With all due respect to the stupid (and desperate) NFL team that will eventually give Sam Darnold a Brink’s Truck of money this offseason — I urge you to reconsider. Monday night’s Minnesota Vikings wild-card loss to the Los Angeles Rams was a microcosm of Darnold’s inherent flaws as a difference-making quarterback. Proceed with caution.

At the dawn of the new year, Sam Darnold was a folk hero in Minnesota. Not only did the quarterback -- no longer locally branded a reclamation project, but rather a full-blown, high-octane Pro Bowler -- sweep the rival Green Bay Packers to give the Vikings their best regular-season record in 16 years,

Sam Darnold struggled in the last two weeks for the Minnesota Vikings in back-to-back crucial losses, including a season-ending loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Colin Cowherd discusses Darnold’s future in the NFL.

Saquon Barkley completely demolished the Rams' defense in Week 12. If he does it again in the divisional round, the Rams have no chance.

The NFL divisional round is fascinating, because sometimes you get a matchup between two distinctly good teams who are stylistically different, but sometimes you get one that's just plain weird. This Rams-Eagles matchup is firmly the latter of these two types.