When the Seattle Seahawks signed Sam Darnold to a three-year, $100.5 million deal this March, the move raised eyebrows. Was this simply a bridge quarterback signing, or could Seattle really tap into the version of Darnold who lit it up in Minnesota last year? Inside the locker room, one player was watching closer than anyone else. Wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba !

He admitted on the August 25 episode of The Pivot podcast that the first thing he did after the news broke wasn’t to call his agent or text a teammate. He went straight to the tape. While admitting the excitement, he said, “ Yeah, I watched a lot of their film, you know, as soon as I got the call, as soon as I seen it on Twitter, you know, I went straight to Sam’s highlights, went straight to Jets and to see what t

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