Sam Darnold ruled out of Week 9 vs. Cardinals, Drew Lock returns to starting lineup

Once again, the Seattle Seahawks will be without starting quarterback Sam Darnold before they play the Arizona Cardinals. Back in Week 2, Darnold missed Seattle’s 31-7 win over Arizona with a glute injury. Ahead of their Week 9 rematch at Lumen Field, Darnold will once again be out, but with a new s

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Once again, the Seattle Seahawks will be without starting quarterback Sam Darnold before they play the Arizona Cardinals.

Back in Week 2, Darnold missed Seattle’s 31-7 win over Arizona with a glute injury. Ahead of their Week 9 rematch at Lumen Field, Darnold will once again be out, but with a new set of injuries. Mike Macdonald told reporters on Wednesday that Darnold is “week-to-week” with a quad injury and he also hurt his ribs earlier in Monday night’s loss to the Chicago Bears.

Lock, of course, replaced Darnold in the Week 1 win over the New England Patriots. Over his (in effect) two full games, he’s 35/48 for 422 yards and 4 touchdowns without a turnover. All of his touchdowns were thrown to Jaxon Smith-Njigba.

While there have been calls for Lock to be the starter over the struggling Darnold during Seattle’s recent 2-4 stretch, Lock himself missed the last two games with a right elbow injury. Well, he’s back in action against a team he comfortably took apart less than two months ago.

Just a few days ago, this QB matchup was Sam Darnold vs. Jacoby Brissett. Now it’s Drew Lock (again) vs. Gardner Minshew II, who’s replacing the benched and otherwise ineffective Brissett.