We’re just about a month into the 2024 NFL season, and the Minnesota Vikings look like world-beaters. That’s in no small part thanks to the resurgence of Sam Darnold, who has played like a veritable MVP candidate for what might be the best team in the NFC.
With Minnesota on the road against the Green Bay Packers in Week 4, Darnold was sublime. The journeyman quarterback was practically perfect in the first half, completing 11-of-15 passes for 136 yards and three touchdowns.
Darnold was, for lack of a better word, absolutely dealing.
And we saw it best on this absurd touchdown to Justin Jefferson, where Darnold put it right on his receiver despite extremely tight coverage by Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon.
The ball placement was so ridiculous that you could even see the amazement from the Vikings’ sideline after the sequence:
SAM DARNOLD IS GOING OFFFFFFFFFFFFFF pic.twitter.com/5g1mlixpu1
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) September 29, 2024
You know a quarterback is firing on all cylinders if they’re throwing passes like this with the utmost confidence. The Vikings look unbeatable right now, and so does Darnold.