Drew Lock Returns

[nwHawk]

Howell is a training camp arm at this point. Drew is a little more experienced, and probably better suited to be the backup.

 

[Hawkstorian]

I can't see Howell staying on the team, I expect someone will give up a 6th rounder for him, or at least a 7th.

There is no logical scenario where another team gives up even a 7th round pick for Sam Howell.

 

[BGHawk]

Relax..we are stockpiling trade bait

 

[Chuckwow]

My thoughts exactly. We traded for Howell and I assume they did so hoping he might be able to progress into a starter for us. Instead we saw what he had for a year and paid Darnold instead. Ask me last week and I would have been surprised to see Howell go anywhere. Now I’d be surprised if he isn’t gone before the end of the draft.

Are you talking practices? Cuz I sure didn't get to see what Howell could do over the course of the year. Oh hell no. What I saw was our (new) coach and perhaps our GM walking around on eggshells not daring to piss geno off by pulling him out of a game so Howell could get some much needed minutes. There were at least a half dozen games we put Geno and his looming bonus ahead of the Seattle Seahawks.

 

[kidhawk]

Are you talking practices? Cuz I sure didn't get to see what Howell could do over the course of the year. Oh hell no. What I saw was our (new) coach and perhaps our GM walking around on eggshells not daring to piss geno off by pulling him out of a game so Howell could get some much needed minutes. There were at least a half dozen games we put Geno and his looming bonus ahead of the Seattle Seahawks.

When I say “we saw” I’m talking about the team. They worked with him a full year and chose to bring in Darnold. IMO that showed a lack of faith in Howell as anything more than a backup. Now with bringing back Lock I’m not so sure they plan to keep Howell this year and definitely not after this season. If they can get anything now they should.

 

[Double Tribble]

I sure look forward to the day when we have a top five qb on the roster again. If JS would put as much effort into acquiring one as he does churning over mediocre players, we might actually get somewhere. Tiresome.

 

[Cyrus12]

Lock > Howell.

 

[SuperSonic67]

Are you talking practices? Cuz I sure didn't get to see what Howell could do over the course of the year. Oh hell no. What I saw was our (new) coach and perhaps our GM walking around on eggshells not daring to piss geno off by pulling him out of a game so Howell could get some much needed minutes. There were at least a half dozen games we put Geno and his looming bonus ahead of the Seattle Seahawks.

Hey Sam! Welcome to the party brother!

 

[Sperrydogg]

I like Drew! No problem with him being our backup. Let him and Howell fight it out for 2nd string. I’ll always remember that Eagles game.

Yeah that game was fun and drew was inspiring afterwards

 

[glenwo2]

I don't think we draft a QB now this year. Can't see us having Darnold, Lock, Howell and a rookie QB on the roster and Hall on the PS

This is the feeling I'm getting.

They are going to give Darnold at least this season with no actual QB competition for him to look over his shoulder at.

If he has another good season (this time with the Seahawks), then there won't be much of a need to draft a young QB.

At least that's my take on this.

 

[glenwo2]

The QB on our PS is a goner, for sure.

The other three, Lock, Howell, Darnold will battle it out for the starting; one of the three will go to the PS. My heart goes with Lock, after all our in-house QB guru, Mr. John Schneider, traded for him not once but twice. Although My left brain goes with Darnold, he was drafted higher and just had a good season. My right brain firmly voting for Howell, dude has what it takes to go all the way. The heart and, left/right brain battling it out.

Aren't we the envy of teams? They would be lucky to have one franchise QB, we have THREE!

I sit here reading your comments and I'm wondering to myself :

Does he speak in the language of "sarcasm" to his friends and family, too? How do they deal with that?

 

[Hawkpower]

I sure look forward to the day when we have a top five qb on the roster again. If JS would put as much effort into acquiring one as he does churning over mediocre players, we might actually get somewhere. Tiresome.

We turned down a top 5 QB that was available and signed Lock instead?

Who knew?

 

[glenwo2]

So a quarterback who sucks is now backing up a quarterback who also sucks? Got it!

 

[glenwo2]

That’s what Flynn thought too.

I do agree that Darnold is our starter barring injury but stranger things have happened.

Not this, though.

This would be the all-time stranger-things of stranger-things.


Even stranger than the stranger things movie.

 

[Mistashoesta]

2 years 5 mill

 

[JayhawkMike]

We just traded Mr. Mediocrity and now we are signing Mr. Middling back on the team? JS please quit.

 

[Chukarhawk]

Head scratcher for sure. Lock sucks. Highly doubt we take a QB now. we now have 5 QBs on the roster. Really odd.

 

[toffee]

Please 12s, look at this game:

Drew Lock has what it takes to power the Hawks deep into the playoff, I disagree with yo'all that Lock didn't come to be a backup, he is the original Schneider QB, he is here to surprise.

 

[GemCity]

If we don't pick up a QB in the draft, I think it's more likely this goes down to final cut downs. We'd be lucky to get a sixth rounder for Howell at this point. Schneider doesn't like having more than two rostered QBs, but we've had backup competitions before.

Against what I believe, I don’t see JS taking a QB.

Imo, you have to take shots at the position at some point. With an abundance of picks this year, the timing is right.

But…it’s not happening. A backup that had a good season surrounded by an immensely talented team will certainly be our starter. His backup is another backup…that’s destined to only be a backup.

Hold our beers…

 

[GemCity]

Head scratcher for sure. Lock sucks. Highly doubt we take a QB now. we now have 5 QBs on the roster. Really odd.

This cements the fact that we’re not taking a QB.

Odd to me as well but, ofc…gotta trust the process or get thrown to the wolves.

You know what? F that. At this point, I prefer the wolves. Geno fit in nicely after Russ. We all know last season’s offense had a lot to do with Grubb being over his head.

We tried…no counteroffer…gone.

I’m sorry fellow netizens. We can bring up stats all day. We just downgraded at QB and we signed a career backup to be the backup with many other QBs on the roster.

If a rook QB doesn’t fall right in our lap, we have our answer. Hell…maybe even if that happens, we still have our answer.