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Sam Darnold Throws three touchdowns, seahawks‘Dark Side’ defense comes up with crucial fourth down, and seattle Defeat your opponents and advance to the Super Bowl Los Angeles Rams A thrilling 31-27 win in the NFC Championship game on Sunday.
Led by second-year coach Mike McDonald and Darnold, an eight-year veteran of the fifth team, the Seahawks (16-3) are in their fourth Super Bowl in franchise history and first in 11 years. Seattle lost its most recent game to new englandThat will be two weeks later at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
When Los Angeles (14-6) faced fourth-and-4 in the Seattle Six, coach Sean McVay elected to go on offense and Matthew Stafford’s pass was broken up in the end zone by Devin Witherspoon. The Rams didn’t get the ball back until 25 seconds left, on the final play of the game when Puka Nacua was tackled inside near midfield.
Stafford threw for 374 yards and three touchdowns, but the Rams were held back by critical turnovers, including a muffled punt by Xavier Smith in the third quarter. On the next play, Darnold connected with Jake Bobo for a 17-yard touchdown.
Darnold failed in his playoff debut with the Minnesota Vikings last season, playing with an oblique injury and completing 25 of 36 passes for 346 yards and no turnovers. Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 153 yards receiving and a touchdown on 10 catches.
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