Dave Portnoy gives brutal verdict on Sam Darnold's abysmal performance as Rams crush Vikings quarterback in wildcard win

In the midst of a disheartening show successful the NFC Wild Card game, Barstool Sports laminitis Dave Portnoy eviscerated Minnesota Vikings backmost Sam Darnold.

Throughout the regular season, Darnold's communicative of a backup backmost that took the Vikings to a 14-3 grounds was inspirational arsenic the Minnesota awesome caller was capable to flooded expectations and instrumentality his squad to the playoffs.

But it was successful their archetypal playoff crippled against the Los Angeles Rams that the Vikings backmost laid an ovum arsenic Darnold could not grip the unit of the LA walk unreserved and was incapable to marque important gains connected offense.

Portnoy took to X, formerly Twitter, and slammed Darnold's show connected the evening. 

Some of that choler might person been due to the fact that helium placed an $11,000 five-leg parlay bet on the crippled - with 1 of the legs requiring Vikings wide receiver to people a touchdown astatine immoderate constituent successful the crippled (which did not happen).

'3 weeks agone radical were asking whether JJ McCarthy was connected the market. What a quality a mates weeks make. Darnold looks horrific again,' Portnoy posted connected Monday evening.

Darnold wasn't expected to commencement this play aft the Vikings selected McCarthy 11th wide successful the NFL Draft retired of the University of Michigan. Portnoy is simply a Michigan alum and a immense instrumentality of the Wolverines' shot team.

Portnoy took to the societal media level again to roast him aboriginal successful the game, 

'There was a feline rather virtually with cipher wrong 20 yards of him there. My deity Darnold sucks.' 

Later, helium ridiculed Darnold yet again aft the Vikings backmost was portion sacked - which led to a Rams fumble betterment by antiaircraft extremity Jared Verse that was tally backmost for a touchdown to adhd to LA's lead.

Portnoy enactment 2 much tweets retired during the crippled - 1 highlighting different unfastened receiver Darnold didn't see, and different simply saying, 'Vikings quit.  Can't accidental I blasted em.'

While it could beryllium said that Darnold was overwhelmed by a squad playing for civic pridefulness successful the aftermath of a tragedy, that doesn't precisely screen however mediocre his play was.

Darnold completed 25-of-40 passes for conscionable 245 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception and a fumble.

But it was the 9 sacks that Darnold took that genuinely enactment the crippled retired of scope for the Vikings.

Darnold is present tied with Cincinnati Bengals backmost Joe Burrow and erstwhile Houston Oilers backmost Warren Moon for the all-time grounds for the astir sacks taken by a backmost successful a playoff game. 

He wasn't that acold disconnected from the astir sacks taken by a QB successful immoderate NFL crippled - a grounds co-held by Moon and Donovan McNabb erstwhile they some were sacked 12 times.

The Vikings crushed crippled didn't fare overmuch amended arsenic they were led by Aaron Jones who rushed 13 times for 48 yards.

Rams backmost Matthew Stafford didn't fare overmuch amended successful presumption of passing yards (only managing 208), but his 2 passing touchdowns were capable to enactment the crippled retired of reach.

The Rams defence was by acold the champion portion of the nighttime - with the relentless unit forcing 3 Minnesota punts and 2 turnovers connected downs. Add to that the strip-sack touchdown and Los Angeles tin locomotion into the adjacent circular assured successful their play connected Monday evening.

Next up for Los Angeles is an NFC Divisional circular matchup connected the roadworthy against the Philadelphia Eagles.