Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold has been added to the injury report with an oblique challenge that makes him “questionable” for Saturday’s divisional-round playoff game versus the San Francisco 49ers.
But Darnold expects to play in the highly-anticipated rematch between NFC West rivals. He told reporters that he felt one thing in his oblique early in observe on Thursday when throwing routes on air.
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“Just didn’t want to push it. It wasn’t the day to push it,” Darnold mentioned, per Gregg Bell of The News Tribune. “So that was it. Just came inside, got some rehab. I feel like I’ll be ready to go for Saturday.”
Darnold mentioned he is by no means had oblique points earlier than. He put a constructive spin on the midweek hurdle that he is keen to clear forward of the largest sport of his profession.
“It’s fun. We’ll attack it the next couple days and be ready to go for Saturday,” Darnold said.
Darnold, a righty, defined that he skilled the discomfort on his left aspect but that he felt it on a throw.
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He was requested what p.c of him thinks he may not play in opposition to the 49ers this weekend at Seattle’s Lumen Field.
“Very low percentage,” he mentioned. “Probably closer to zero.”
Darnold performed all 17 video games in the regular-season, his first with the Seahawks after signing a three-year deal reportedly worth $100.5 million.
He picked up the place he left off in Minnesota final season when he led the Vikings to a 14-3 report as a substitute for an injured J.J. McCarthy.
This time round, he grew to become the fourth quarterback in NFL historical past to information two completely different groups to 14-win seasons, becoming a member of Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Jared Goff.
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Despite a league-high 20 turnovers, Darnold made the Pro Bowl and piloted the Seahawks to an similar 14-3 mark throughout the 2025 marketing campaign. With a win over San Francisco in the regular-season finale, Seattle earned the division title and the NFC’s No. 1 seed, which got here with a first-round bye and home-field benefit all through the playoffs.
Darnold is now slated to face the resilient 49ers once more. He’s hoping for playoff redemption after throwing a decide, shedding a fumble and being sacked 9 occasions throughout the Vikings’ 27-9 wild-card loss to the Los Angeles Rams final season.