First I was intrigued by this story Matt Waldman told about Lock
I went back and studied Lock's scouting reports coming out of college. He has a strong arm and excelled at the deep ball (his shorter throws less so). He was compared to Matt Stafford. Lock has arm talent, but his mechanics are inconsistent, and he has some questionable.
I studied his stats (not particularly impressive). I read up on his days with the Broncos. Most faulted Lock as well as the Broncos (for failing to support him or playing to his strengths).
I looked at Lock's stats in Seattle (admittedly a bit of a limited data set with 2 full games and two part games) and compared that to Geno Smith- Lock's stats were lower than Smith's)
Daboll has a reputation of a reputation for being a bit of a QB whisperer. Combine that with Lock seeming to understand what it takes to be an NFL QB (he should as he turns 28 in November) there is a chance he could reach the ceiling (a good starter) with the Giants. A lot will hinge on Lock and his ability to improve his mechanics and decision-making (his TD-to-INT ratio is less than ideal).
I think if Lock is pressed into starter duty there is maybe a 10% chance he could be the next Geno Smith or Goff who finds his groove with a team other than the one that drafted him.
If you are interested in learning more about him, here's a good breakdown by Nick Falato
Link to the Waldman quote
https://www.bigblueview.com/2024/4/5/24121878/nfl-draft-matt-waldman-on-the-2024-qb-class-the-development-fallacy-and-much-more#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20remember%20evaluating%20him%20%5BLock,he%20could%20be%20and%20get
Quote"I remember evaluating him [Lock] and saying he looked like a kid who's very talented who at some point in his during his high school career and college career he was probably told by outside quarterback coaches, by coaches in his program things that he could work on to become the best quarterback he could be and get more ready for the NFL. When he came to the league Payton Manning called him up and said anything I can do for you, you let me know. It's easy for me to say as a 54-year-old man in hindsight what I would have liked to have done if I were able to be in Drew Lock's situation at that point because I probably would have said with the wisdom I have now, which is unfair to Drew, but would have been 'can I live in your garage, do chores for you, whatever I need to do and basically spend as much time as possible reviewing film with you and having you reviewing my game and you showing me what conceptually I need to get better at and work and how to work at my craft technically and conceptually to get better.' But from what I was told is that he said thanks and didn't call him back.
"Then, three years later when Teddy Bridgewater was brought to town to compete for his job with him that's when he called Payton Manning."
As it turned out, Lock's father confirmed the accuracy of Waldman's initial collegiate scouting report on Lock.
"His dad told a sideline reporter, I love my son he's a great kid he's a good guy but we've been telling him for years here are little details you need to work on, here are things that you need to get better at when you get to the NFL this is going to be different and he just smiled and nodded, but he didn't work at those things and it's kind of catching up to him. You can see in Seattle when he had some nice games, you kind of get the impression that it's kind of clicked in his head that, oh yeah maybe this is how I need to work. Doesn't make him a bad kid, doesn't make him a bad player, it just means that he had to get better at his job and maybe didn't know how, and maybe it didn't register what was being told to him because it's easy for people to tell you the NFL is a lot tougher.
"I share that because the important point of this is that a lot of players go through this and the NFL doesn't support that well because they force players in immediately."
I went back and studied Lock's scouting reports coming out of college. He has a strong arm and excelled at the deep ball (his shorter throws less so). He was compared to Matt Stafford. Lock has arm talent, but his mechanics are inconsistent, and he has some questionable.
I studied his stats (not particularly impressive). I read up on his days with the Broncos. Most faulted Lock as well as the Broncos (for failing to support him or playing to his strengths).
I looked at Lock's stats in Seattle (admittedly a bit of a limited data set with 2 full games and two part games) and compared that to Geno Smith- Lock's stats were lower than Smith's)
Daboll has a reputation of a reputation for being a bit of a QB whisperer. Combine that with Lock seeming to understand what it takes to be an NFL QB (he should as he turns 28 in November) there is a chance he could reach the ceiling (a good starter) with the Giants. A lot will hinge on Lock and his ability to improve his mechanics and decision-making (his TD-to-INT ratio is less than ideal).
I think if Lock is pressed into starter duty there is maybe a 10% chance he could be the next Geno Smith or Goff who finds his groove with a team other than the one that drafted him.
If you are interested in learning more about him, here's a good breakdown by Nick Falato
Link to the Waldman quote
https://www.bigblueview.com/2024/4/5/24121878/nfl-draft-matt-waldman-on-the-2024-qb-class-the-development-fallacy-and-much-more#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20remember%20evaluating%20him%20%5BLock,he%20could%20be%20and%20get
