Sam Darnold will crumble when games get serious during the 2025 season.

Do not overwrite a later explicit first-playoff-game-loss call with this earlier vague performance statement.

Choke and games-that-matter are not given statistical or event criteria. A season result cannot by itself define which individual performance the author meant.

Repeated undefined late-performance prediction.

Do not overwrite a later explicit first-playoff-game-loss call with this earlier vague performance statement. Jev advisory reviewed: ApproximateQBclasscount hasundefinedinclusions. Darnoldchoke, Fieldsgreat, Hall/Wilsonbig, season-overloser lack operationalcriteria. Allunscored; avoidinventedstats, mathematicalelimination or redefining laterclearplayoffexit. Jevfaithful/insufficient/needsruling agrees.

Earlier same qualitative late-season-performance prediction, retaining no arbitrary choke metric.

Earlier same qualitative late-season-performance prediction, retaining no arbitrary choke metric.

Crumble and games get serious have no performance thresholds or defined games. Team championship outcome cannot supply those missing criteria.

Earlier same qualitative late-season-performance prediction, retaining no arbitrary choke metric. Jev advisory and original-source context manually reviewed; source-specific review decisions retained in the batch audit.