The most common refrain I have heard regarding the Seattle Seahawks over the past two months is this: if Sam Darnold can protect the football, the Seahawks can win the Super Bowl. Since I am about to take issue with that, I feel like I need to make one point clear at the outset.
I am not advocating that Sam Darnold should throw a bunch of interceptions. I am not enough of a contrarian to suggest that throwing interceptions is somehow a good thing. Indeed, if Darnold throws four of them, as he did against the Rams in Week 11, Seattle will probably lose.