When Sam Darnold signed with the Seahawks back in March, he said the knowledge of the system that offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak runs, "was definitely one of the things that I factored into signing here, and again, just being able to work with Klint, and having talked with Klint a ton in San Francisco about kind of what we liked, disliked. We have so much in common when it comes to football, and yeah, just very pumped to get this thing going."
Darnold served as backup to 49ers quarterback, Brock Purdy, when Kubiak was the passing game coordinator in 2023.
Now, the third phase of organized team activities is allowing Darnold to, "get this thing going," and learning all that Kubiak's offense has to offer.
"There's some familiar things that obviously we did in San Francisco," Darnold said. "But just learning a ton, learning a ton right now and just like I mentioned kind of before, just building with the guys and taking it one day at a time."
While the system is not exactly what he and Darnold know from San Francisco, "Not giving away any trade secrets," Kubiak said he mentioned it was a good starting point for them now.