Ben Solak

There's no Sam Darnold game that would shock me, right?

I just can't... The thing about Sam is that he is more than...

even the other inconsistent quarterbacks, he is so mercurial, right?

When Sam is good, he is ripping tight windows with unbelievable accuracy and he fears nothing and he's seeing it fast.

And then the moment he gets got by a coverage rotation and he throws a tipped ball pick, it wasn't even that badly his fault.

He is just down, right?

Nobody vacillates inside of a game like Sam.

the two games he's played against the Rams, which is obviously a defense that, like, terrifies him.

Like, like, I'm not much one for, like, this guy's got that guy's number.

Like, you know, the psychology, the heuristic aspect of it all.

But, like,

Sam's clearly terrified of Chris Shula and Jared Burson in this Rams defense.

We have enough data now to say it.

In the two games where he's, you know, he found the passing game more in Week 16, but in both games, like, he started playing better once, you know, you're kind of like down 11, down 16, fourth quarter.

It's kind of like, all right, if I throw another pick, no one will be mad.

Like, they'll be mad about the first four, but like the fifth one, who cares?

So, you know, it worries me that the only time I've seen good Sam against the Rams is when it's kind of like,

Well, you know, whatever.

Chips are down.

I have no idea how I would approach this game if I'm Clint Kubiak.