Seahawks legend predicts Sam Darnold will top his career-best 2024 season with Seattle

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Sam Darnold is coming off his best year in the NFL by a mile, yet one Seattle Seahawks legend is confident he can top it in 2025. 

Darnold, who threw for 4,319 yards and 35 touchdowns for a 14-3 Minnesota Vikings squad last season, must prove himself yet again with a different team this season after joining the Seahawks in free agency. 

The expectations remain high for Darnold, but Shaun Alexander, the legendary Seahawks running back who won league MVP in 2005, thinks Darnold will check all the boxes this season. 

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Former player Shaun Alexander of the Seattle Seahawks talks during his Ring of Honor induction at Lumen Field at halftime against the Arizona Cardinals Oct. 16, 2022, in Seattle. (Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images)

"I think he’s going to be better this year than he was last year with us, and I think they got the right offensive coordinator for him," Alexander told Fox News Digital after his work with USAA’s "Salute to Service NFL Boot Camp" Monday. "I think the system looks right for him. They look great at practice."

Darnold reunites with Klint Kubiak, who served as offensive coordinator of the New Orleans Saints last season. They were together in 2023 with the San Francisco 49ers, where Kubiak served as pass game coordinator and Darnold was backing up Brock Purdy after a failed tenure with the Carolina Panthers. 

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