It’s unclear who will be under center for the Vikings in Week 1 this season, but as of now, the leading candidate is Sam Darnold, who recently signed a one-year, $10 million deal this season.
Darnold spent last season as a backup in San Francisco after two years in the Panthers where he struggled going back and forth as a starter and a backup, but none of that has deterred Colin Cowherd’s belief in him.
Cowherd has been loudly supportive of Darnold over the past few weeks and sung his praises once again on The Herd today, saying “yes, I do believe Sam Darnold can win games and find a way if healthy to engineer a possible Wild Card spot.”
“Yes, I do believe Sam Darnold can win games and find a way if healthy to engineer a possible Wild Card spot.”
— @ColinCowherd doubles down on the Vikings pic.twitter.com/et5sPLFuwR
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) March 20, 2024
Needless to say, fans had plenty of reactions to this.
This will definitely be on the “Where Colin was wrong” bit in November lol
— Hoodie Jordy 🧀 (@TitleTown4evr) March 20, 2024
lol stop let it go
— Michael A Valentine (@mjazzer) March 20, 2024
Darnold has a career 78.3 passer rating he has 1 full season with a positive touchdown, to interception ratio in 6 seasons… what has he proven to be reliable? The guy is more known for saying he’s seen ghost than playing quality football
— basee_strike33 (@Basee21681) March 20, 2024
Cowherd reiterated that he likes Darnold, but doesn’t love him, and this is a sentiment shared around the league, including Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell who has engineered some incredible offenses with Kirk Cousins under center in recent years.
Cowherd is never shy about hot takes, but he made sure fans realized this was more of a marinated and reasonable take and noted how fans cooled off on Matthew Stafford and Baker Mayfield before Sean McVay helped revive both of their careers, something Cowherd believes O’Connell is also capable of.
It’s another example that makes you wonder how many unsuccessful quarterbacks just never landed in the right spot, and you always wonder how much of the blame should be placed on the player vs. the situation.
The Vikings are likely in the market for a rookie quarterback in the draft, but it would be interesting to see what Darnold could do with this kind of weaponry and a coaching staff that believes in him.
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