Sam Darnold Explains Why He Signed With The 49ers
Sam Darnold made a recent appearance on Barstool Sports’ Pardon My Take and spoke about a lot of different things. One of the notable things being what made Darnold want to sign with the San Francisco 49ers? The answer may seem obvious but the former USC product gave his answer anyway.
“Guys are open . I mean, there’s a lot of guys open on dang near every play,” Darnold said on Pardon My Take, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. “It just seems like there’s a ton of answers [to why he chose the 49ers]. Great run game. I mean, whenever you can have a great run game as a quarterback, that’s always a comforting feeling.
“And I think, just with the certain weapons that they have, Deebo [Samuel], [Brandon] Aiyuk, George [Kittle], obviously Christian [McCaffrey], [Kyle Juszczyk], Jauan Jennings. There’s so many guys. You can go on and on. But they’ve been there for so long, and Kyle’s been able to understand what everyone does well, what they don’t do well. And I feel like every game plan, he uses and gets the most out of his guys, and that’s a very good feeling as a quarterback, knowing that the coordinator is going to put everyone in the best position possible.”
I think even a blind squirrel can recognize that life in San Francisco is way better than Carolina when it comes to environments in the NFL. Being with the 49ers is about as good as it gets right now from a quarterback standpoint. It’s going to be interesting to see if Darnold can somehow win the job. Given the health status of Brock Purdy and Trey Lance, it doesn’t seem totally impossible.
