Drew Lock – Noteworthy
Ten bold predictions for the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine: “Other” top-rated QBs will shine in passing drills (but does it matter?)…To my knowledge, I am the only member of the mainstream media to have attended the QB throwing sessions at the Combine every year since National Football Scouting opened the doors to the Pro Football Writers Association back in 2007. That experience tells me to expect the traditional pocket passers of this class – Dwayne Haskins, Drew Lock, Daniel Jones, Jarrett Stidham – to earn rave reviews in the climate-controlled, no pass-rush allowed throwing session. Given that awareness, not accuracy, is the bugaboo for many of this year’s quarterbacks, the QB throwing session this year is even more of a spectacle (than scout-worthy) than most years. – Rob Rang, NFLDraftScout.com
Drew Lock – Noteworthy
The NFL audition continues this week for Drew Lock and a handful of his former Missouri teammates at the NFL Scouting Combine, but the quarterback already passed a crucial test at last month’s Senior Bowl. Coached by Jon Gruden and the rest of the Oakland Raiders’ staff, Lock got an up-close and personal experience playing for a coach known for being notoriously hard on quarterbacks – and left a strong impression. Jim Nagy, the Senior Bowl’s executive director, heard nothing but positive feedback from the NFL coaches and front office personnel who met with Lock and observed his week in Mobile, Ala., where Lock started for Gruden’s North team Jan. 27 in the Senior Bowl, the most prestigious of all-star games for NFL prospects.
“The value for the quarterbacks being connected with that staff is getting under center for the first time, huddling and letting them hear you spit out the verbiage and have presence and command in the huddle,” Nagy said by phone. “For those guys to see him in those moments is so big. Most of these guys in college football are reading plays off cue cards with Daffy Duck and Fred Flintstone on them. But Drew did a really nice job with that West Coast offense. He really made a positive impact.” “You get him on the field and any football person will fall in love with this arm,” Nagy added. “You always look for things you can’t coach, and you can’t coach Drew’s arm talent. It’s hard to find.” – STLtoday