​Once again, the Seattle Seahawks will be without starting quarterback Sam Darnold before they play the Arizona Cardinals.Back in Week 2, Darnold missed Seattle’s 31-7 win over Arizona with a glute injury. Ahead of their Week 9 rematch at Lumen Field, Darnold will once again be out, but with a new set of injuries. Mike Macdonald told reporters on Wednesday that Darnold is “week-to-week” with a quad injury and he also hurt his ribs earlier in Monday night’s loss to the Chicago Bears.Mike Macdonald said Sam Darnold injured his quad late the game and is out this week. Says he’s week to week. Drew Lock will start this week. Macdonald said Darnold was also dealing with a rib injury that happened early in the game.— John Boyle (@johnpboyle) November 4, 2026Sam Darnold suffered a cracked rib on the 2nd play of the game Monday night, according to Mike Macdonald. Here is Sam’s second play (which was his first dropback). pic.twitter.com/cSBniKrjBB— Dugar, Michael-Shawn (@MikeDugar) November 4, 2026Lock, of course, replaced Darnold in the Week 1 win over the New England Patriots. Over his (in effect) two full games, he’s 35/48 for 422 yards and 4 touchdowns without a turnover. All of his touchdowns were thrown to Jaxon Smith-Njigba.While there have been calls for Lock to be the starter over the struggling Darnold during Seattle’s recent 2-4 stretch, Lock himself missed the last two games with a right elbow injury. Well, he’s back in action against a team he comfortably took apart less than two months ago. Just a few days ago, this QB matchup was Sam Darnold vs. Jacoby Brissett. Now it’s Drew Lock (again) vs. Gardner Minshew II, who’s replacing the benched and otherwise ineffective Brissett.