Sam Darnold’s career-best season didn’t earn him a second campaign with the Minnesota Vikings.

The Seattle Seahawks are thankful for the way things went down as Darnold is proving to be a good fit just four games into his tenure in the Pacific Northwest.

Seattle landed Darnold as a free agent with a three-year, $100.5 million contract, including $55 million guaranteed. The arrangement was set up in a way that the Seahawks could part ways with him if things didn’t work out.

But escaping from the deal doesn’t look necessary.

Darnold has guided the Seahawks to a 3-1 start after Thursday night’s 23-20 victory over the host Arizona Cardinals. Seattle has a chance to be real good with him at the helm.

Darnold helped Seattle take a 14-point, fourth-quarter lead before the Cardinals mounted

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