Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald praised quarterback Sam Darnold for "one of the best performances in playoff history" after winning the NFC Championship Game against the Los Angeles Rams.
Macdonald lauded the veteran quarterback -- who led the Seahawks to a fourth Super Bowl appearance -- in his postgame news conference Sunday in Seattle. Darnold completed 25 of 36 passes for 346 yards, three scores and no interceptions in the Seahawks' 31-27 triumph. He totaled 209 yards in the first half and threw two touchdown tosses in the third quarter.
Darnold, who played his third consecutive game without a turnover, started despite limited participation all week in practice due to his lingering oblique injury.
"To come out the way he played, barely practicing, barely throwing the ball, it was really incredible," Macdonald told reporters. "It should go down as one of the best performances in playoff history, I would imagine.
"It's hard to stack it, but I can't imagine anybody playing any better."
