After trading Geno Smith , the Seahawks signed Sam Darnold to lead the offense a seeing how well it went for him in Minnesota in 2024. Seattle was hoping for a fresh spark, but the offensive debut didn’t exactly light up the scoreboard. The Silver and Blue looked anything but comfortable during their 17-13 loss against the San Francisco 49ers .

Even the running game never quite took off. The promise of a solid ground attack faded quickly, leaving the offense limp. More striking, the passing game revolved around just one weapon: Jaxon Smith-Njigba . And Darnold didn’t shy away from explaining the lopsided target share. “It just happened to be that way. I’m just going through my progressions, going through my reads, and 58% of the time it told me to go to Jax. That’s just ho

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