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6 days ago
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Which version of Sam Darnold will the Seahawks get?
Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice, fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and NFL writer Charles McDonald discuss Sam Darnold's place in quarterback rankings and which version of the Seattle Seahawks QB fans should expect in 2025. Hear the full conversation on 'Football 301' - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript Sam Darnold is the most average starter in the NFL. If he's your starter, okay, we're fine. We're fine. You're like the Seahawks fans are going through right now. But then also it's like, no, there's some frustrations and everything like, and even just ranking wise, I consider him kind of like 18 to 22, the starting quarterback right now, you know, like that kind of just feels right. And you say that because the other name that I was thinking of here was Tua. That was kind of the, you know, but just thinking that if you don't have a Darnold or Tua level quarterback, kind of feeling iffy, kind of feeling scary. And then there's times where you have a good team and then you're like, man, that's all we got there. Like, okay, yeah, he can get the job done, but is he really going to push us over the top? Is he? Quarterback is such a complicated discussion because it's just all the other impacts. Like if you just want league-wide, like the most average quarterback, like if you included backups and everything, it's like Jacoby. But I, I do, I'm going with Darnold for the starters. You're going to want more sometimes, but if you don't have a Sam Darnold level tier that can actually do some things when things are going well, you're going to always want more, and I feel like that's just the right threshold for Sam Darnold. Threshold for Sam Darnold. It's just weird to describe Sam Darnold as average because he's such a high low player that it's like, it's weird to just go, like, you are average when it comes down to it. Are average when it comes down to it. What causes so much discussion around Sam is like how you end up at the average result because you can pull these plays where he looks like Mahomes and then there are other plays where he looks like the version of Brian Fitzpatrick that came back to the Jets after holding out when he gained a bunch of weight, and you saw that guy. I love that you have these Jets Giants memories because you say them and then my brain just goes like it just gets rattled back into like that time period. But, uh, Sam will be the most frustrating way to get a C+. He gets that 2.5 GPA, but he never got a B on any assignment. It was all A's and F's, and then that's how he got to the 2.5 GPA. It was just all A's and F's. Close
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09-07-2025
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Top 10 NFL head coaches for the 2025 season & new faces that could make a BIG impact
On today's episode of Football 301, Nate Tice, Matt Harmon & Charles McDonald join forces to reveal their top 10 NFL head coach rankings. But first, Matt and Charles give a few new faces in new places to watch this season that could have a sneaky big impact on their team's success, including Pete Carroll, Kellen Moore, Aaron Glenn & more. Advertisement Later on, the guys reveal their top 10 head coaches, discussing what makes a great NFL head coach and debating the differences between their lists, including plenty of back and forth on Mike Tomlin, Dan Campbell, Kyle Shanahan, Demeco Ryans & more. (3:00) - New faces in new places that could make a big impact (25:55) - Top 10 Head Coaches: 10-8 (33:15) - Top 10 Head Coaches: 7 & 6 (41:35) - Top 10 Head Coaches: 5 & 4 (52:05) - Top 10 Head Coaches: Top 3 Kyle Shanahan (San Francisco 49ers) and Dan Campbell (Detroit Lions) are among the NFL's top head coaches heading into 2025. (Brooke Sutton &) (Brooke Sutton &) 🖥️ Watch this full episode on YouTube Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts
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11-06-2025
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Top 10 quarterbacks for the 2025 NFL season + Sam Darnold joins the show!
Nate Tice is joined by Matt Harmon & Charles McDonald to break down their top 10 quarterbacks heading into the 2025 NFL season. The crew break down their picks from #10 to #1, with analysis on rising stars like C.J. Stroud and Jordan Love, polarizing figures like Brock Purdy and Jalen Hurts and perennial elites like Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, and Patrick Mahomes. Advertisement Later, Nate is joined by new Seattle Seahawks QB Sam Darnold as Sam breaks down a few of his highlight (and lowlight) plays, discusses joining Klint Kubiak and the Seahawks offense and much more. (3:15) - QBs 10-8 (22:20) - QBs 7 & 6 (39:15) - QBs 5 & 4 (49:30) - Top 3 QBs (58:20) - Sam Darnold joins the show Football 301 debates the top 10 QBs in the league entering the 2025 season, then Sam Darnold joins the show! (Photos by Melinda Meijer/&) (Photos by Melinda Meijer/&) 🖥️ Watch this full episode on YouTube Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts
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06-06-2025
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Should the Chargers try to trade for Trey Hendrickson?
