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We’re about to find out whether Sam Darnold was a one-year wonder

After a breakout season with the Vikings, Darnold is looking to stick as the starting quarterback of the Seahawks.

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The Seahawks signed Sam Darnold to be their starting quarterback after a breakout season with the Vikings. (John Froschauer/AP)
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Sam Darnold is on his fifth NFL team in the past six years, but this time around things are vastly different.

The journeyman quarterback, still just 28 and coming off a season in Minnesota in which he flirted with an MVP award, landed as the starter in Seattle for considerable compensation as a free agent. It was another quirky layer to his unique football path, with Darnold still among the more polarizing quarterbacks in the game. Is he a late bloomer whose growth was immediately stunted by the hapless Jets or a one-year wonder who was the by-product of the perfect coach and a loaded roster?

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