The last Seattle Seahawks quarterback to lead the team to the Super Bowl is showing love to the one who just achieved the feat for himself this weekend.
Sam Darnold led the Seahawks to the first Super Bowl berth in over a decade with a win over the Los Angeles Rams in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game. Seattle was victorious at Lumen Field in Seattle, Wash. by a final score of 31-27 as Darnold went 25/36 for 346 yards and three touchdowns.
In the wake of the Seahawks’ triumph, New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson (who used to star for Seattle) sent a notable message of congrats to Darnold. Wilson took to X to shout out Darnold over his “comeback story.”
“Sam Darnold’s comeback story over the past 2 years has been one of the most inspirational things to watch!” wrote Wilson. “Cool seeing him overcome!!! Congrats bro. Hope you win it! Go Hawks.”
Sam Darnold’s comeback story over the past 2 years has been one of the most inspirational things to watch! Cool seeing him overcome!!! Congrats bro.
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) January 26, 2026
Hope you win it!
Go Hawks
Wilson was the quarterback of the Seahawks from 2012-21, making nine Pro Bowl teams, earning one All-Pro nod, and leading the NFL in passer rating in 2015. He also twice led Seattle to the Super Bowl with a win in Super Bowl XLVIII over the Denver Broncos in the 2013 season and a loss in Super Bowl XLIX to the New England Patriots in the 2014 season.
Now Darnold will be getting a chance at revenge for Seattle against those very same Patriots, who won in Sunday’s AFC title game over the Denver Broncos to advance to next month’s Super Bowl themselves. That is indeed quite the comeback story for Darnold, who has now made back-to-back Pro Bowl teams and a Super Bowl berth after being stuck fighting for a backup job as recently as 2023.
