching staff as wide receivers coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thephinsider.com\/miami-dolphins-news\/114801\/miami-dolphins-hire-green-bay-packers-defensive-backs-coach-for-same-role\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miami Dolphins hire Green Bay Packers defensive backs coach for same role;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Miami Dolphins hire Green Bay Packers defensive backs coach for same role<br \/><\/a>Ryan Downard joins Miami\u2019s coaching staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Seahawks are heading to the Super Bowl with a very impressive defense and they decided to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,7,1507,345,216,251,2087,259,6,208,1878,261,3654],"class_list":{"0":"post-708855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-dolphins","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-geno-smith","11":"tag-green-bay-packers","12":"tag-miami","13":"tag-miami-dolphins","14":"tag-miamidolphins","15":"tag-minnesota-vikings","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-patriots","18":"tag-sam-darnold","19":"tag-seattle-seahawks","20":"tag-senior-bowl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115967020741273335","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}