I’ll go out on a limb and say that if Pete Carroll truly believes that Drew has the makings of an Elite NFL QB, that the Denver Bronco’s never got onboard with, or invested in his talent or potential coming out of College into the League, like other 1st Round QB’s receive, especially when a team intends to groom them as a franchise prospect.
It could be that the Broncos, looked past Lock and instead went all in with Flaco, in their ongoing obsession and frenzy to get back in the hunt.
Much like what is evidenced by their most recent act of desperation making a play to bring Russell Wilson in as their next man up, to rescue their team, and return them to their former glory, when Flaco didn’t pan out like they hoped.
It appears that the entire time Drew Lock was in Denver, he was regarded as excess baggage, lost in the Broncos baggage claim area, for the last 3 seasons, with no real plans, much less thoughts of using him as a viable solution.
I know with all the knocks on Drew Lock, coming into Seattle, I had to stop and remind myself that Pete Carroll had saw something in this guy when he was expected to go in the 1st round of the draft, and while it was a long shot that year, that the Seahawks would have any chance at drafting Drew, the fact that the Seahawks did have Drew on their wish list of prospects, and would have pulled the trigger, were he still available when their 1st pick of the Draft came around.
If that is all true, and Pete wasn’t just shucking us to hype up our recent acquisition of him in the Wilson trade, and Pete truly thought he saw something in Drew back then, something that convinced him that Drew might be a potential replacement for Russell Wilson, we’re the unthinkable ever happen. That is a hell of a compliment to Drew, given that Pete had to believe that a QB like Drew could have been standing in the wings, properly groomed and developed with the attention a potential premier QB was due them, ready to assume the role of a starting QB for the Seattle Seahawks had his fate played out differently.
I’ve always been a damn fatalist, in that as a general rule I reject the notions that things happen by chance. I do believe that there is method to the apparent madness in the world around us.
Is it a complete coincidence that the QB Pete had targeted in a draft 3 years ago, as a potential replacement for Russell Wilson, having recently arrived on Seattle’s doorstep? Just when Russell decided he’d better get going while the going was still good, and before everyone figured out that he was shot, and that his best years were behind him, believing that he could still fool one more team for a mega payday before it was too late.
I can’t help but reflect on when Russell 1st arrived in Seattle as a 3rd round draft pick, and no one thought he was going to roll out as our starter in his Rookie season, or become the mega star QB that he became. So now we have a 1st Round Draft pick, suiting up to potentially become our starting QB, and almost no one can consider that he might succeed.
Pete knows exactly what kind of QB his team needs to be a top contender in their division. On the off chance Pete’s not just blowing smoke up our collective asses, and he really does believe that Drew Lock is the guy for the job, why would we doubt him, this is the same Pete Carroll that ignored and rejected all the naysayers when he told his Rookie, Russell Wilson, that he had the starting position.
If after things get underway and it appears that Drew Lock has won his competition for the starting QB, I vote we quit second guessing a man who has forgotten more about the game of football than most will ever know, and get behind him for a change.
Can you imagine a Seahawks season where there weren’t the usual suspect setting their character assassination sights on Pete Carroll at every opportunity, real or imagined, and we all actually got behind him and our Seahawks team?
It’s been awhile since we’ve seen that. Let me think, uhm I think it was a few years back when we were winning division titles and going to Super Bowls, correct me if I’m mistaken. There’s an applicable saying, “if you can’t lead, then follow, if you can’t follow, then get the hell out of the way and let those who can do.
You serve no purpose in the scheme of things if all you do is create chaos, and run interference. If you claim to be a fan, then be one. Find someway to support your team and fellow fans. I’m not saying you shouldn’t share you’re opinions or suggestions, I am saying you need to pause and ask yourself what your motives are before you do. If your offering constructive criticisms please do, if your just looking to criticize, offering no solutions and with no other objectives than to
Demean and belittle, then you may want to keep it to yourself, or risk being viewed as anything but a 12 or a fan.
Just my thoughts, they are not likely shared by all.