INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Sam Darnold had just taken full blame for his interceptions, a career-high tying four of them, that doomed the Seahawks’ quest for the NFC West lead.

As he walked away from reporters documenting his postgame comments Sunday at the bottom of SoFi Stadium, the quarterback came across Ernest Jones, the middle linebacker and QB of Seattle’s defense.

“We gotchu,” Jones told Darnold as they passed each other.

Then Jones had a colorful proclamation for anyone who saw the Seahawks’ 21-19 loss at the Los Angeles Rams and came away blaming Darnold.

“Man, Sam’s been ballin’,” Jones said. “If we want to try to define Sam by this game, Sam’s had us in every (frickin’) game. So for him to sit there and say, ‘Oh, that’s my fault,’ no, it’s not. There were plays that defense, we co

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