
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold entered the NFC Championship Game against the Los Angeles Rams nursing an injury.
Had you not known that information ahead of time, you never would have thought he was a bit gimpy. Darnold finished that game completing 25-of-36 passes for 346 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions.
It was arguably the best game of his career in the biggest spot of his career, but Darnold had been dealing with an oblique injury since before Seattle's divisional-round win against the San Francisco 49ers.
Now, as he prepares to play in Super Bowl LX against the New England Patriots, Darnold told the media that he's feeling just fine.
"It feels really good," Darnold said Wednesday, according to Brady Henderson of ESPN. "Definitely, the time off has helped a little bit. I'm always just going to take it one step at a time, do my rehab and do everything I need to do to make sure it feels great going into practice and going into the game ... on Sunday."
Darnold is without a doubt going to be playing in this game.
With that said, he has been listed as a limited practice participant on every single injury report that has come out since he was injured on Jan 15.
He did not have an initial game designation when both teams were required to release those last Friday. Even on Wednesday, just days before the Super Bowl, Macdonald couldn't comment on how much work Darnold was planning on getting in practice.
"We'll see today," Macdonald said. "It's definitely gradually increasing by the day. So, some days more than others. But he's in a great spot. I know he's really confident. We'll see how today plays out. I'm not entirely sure how many throws or what percentage of throws. I can't really give you right now."
Limited in practice is far from being limited in the game. This is the Super Bowl, after all, so the expectation should be that Darnold will be going all out this Sunday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
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