{"id":19185,"date":"2025-08-06T13:58:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/06\/can-sam-darnold-capture-the-2025-nfc-west-spotlight-again-with-another-standout-season\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T13:58:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:58:52","slug":"can-sam-darnold-capture-the-2025-nfc-west-spotlight-again-with-another-standout-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/06\/can-sam-darnold-capture-the-2025-nfc-west-spotlight-again-with-another-standout-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Sam Darnold Capture the 2025 NFC West Spotlight Again with Another Standout Season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new quarterback has arrived in Seattle as Sam Darnold takes over the Seahawks&#8217; leadership role. Alongside this change, how are the star players from each NFC West team expected to perform this season? Here are some betting highlights from Draverkings Sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cardinals:<\/strong><br \/>\nMarvin Harrison Jr. is predicted to exceed 1,000 receiving yards and score over 10 touchdowns, with odds of +400 (bet $10 to win $50). Kyler Murray is expected to rush for 10 or more touchdowns at +1200 odds (bet $10 to win $130).<br \/>\n<strong>Insight:<\/strong> Marvin Harrison Jr. had a solid rookie season finishing with 885 yards and eight touchdowns but did not reach the 1,000-yard mark. Kyler Murray\u2019s last season rushing touchdown high was 11 back in 2020; last year, he had five.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seahawks:<\/strong><br \/>\nSam Darnold is projected to throw for over 4,500 yards (+1200 odds) and pass for more than 40 touchdowns (+1200). Cooper Kupp is predicted to gain over 1,000 receiving yards (+250).<br \/>\n<strong>Insight:<\/strong> Darnold threw for 4,319 yards and 35 touchdowns last season with Minnesota. Kupp has hit the 1,000-yard milestone only twice in his career, once in his remarkable 1,947-yard 2021 season; last year, he had just 710 yards in 11 starts with the Rams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rams:<\/strong><br \/>\nDavante Adams is likely to gain over 1,000 receiving yards (+105) and score 10 or more receiving touchdowns (+165).<br \/>\n<strong>Insight:<\/strong> Adams boasts five consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, including last year where he tallied 1,063 yards and eight touchdowns. Between 2016 and 2022, he scored at least 10 touchdowns in six of seven seasons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>49ers:<\/strong><br \/>\nChristian McCaffrey aims to rush and receive over 1,000 yards each (+4000), while George Kittle is tipped to break the NFL tight end receiving yards record of 1,417+ (+5000).<br \/>\n<strong>Insight:<\/strong> McCaffrey has battled injuries but dominated when healthy, winning Offensive Player of the Year in 2023 with 1,459 rushing yards and 564 receiving yards. He once achieved the 1,000\/1,000 mark in 2019 with Carolina. Kittle has had 1,000 receiving yards in the last two seasons, with a career-high of 1,377 yards in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>This fresh look at player predictions provides a fascinating snapshot of what\u2019s expected from the NFC West superstars this season. For NFL fans, these bets and insights give exciting clues about breakout players and potential record-breaking performances, adding extra anticipation and drama to the upcoming games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new quarterback has arrived in Seattle as Sam Darnold takes over the Seahawks&#8217; leadership role. Alongside this change, how are the star players from each NFC West team expected to perform this season? Here are some betting highlights from Draverkings Sportsbook. Cardinals: Marvin Harrison Jr. is predicted to exceed 1,000 receiving yards and score [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[859],"tags":[860],"class_list":{"0":"post-19185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}