Sunday’s game against the Chargers kicked off with an absolute gut punch for the Emerald City faithful. Sam Darnold and Justin Herbert just carved out a piece of NFL history nobody, and I mean nobody, ever wants. Both starting quarterbacks threw an interception on their team’s very first play from scrimmage, a dubious first in the league’s 100-year history.
Herbert’s Rough Start in Our House
It all started with the Bolts getting the rock first, right here at Lumen Field. But Herbert, who’s been struggling this season anyway, kept that trend going hard. Dude threw a pick on their very first play from scrimmage, and our guy Drake Thomas was right there to snag it for the Seahawks. It was Herbert’s fifth interception of the season, and you gotta think about the Chargers coming in at 0-3, desperate for a good start. That turnover put them in a rough spot right away.
Darnold’s Answer, and the Unwanted History We Made
But then, man, our drive? It went nowhere fast. On Seattle’s very first play from scrimmage, Sam Darnold handed the ball right back, throwing an interception to Tuli Tuipulotu near the sideline. Two turnovers, both on the first plays for each team, all within the first 22 seconds of the game. You blink and you missed both of them, but you won’t forget the consequence. This wild sequence made NFL history: it was the first time in over a hundred years that both starting quarterbacks threw a pick on their team’s opening snap. Darnold’s only in his second game back from injury, and that was his third interception in just two weeks. It’s clear both these signal-callers have been turnover-prone early this season, so maybe, just maybe, it isn’t a total shocker they were the ones to make this kind of infamous history.
It’s a tough pill to swallow, knowing our guys were part of that kind of record. Darnold’s gotta clean up those early turnovers if we’re gonna get things rolling. You can’t start a game like that and expect to build momentum. We bleed green and blue here, and we know our team is better than that. Let’s hope they learn from this and come out sharper next time, because we need to see that consistency.
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Originally reported by The Sporting News.
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