Story byGregg BellSat, January 31, 2026 at 2:45 AM UTC·2 min readSam Darnold did his usual. The Pro Bowl quarterback jogged onto the field before stretching began at the start of Seahawks practice Friday — the latest-in-the-season practice of his eight-year NFL career. He started it by again flicking some warmup passes from about 15 yards away to veteran wide receiver Cooper Kupp. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThen Darnold returned to what’s become his new normal this month. He took parts of practice off to rest his oblique injury he got in a practice 15 days earlier. As he has been for the last two game weeks, Darnold again was a limited participant in Seattle’s next-to-last practice of its bye week, before the team leaves Sunday to play Super Bowl 60 against the New England Patriots Feb.