POSTGAME REACTION: SAM DARNOLD IS IN THE SUPER BOWL

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4.7 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Matthew Coller and Manny Hill break down an insane day of football, capped off with Sam Darnold leading the Seahawks over the Rams with an incredible performance. Seattle will play the New England Patriots. The Purple Insider podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. Also, check out our sponsor HIMS at https://hims.com/purpleinsider Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider presented by Fandul, Matthew Collar, with you along with Manning Hill.
0:13.9	And my friends, Sam Darnold, is headed to the Super Bowl.
0:19.7	And Mani, he's not just headed to the Super Bowl. He's headed to the Super Bowl. And Manny, he's not just headed to the Super Bowl.
0:22.5	He's headed to the Super Bowl with one of the best performances in NFC championship history.
0:29.5	346 yards, three touchdowns, and every single person in the United States of America
0:36.4	thought the Rams were going to win after Tyreek Woolen committed one of the dumbest penalties in history of football, dancing on the sideline, giving the Rams second life.
0:48.9	And yet Sam Darnold gets the ball back.
0:51.9	They get a stop.
0:52.9	And he completes several humongous passes,
0:57.7	dead on accurate first downs when they needed them most.
1:02.1	And when you talk about slaying the dragon, when you talk about blowing up narratives,
1:10.3	Sam Darnold took an A-bomb to narratives.
1:14.4	He took a gigantic sword, the size of Lumen Stadium, and slayed the narrative dragons today.
1:24.6	Anyone who thought, oh, it's just Seattle's defense. Not today, it wasn't.
1:29.3	Anyone who thought, well, Seattle's a run first team for a reason because they don't really
1:33.4	trust Sam Darnold. Not today. They had to trust Sam Darnold. He had to make every single
1:39.0	throw. He had to be dead on accurate. He couldn't see a single ghost.
1:45.2	He couldn't turn into a tiny little pumpkin today.
1:49.1	He had to be damn near perfect to reach the Super Bowl.
1:52.8	And you know what?
1:53.7	He was up for the task.
1:55.3	And every person along the way, it reminds me of Bill Parcells when he said,
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