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Darnold still working on ‘clutch gene’ even as he proves to be the new franchise QB

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Shortly after the Seahawks signed Sam Darnold, former Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck said the one thing Darnold needed to develop to lock himself in as a franchise QB is a “clutch gene.”

“I think the thing that he’s going to have to prove is kind of that clutch gene, making those plays that need to be made in playoff games or big games,” Hasselbeck told Seattle Sports 710 AM in March. “That’s gonna be the next step for him to be in that rare air of consistency as a franchise quarterback.”

Well, Darnold still needs to work on finishing in the clutch, but through five games he has more than shown he is Seattle’s new franchise QB.

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For 50-year celebration game, Bucs & Hawks have revitalized franchise QBs

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As the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seahawks celebrate 50 years in the league together by facing off Sunday, both have a more immediate reason to celebrate: They have found their next franchise quarterbacks and those guys have them on track to make the playoffs.

This contest, while big in the early NFC playoff picture, is also a lesson in the NFL’s general inability to coach talented quarterbacks into productive ones.

Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold were the No. 1 and 3 overall picks in the 2018 draft, and both were completely unsupported by their first, failing franchises. They were teammates on another bad club for a few games after being traded from their original teams and then finally found places where they could grow into the franchise passers they are today – both secure as the offensive leaders in Tampa and Seattle.

They were victims of the NFL’s ongoing struggle to develop quarterbacks – especially in a system that sends top college passers to the worst teams.

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It’s a full-circle weekend for Egbuka, the Bucs, Hawks and Mariners

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This weekend is all about the past meeting the present as the Seahawks face the Bucs in their 50th anniversary seasons and the Mariners host their first playoff games since 2001.

Emeka Egbuka apparently ties it all together.

Before he was Tampa Bay’s first-round receiver this year, Egbuka was a youth baseball star who threw out the first pitch at Safeco Field (now T-Mobile Park) in 2011. Then he was on the same Ohio State team as Jaxon Smith Njigba.

Egbuka will return to Seattle to face JSN as the Bucs and Seahawks square off in a big battle of 3-1 teams on Sunday, before the Mariners play Game 2 of their division series.

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