Sam Darnold owns up to turnovers in Seahawks loss to Broncos - ESPN

DENVER — Sam Darnold was in position to pull off a comeback win Thursday night, having rallied the Seattle Seahawks from a 14-3 deficit in the fourth quarter after 45 minutes of offensive ineptitude.

Then he threw an interception.

And another one.

Darnold's picks late in regulation and in overtime doomed the Seahawks in a 17-14 loss to the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High. It spoiled a brilliant performance from Seattle's defense and dropped the reigning Super Bowl champions to 3-3, putting them 2.5 games behind the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC West standings.

«No way to sugarcoat it,» Darnold said. «That one sucked. Can't turn the ball over. That's obviously at the forefront of my mind, but there's just a lot that we can do better.»

While Darnold was hardly the only one responsible for one of Seattle's more agonizing offensive performances in recent memory, he has thrown seven interceptions in four games since returning from a glute injury in Week 3. He has just as many touchdown passes in that span, and he entered Week 6 ranked 29th in Total QBR (34.4).

«I just think it's B.S for me to keep turning the ball over,» he told reporters. «It's not fair to our defense, it's not fair to our special teams group, not fair really to the entire team. So I've got to be better that way.»

Darnold made that point to the team in the locker room.

«We have to take care of the ball,» coach Mike Macdonald said. «Sam knows that. He told the team that. We've got to take care of the ball.»

It's the biggest of several issues that plagued Seattle's offense again Thursday night. The Seahawks managed just 91 yards at halftime with one turnover coming on a fumble by wide receiver Rashid Shaheed.

Darnold was sacked five times for the