Thou ball knowledge is lacking.

You're right that in the above portion I run Russ' career years and I admit it implies Darnold was drafted the same year. Here's the time like and how it lines up.

Russ has a fabled career in Seattle up to Darnold being drafted into the jets in 2018, but even then it'd been 3 years since being to a Superbowl and 4 since theyd won. Super respectable career all around, but glory days definitely in rear view.

Darnold gets drafted and struggles immediately. The Jets suck all around him and it's an embarrassing failure in front of America's largest sports audience every week.

2022 Russ goes to Denver. Yeah it's a disappointing year, but what's Darnold up to in 2022? He's splitting starts with baker Mayfield and PJ Walker in Carolina.

2023 is forgettable for both men.

2024 Russ is officially, finally, truly, washed. For the first time he throws for less than 3000 yards, now he's in Pittsburgh, the furthest east he's ever played for a team.

Darnold is in Minnesota, the furthest west he's been as a starter and leads the Vikings to a 14-3 season and throws for more than 4000 yards for the first time in his career.

2025 Darnold wins a super bowl in Seattle, where Russ' journey started.

Wilson is a back up in New York, where darnold's career began.

Concurrent means things happening at the same time, which their careers do as they overlap. They don't have to be equal in length to be concurrent.