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UCLA’s Josh Rosen, USC’s Sam Darnold, Wyoming’s Josh Allen and Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield are all among the quarterbacks being discussed as potential first-round picks in the 2018 NFL Draft.
However, Mizzou QB Drew Lock is also gaining serious traction as a possible first-round pick if he decides to forgo his senior year.
According to Dan Patrick, the same NFL scout who told him about Texas Tech QB Patrick Mahomes’ meteoric rise up draft boards last year has also been hearing good things about Lock this year:
Rosen? Darnold? Nah! DP names his QB sleeper to watch pic.twitter.com/EIkbXx5Lsq
— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) December 6, 2017
“This is what happened with Patrick Mahomes,” he said. “Nobody talked about him. This scout says to me, ‘Hey, Mahomes is really moving up. He’s a first-round draft pick and people are going to start trading for him — they’re going to go up and get him.’ That’s when I brought it to your attention and that’s what happened in the draft.
“Same scout said he really, really loves Drew Lock at Missouri. I don’t know if he’s a first-round pick or not. Maybe it’s a second- or third-round pick or something like that, but this is according to the same scout who told me about Patrick Mahomes.”
Lock may still decide to return to Mizzou for his senior season, but if he’s a, well… lock… to be a first-round pick, it’d be hard to fault him for turning pro.
Drew should come back but if he get’s a high grade he will probably go. Also depends on which OC is selected.
“Yikes. second or third round …”. Not good. Stay in schools one more year, like Mayfield and Chase and up the ante, even if the team is 6-6, you’ll show more stats.
I don’t think he’ll go. Why, because he is largely still seen as “meh” in the eyes of the NFL. Second and third is “meh” and 2 million dollars per year too.
exactly, how committed to giving a player a chance is a 2nd or 3rd rounder.
But then again, Chase Daniel has made more money, not playing than a high percentage of NFL starters.
Wolfman and virtualkelly would make a lot more money if we’d just go to Alaska and work on a darn crab boat. ;-) But we won’t do that. We’re old. Drew just started digging the game. He wants to play at a high level. More than a year of “clipboarding” will kill him.
His dad is a successful businessman, so the Locks can exercise some of their own judgement on which draft needs quarterbacks the most. Can we stall that crab boat tour of duty till about July.
Wolfman, His dad and grandpa are Mizzou guys and want him to make history too. He has not beaten Daniel yet.
Kelly, I think you really got to the bottom of this with that last factor3x
By the way, Mahomes is a great comparison to Drew, but he was indeed higher on the board than Drew was/will be. The Chiefs needed a young replacement for Alex Smith (the sooner the better, in my opinion) therefore, he was in demand for that team at that time (they traded up to get there).
I don’t think there’s enough demand overall to offset the number of good QBs available this year for immediate or near-immediate impact. I think Lock would go low in 2018 (2nd-4th) and that’s not worthy of his talents.
He has a great o-line at Mizzou and good receivers and a functioning running game. In his senior year, an OC will have limited impact on him anyway. My view. If Odom can make a defense, he will do well in the eye-test this year as well.
Davis Webb was drafted last year in the third round. His contract is $3.1 mil over 4 years. He’ll probably hold Eli’s clipboard the entire time and learn the game of football from the bench…a proven better way to start your career than just being thrown into the fire year one, BTW. $3.1. Do you know how many years it took me to earn that? Me neither. I’ll let you know when it happens. Drew could have that in the bank before he’s 30. Or he could get injured and be like me. Hmmmmm….Tough choice
“Brett, we’ll welcome you back, we’ll pay you $12 million, but you got to hold the clipboard and ballcap (ph)… You don’t worry about my legacy. And you know, I mean, it’s a bunch of bull. That’s all it is.” — Brett Favre, July 2008
I think Drew is a Brett-type and will want to play as soon as possible. Holding a clipboard is no guarantee and the definition of anonymous. The longer he’s #3, the longer he stays a #3.
It will be better for him if he gets another year of college play under his belt and this is why many QBs stay around beyond the hype.
Did you just compare Drew Lock as a Jr in college to Brett Favre after he made millions? Come on Kel, you’re better than that. There are no guarantees in this game. His stock is pretty solid right now. If he can get a few mil, he should take it.
Nope, Barn. I used a Brett quote to make a point about clipboard attitude, not talent, age or experience. Surely, you saw that.
There seems to be a lot of opinions based on a fans hope. Lock back or not is secondary to me behind whobeill be OCT. If Lock wants a shot the Heisman and be in the conversations of Mizzou lore then he’ll stay. He’s well protected but freak accidents can happen. And I doubt the payday is as pressing as it is for many. But what really worries me is who is going to tell Crist that QBU is real and lives on?! Probably 6 QBs that “completed” their college careers at Mizzou and played at next level in a row.
Who will be OC is how that should of read.
By time the draft begins Lock will be the most sought after QB since that kid from baylor who played for redskins. Robert somebody. I’m telling you straight up he will be first QB taken.
Similar to the UGA/Auburn game, where I was, I believe, the only one to predict a 10+ point victory, I will predict this: Lock will stay. Bet your house on it!
Oh no, you’re not alone. I picked all big three winners: Aubie over Georgia, Aubie over Bama, and then Georgia over Aubie (this can be confirmed buy clicking on my name and scrolling a while). But these were based upon stats.
In my gut, I think Drew will stay, but I won’t bet my house on this one, due to our OC, Voldemort, leaving us for Orlando.
*by … but “buy” is a good word too, almost as good as “bye.”