Sam Darnold was doing it all summer.

The Seahawks’ new quarterback frustrated his head coach and defensive play-caller with how quickly he was throwing the ball after the snap in training-camp practices. Mike Macdonald called Darnold “a pain in the butt” to pressure last month, because he was getting the ball out so quickly.

For most of his first game last weekend as Seattle’s guy, Darnold was again throwing quickly. That allowed his offensive line to protect him against the San Francisco 49ers’ pass rush.

Then, with the season opener on the line and the Seahawks in the red zone in the final minute down by four points, Darnold …

Held onto the ball too long.

The 49ers got to him for one of the only times all day. The Seahawks lost the game.

“Yeah, I thought the pro was awesome all day

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