Rachel Nichols
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Look, if hindsight is 20-20, this is 40-20, right, on the Vikings when they let go of Sam Darnold.
Obviously, signed with Seattle, went on to win a Super Bowl.
While the Vikings' hopeful quarterback of the future, J.J.
McCarthy, he struggled mightily in his 10 starts.
But here's the thing.
Darnold was asked, did you think that was a good decision?
And you would expect most players to be like, yeah, they should never have traded.
They should never have gotten rid of me.
I proved them wrong.
He didn't say that.
Take a listen to what he said.
I'm in the era of appreciating when guys are just genuine, right?
We had like a lot of flashy, swaggy, snark era of athletes.
And now it feels like, you know, again, Wemby, very straightforward.
Fernando Mendoza, very straightforward.
Sam Darnold, very straightforward guy.
And so he's not going to do the whole, you should never have done it.
That being said, if you had been the GM at the time, Jason, no hindsight, what decision would you have made?
No.
Did you like him winning a Super Bowl, Jason?