Getty Sam Darnold #14 of the Seattle Seahawks warms up before a game against the Green Bay Packers. The 2025 NFL season has kicked off, and each team and player starts the year with a blank slate. That is only in theory, however, as some use the scars of the past to judge the present, as is the case with Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold .  Darnold has had the definition of a roller coaster career. The 28-year-old out of USC was the third pick in the 2018 draft by the New York Jets .