Should the Chargers try to trade for Trey Hendrickson? | Football 301 Yahoo Sports' Nate Tice, Matt Harmon and Charles McDonald look at trades they want to see including the Bengals' star pass rusher joining Khalil Mack on the L.A. defense. Hear the full conversation on 'Football 301' - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript Matt, start us off. Advertisement What's the one trade you want to see by the time training camp rolls around? I want to see Trey Hendrickson get traded because I don't think he is going to get paid by the Cincinnati Bengals. So I'd like to see him get traded and, uh, of course, I, he's got to go to a contender. This probably wouldn't happen because it's within the same conference, but I'd like to see him get traded to the Los Angeles Chargers because they're sitting on just over $26 million in cap space right now. So they've got enough to fit the first year of a big pass rusher contract extension. The Chargers had a lot. lot of needs coming into the offseason and they do have some questions along the interior offensive line. Advertisement That's still outstanding. But the other big need that I don't think they really satisfied this year was getting more juice, uh, in terms of their pass rush. They brought back Kul Mack. That's nice. He's had, he had a pretty good season for them last year, but they did wave goodbye to Joey Bosa, and I don't think they have someone just waiting in the wings there that can fill that. So, um, I do think that's a trade I'd like to see whether it's gonna happen or not. Uh, I don't say I have like all the little compensation notes for you, but I'd love to see that one get done. Hendrickson and Khalil Mack is like perfect as far as like synergizing two edge players. Advertisement Khalil Mack is just, I mean, just a badass on rundown. It's really good against the run, still a good sack guy. You have the passer, but then you get a guy that's a true more finesse guy, and Hendrickson that you have to passer. That's the perfect little pairing. So I, I really like this one. I'm not. Um, really wasn't even came to mind maybe for Hendrickson. I've, I've been kind of just see kicking around some of the teams that have cap space, but Charles, any thoughts on this one? Yeah, it makes it makes a lot of sense, um. It's just, it's just, uh, it's probably because the Chargers like you're in a spot where you, you probably need a lot of help if you're actually going to go out there and compete for the AFC title, but your quarterback is so good that it's going to be difficult to add, uh, the help that you need. Advertisement So I think getting someone that uh that already has NFL pedigree, like Trey Hendrickson, he's only 30, so you can still get a couple more years out of him maybe before he hits the wall. I think this makes makes a lot of good sense to add him to the roster.
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06-06-2025
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Is this a make-or-break season for Mike Tomlin?
Yahoo Sports' Nate Tice, Matt Harmon and Charles McDonald dissect the Steelers aging roster and discuss the pressure on Pittsburgh's head coach this season after a run of postseason disappointments. Hear the full conversation on 'Football 301' - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript So I'm gonna say this is a make or break season for Mike Tomlin. Advertisement Do I think he's about to get fired this uh this next offseason? Not necessarily, but, like, enough of this already. Just like lackluster, double digit one and done playoff losses. Like that's the standard in Pittsburgh at this point. If, if they can squeak into the playoffs, if they can squeak into the playoffs, you know, on the back of like a team that nobody really believes in. And I'm not saying this is like all Tomlin's fault. In fact, I think we would all agree that he certainly coaches around some of the holes on this roster, but I think he doesn't get enough flack for the, the holes on the roster. Advertisement Like the guy has a lot of power. Within the building. He has been there forever. I don't love the way this roster looks on paper and especially when you look at the defense, like 4 of their most important players are probably Cam Hayward, Darius Slay, who was their only real consequential addition on that side of the ball, TJ Watt and Minka Fitzpatrick. 36-year-old Cam Hayward in his 15th season. Darius Lee is 34, he's in his 13th season. TJ Watt is 30, he's in his 9th season, and Mina Fitzpatrick is 28 and he's in his 8th season. Like these guys are all not, not necessarily. Like, again, they're about, they've, they're coming off good years, or at least Hayward's coming off a great year, but you just never know with guys at this point in their career and like there were rumblings that people weren't totally happy with Mina Fitzpatrick, or maybe some of the freelancing. Advertisement TJ Watt went quiet towards the end of last year. Again, a 34 year old starting corner across from the only good corner that you've had for the last few years and, and Joey Porter Junior. That's a little bit of a tenuous thing. So I just see a lot of ways where this could go wrong for Pittsburgh this year. And at some point, Especially if this is, you know, Mason Rudolph and Kirk Cousins and whatever is left of Aaron Rodgers. I just see a lot of ways that this could go wrong, and I think at some point, if this is a, hey, a maybe a 6-win team or something like that, and which by the way, I think this roster could be a 6-win team that does not look that good, then at some point we've got to like ask questions about the whole operation here and just enough of kind of chasing our tail in the same old thing over and over again.
