Before and After Sam Darnold: Vikings fire 'analytics GM' as Schneider rakes in awards

Sam Darnold is changing the lives of general managers everywhere

Being a general manager who tangles with Sam Darnold must be like eating a box of Harry Potter jelly beans, the ones that have some really good flavors mixed with pranks like “booger” and “gluten-free earwax”. Darnold’s GMs have gone through both the agony and the ecstasy in matter of a week:

In the same month that John Schneider is sweeping awards given…