If you traveled back to 2019 and told a bar full of NFL fans that Sam Darnold would be the first quarterback from the loaded 2018 draft class to start a Super Bowl, you would’ve been laughed out of the room.

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Know, however, that there have been other instances of longshots reaching the Super Bowl. In 1982, San Francisco (50-1) took on Cincinnati (60-1). While the Seahawks and the Patriots combine to form the greatest pair of longshots,

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold has led the Seahawks to Super Bowl LX, a remarkable feat for the former USC Trojans signal-caller when compared to his NFL Draft class in 2018.

The Seattle Seahawks nixed Super Bowl LX from the 49ers’ to-do list a week ago in blowout fashion. As that on-field show goes on without them – Feb. 8, the Seahawks face the New England Patriots – the 49ers won’t completely vanish.

The Vikings made the offseason decision to roll with sophomore first-round quarterback J.J. McCarthy, leading the Seahawks to sign Darnold to a three-year contract in free agency to replace Geno Smith.