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First Take

Hour 2: Has the Narrative Around Sam Darnold Officially Changed?

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

First Take resumes with a fluctuating narrative. Darnold saw ghosts, led a Viking brigade to the playoffs, got banished from his Minnesota but found refuge in Seattle, and now soars his 'Hawks into the Super Bowl. How should we view him? (0:00) Then, WWE superstar Seth Rollins talks Royal Rumble! (15:50) Next, we have to talk Stafford's legacy. He has all of the stats AND a Super Bowl, maybe even an MVP soon. What more can he do? (26:00) Trivia: which Seahawks WR made an acrobatic catch while lying on the ground to set up the Seahawks at the goal line before the famous Malcolm Butler INT? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.2

Cameron Boozer leaves number five Duke.

0:37.2

They host Ryan Conwell, number 23 Louisville, Cameron Induart, 7 Eastern then. for you tonight on ESPN and the app Cameron Boozer leaves number five Duke they host

0:37.6

Ryan Conwell number 23 Louisville at Cameron Induart 7 Eastern then co-opete an undefeated

0:43.3

number one Arizona are in Provo to take on AJ de Bonsa and number 13 BYU it should be a great

0:49.9

night of hoops we're're going to keep bringing it. I hit. Doesn't that feel like a different

1:08.9

lifetime? Well, and the jet struggling?

1:11.6

Well, not the jet struggling part.

1:13.4

That's still happening, but more the Sam Darnold part, right?

1:16.5

In one season with the Vikings last year, he went 14 and 3.

1:20.2

The Vikings thought the grass was greener and they let him walk.

1:23.3

Today, they are in their feelings, of course, on social media.

1:26.7

The Seahawks capitalized with Sam Darnold, and in his first season in Seattle, he's now taking the Seahawks to the Super Bowl. They two won 14 games and were the one seat in the NFC. Now they will take that short flight to Santa Clara to face the Patriots. The team Sam Darnold said he was seeing ghost against back when he's with the Jets.

1:44.5

Here's what his new head coach, Mike McDonald, had to say about his quarterback and his performance.

1:49.2

You can't talk about the game without talking about our quarterback.

1:52.4

I mean, he just shut a lot of people up tonight, so I'm really happy for him.

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