Minnesota Vikings Quarterback Goes Surfing After Massive Win

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Sam Darnold was once taken with the third overall pick?! His career went awry after that, but plenty of the circumstances were out of his control. Now in the greatest situation of his career, he is cruising for the Minnesota Vikings.

Despite it being winter in Minnesota, and even with the recent warm front, the California native found some surf. After a second victory over the Green Bay Packers this season, it was impossible for his teammates to hold back their emotions.

Minnesota Vikings celebrate Sam Darnold’s success

The quarterback is arguably the most important player on any team in any sport. The NFL demands that teams have a competent leader that can move the football, and control the game. Sam Darnold has been every bit of that, making peanuts for his production. It’s pretty obvious that his teammates know how important he is as well.

Earlier this year Darnold beat the Green Bay Packers on the road. It was a dominant performance despite what the box score may have suggested. That was largely reflective of how the Week 17 home game played out as well.

Darnold was lifted up, literally, by teammates as 50 Cent’s ‘Many Men’ rang out through the locker room. It isn’t the first time the popular rap song has rang out, and the quarterback has often been the recipient of deserved celebration.

Kevin O’Connell dialed up 43 passes for his quarterback on Sunday, and Darnold completed 33 of them for 377 yards. His 3/1 TD/INT ratio consistently benefitted his team, and he found three different pass catches for touchdowns in the win.

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It remains unlikely that the Vikings employ Darnold as their starting quarterback next season. That’s largely because he has been good enough to get a sizable payday. An opportunity to cash in on that payday seems fair.

National analysts continue to remain tepid on a team that wasn’t supposed to be in this spot. There is still too much opinion clouding Darnold’s ability through the lens of what he once was. Kevin O’Connell and the Vikings have transformed him into what he now is.

At one point the Vikings signed a quarterback that screamed “you like that!” while doing little to elevate himself from there. Darnold has been a quiet and consistent leader that is applauded by those around him despite never leaning too far out on his own.

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