Vikings fans clown Sam Darnold after a Cinderella story goes down against the Rams
After a 27-9 loss Monday night in their Wild Card matchup against the Los Angeles Ramsfans — especially on social media — got involved Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold. After leading the Vikings to a 14-3 record and fighting for a chance to #1 seed in the NFCDarnold and the Vikings fell to the Rams, causing social media to erupt.
It wasn’t just an average poor performance by Darnold and the Vikings. Minnesota quarterback set the postseason mark in first-half sacksgetting sacked six times before halftime. With that, fans across the NFL landscape rushed to their nearest device to send out their best memes, pouncing on the Vikings and their quarterback after they blundered into Wild Card Weekend.
After this game, sports media personality Brett Kollmann took X, sharing stat with its followers it’s almost hard to believe for those who may have missed the game.
“The Vikings allowed 24 rushes tonight,” Coleman wrote. “Rams allowed 6.”
For those who watched the game, it was unbelievable, as Darnold was sacked six times in the first half alone.
And social media had a field day watching Darnold struggle for his life in the pocket.
However, one of the most common ways fans lambasted Darnold after the loss was to note how his last two performances likely affected his next salary after some believed that the seven-year veteran was getting paid big in 2025.
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Contract jokes weren’t the only way social media trolled Darnold. With contract memes, Darnold’s infamous quote about ‘seeing ghosts’ is back on the timeline, with fans blasting the Vikings quarterback for a silly quote during his time under Adam Gase with the New York Jets.
While social media has had fun following the Vikings quarterback, it might be best for Darnold to take a few days off from social media. Even though the memes were just jokes, there’s no doubt that Darnold feels the weight of this loss after their promising 2024 season.
2025-01-14 05:06:00
