Arya News - Sam Darnold was sacked and suffered a leg injury early in Wednesday`s game.
The Seattle Seahawks " celebration over raising their Super Bowl banner and the start of a new season didn"t last long Wednesday.
Quarterback Sam Darnold left the season-opening game against the New England Patriots after one series due to a hip injury. He was replaced by Drew Lock . Darnold went back to the locker room with athletic trainers before the Seahawks" second series started.
Darnold was sacked by Patriots end Dre"Mont Jones on a third down on the Seahawks" first drive. As the punt team came on, Darnold was trotting off with a noticeable limp. NBC said on the broadcast that no medical personnel was around Darnold as he came to the sideline, but shortly after he went to the blue medical tent.
After the Patriots punted, NBC showed Darnold limping badly on the sideline as Lock had his helmet on, ready to go in.
Darnold didn"t miss a game last season and threw for 4,000 yards in the regular season, then played steady, solid football throughout the Seahawks" Super Bowl championship push. He became a great story of a highly drafted quarterback who was given up on by multiple teams.
As a new season started, another story was unfolding and it wasn"t a positive one for the Seahawks or Darnold.