Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold went toe-to-toe with Baker Mayfield for almost all of Sunday’s matchup between Seattle and Tampa Bay.
But what ended up being Darnold’s last play of the day was a significant mistake.
Darnold was looking to throw the ball over the middle when his pass deflected off the helmet of a defender and went into the waiting arms of linebacker Lavonte David for an interception.
A few plays later, Chase McLaughlin hit a 39-yard field goal as time expired to give the Bucs a 38-35 win.
“[T]he last turnover, definitely on me,” Darnold said in his postgame press conference. “I was just trying to throw it away. I think it might have deflected off a helmet. Once I saw it was going to be hot to my left, I just tried to throw it away, and I think it deflected off somebody