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.

Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald was "not surprised" by Sam Darnold's four-touchdown performance in the team's win over the Washington Commanders.

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold’s fiancée had a succinct reaction to his stellar Sunday Night Football performance. Katie Hoofnagle shared a post from the Seahawks via her Instagram Story on Sunday,

When Sunday night's game hit halftime, Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold was unaware that he had not thrown an incompletion in the first 30 minutes of play against the Commanders.

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

I think when it comes to MVP, and I have to clarify that I do have a vote, the first thing is the MVP vote does not include the postseason, which I wish it would, but there's a timing thing with the NFL honors and the Super Bowl and all that.

Seattle got exceptional performances from their MVP candidate quarterback, their Offensive Player of the Year favorite and an undrafted DB.

For Sam Darnold, things are playing out exactly how New York Jets fans always dreamed they would when their team traded up to draft him third overall in 2018.