Sam Darnold set to sign for Seattle Seahawks from Minnesota Vikings on three-year contract

Sam Darnold plans to sign a three-year contract with the Seattle Seahawks that includes $55m guaranteed, with the total value of the deal worth more than $110m.

The 27-year-old arrives as a replacement for Geno Smith, who was traded by the Seahawks to the Las Vegas Raiders last week.

Darnold revived his career in 2024 with the Minnesota Vikings, leading them to 14 wins, but was outmatched during an important Week 18 game against the Detroit Lions and then similarly lost in a wild-card defeat to the Los Angeles Rams.

The late-season slump, combined with the return to fitness of last year's first-round pick J.J. McCarthy, led to doubts over Darnold's future with the Vikings - and he has now opted to move to the Seahawks.

Darnold will reunite with Seattle offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, his passing game coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers - where the quarterback served as a back-up - in 2023.

Darnold was the No 3 overall pick in the 2018 draft by the New York Jets, before going on to spend two years with the Carolina Panthers.

Darnold has a 21-35 career record, 12,064 passing yards, 63 touchdowns, 56 interceptions and a 59.7 completion percentage.

He comes to an offensive roster under head coach Mike Macdonald that is still in the works. The Seahawks released wide receiver Tyler Lockett and traded wideout DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers this offseason.

The New York Jets have agreed a two-year $40m deal with former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Justin Fields.

Fields steps in as New York's starter for Aaron Rodgers after the Jets announced last month they are moving forward without the four-time NFL MVP after two seasons.

The 26-year-old spent last season with the Steelers after playing his first three NFL seasons with the Chicago Bears, who drafted him in the first round as the 11th overall pick in 2021 out of Ohio State.

The Jets had the No 2 overall pick that year and selected quarterback Zach Wilson, who failed to live up to expectations and was traded to Denver last year.

New York now will hope that Fields can revive his career with the Jets, who have a new regime in head coach Aaron Glenn and general manager Darren Mougey.

Fields will be reunited with wide receiver Garrett Wilson, his former college team-mate. He has passed for 7,780 yards and 45 touchdowns with 31 interceptions in 50 games, including 44 starts in four seasons, while rushing for 19 scores.

The Miami Dolphins are signing former Jets quarterback Wilson on a one-year deal to serve as back-up to Tua Tagovailoa, while the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles are trading quarterback Kenny Pickett to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for Dorian Thompson-Robinson and a fifth-round Draft pick.