Laura Rutledge had to clear things up almost immediately after her postgame interview with Sam Darnold aired Saturday night.
After Seattle’s 13-3 win over San Francisco on Saturday night, cameras showed what looked like Darnold walking past Rutledge on the field without stopping for a postgame interview. People immediately assumed he was blowing her off, especially given what happened with Justin Herbert back in November when the Chargers quarterback told Rutledge he was trying to celebrate with his team instead of doing the interview. But that’s not what happened with Darnold.
“Nope,” she wrote on social media. “Actually we had a lot of time till we had to go off air so I told Darnold he had plenty of time to talk to whoever he wanted to see. Thanks!”
She also retweeted someone who explained that ESPN was interviewing Kenneth Walker III at the same time, so Rutledge told Darnold he could go find other people first if he wanted.
That’s precisely what he did.
Darnold was looking for Brock Purdy, his former teammate from the 2023 season, when Darnold backed up Purdy in San Francisco. The two found each other on the field and shared an embrace before Darnold came back for the interview.
When another X user — who has over 60,000 followers — ignored what actually happened and continued to act in bad faith, Laura Rutledge followed up with more detail.
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