With the NFL quarterback carousel spinning at a historic pace it is fair to say the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks are ready to sit this round out. Well, maybe the Seahawks might make a play for the jobless Baker Mayfield. Highly unlikely but these are strange times indeed. Who would have thought three weeks Drew Lock would be competing for the starting job in Seattle while Russell Wilson would be the heir apparent to the Broncos Hall of Fame pedigree?
MOVING ON
While Lock is unsure of his competition for the Seahawks starting job he is ready to take on all comers. The Bronco’s second-round pick 42nd overall in the 2019 draft met with Seattle media Monday afternoon for the first time since his trade to the Seahawk was announced.
HIS REACTION TO BEING TRADED
“You know, I would say that I knew something was going to happen, regardless. Something’s happened in the quarterback room in almost every team in this league after every offseason. It is what it is, those type of things happen. I was ready for something to happen, and then when I found out that this is what happened, I was really, really excited. Excited for a fresh start, excited to come in and compete for a starting job and do everything I can to show this organization and show this league what I’m capable of doing, and that’s playing really good football.”
With the Broncos Lock Started 21 of 24 games played for Denver, completing 421 of 710 passes (59.3%) for 4,740 yards with 25 touchdowns and 20 interceptions (79.3 rating) to go along with 285 rushing yards on 72 attempts (4.0 avg.) with five rushing scores during his career.
Of the three years, he was with the Broncos 2020 was by far his best. Lock set career numbers in every category. Unfortunately for Lock, not all the career numbers were good. Lock committed 18 turnovers 15 of which were interceptions in the 13 games. The 15 interceptions led the league. Lock was the Broncos starter for the final three games, all loses but had zero interceptions.
A FREST START
No doubt the move to the Seahawks represents a fresh start for Lock who has a chance to cash in if he is able to become the franchise quarterback the Broncos hoped he would be, and the Seahawks hope he can be. Part of the Seahawk’s intrigue is Lock’s familiarity with Shane Waldron’s offense.
“I obviously know a little bit about coach (Shane) Waldron’s system. It’s similar to the one that I ran my rookie year when I first got into the league and, you know, I got to play the end of that year and we played really good football. We won four of the five games, and I played efficient football, took care of the ball, scored in the red zone, hit the deep shots when they were there.
It’s kind of just the family it comes from. I mean, if you go watch, if you go watch those years, when coach Waldron was at LA, and you go watch some of the San Francisco stuff, some of the stuff that we ran in Denver, the “West Coast,” so to say. You can just find a lot of similarities, whether that’s footwork, whether that’s route concepts, whatever it may be, the path from under center, whatever.
There’s a lot that goes into that, but it was a lot of the similar stuff that I ran my first year. Even some of the verbiage that you hear, which is exciting because that system holds a holds a dear place in my heart because I was playing really good football at that time, and it’s exciting to be able to get back to a system that’s like that.”
SWITCHING JERSEY NUMBERS
When Lock takes the field during OTA’s which are yet to be scheduled he will be wearing jersey number two instead of his customary three.
“Well, for one, as long as football goes on, Russell Wilson will be very special to this place, very special to Seattle. And I know what it takes to, kind of build a legacy. You know, you wouldn’t, you wouldn’t go wear 18 in Indianapolis, you wouldn’t go wear 12 in Green Bay. It’s a sign of respect for him from me, but also at the same time, I want to write my own story here. You know, I want to see what two does for us. You know, I want to make that me.
You know, I don’t want to fight against Russell, he’s done so many great things for this place and so many great things for the city of Seattle and the state of Washington. I want two to remember it as Drew Lock, not three was Russell and Drew. I want two to be Drew, and that’s just kind of been my mindset on it. I have the utmost respect for him and that was kind of a move in showing that.”
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