Happy 26th birthday to Jake Locker
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I love me some DJ (ILTCHDJ) but I always thought the Locker to safety argument was FS. The dropoff from Jack to whatever dreck was backing him up was ginormous. No way in hell he would have been a good enough safety to overcome the dropoff at QB. And the idea that he'd be some star at safety is super far fetched as RoadDawg already addressed. We think the guy who can't stay healthy as a QB was going to to suddenly hold up at strong safety? Nega please.
Yes, the doogs way overrated Lockner as a QB, but that doesn't mean we would have been better off with one of his shit dick backups. Definite abundance. -
Jack is a well spoken hard working player who brings his lunch pale to work every day. Type of guy you'd want your son to be and daughter to date.TierbsHsotBoobs said:
When you've had several different coaches and you still aren't improving, is it really a coaching problem?Tequilla said:Jake never got as much coaching as he needed in college and as a pro has struggled a bit with consistency (see coaching issues) and an ability to stay healthy.
I still think he's got a nice season or two as a professional in him.
And yes Lockner is a coach killer.
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Are you fucking kidding me with that bullshit? Lockner is 8-10 as a starter in his career. Starting 18 games in three years alone is below average for a first round quarterback.Meek said:most of the QBs drafted in the first round don't pan out and I'd say that Locker has already panned out better than most first round QBs... or at least average. Not bad for a kid from Ferndale who had to deal with Tyrone and Sark and keep a pretty modest team competitive against an insane out of conference schedule.
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Locker had an 86.7 rating last year, completed almost 61% of his passes last year, and had a comparable yards per attempt as Tom Brady and Andrew Luck last year to name just a couple.
I'm not dooging it up on Locker, but there's a lot of people that IMO have always been harsher on him than has been deserved. -
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2011/draft.htmTierbsHsotBoobs said:
Are you fucking kidding me with that bullshit? Lockner is 8-10 as a starter in his career. Starting 18 games in three years alone is below average for a first round quarterback.Meek said:most of the QBs drafted in the first round don't pan out and I'd say that Locker has already panned out better than most first round QBs... or at least average. Not bad for a kid from Ferndale who had to deal with Tyrone and Sark and keep a pretty modest team competitive against an insane out of conference schedule.
I still remember how he almost single handedly kept that Ohio State game pretty close.
The first round for QB's as you'd put it was a "fucking dreckfest" and that's being kind.
Newton: He's good
Locker: Bust
Gabbert: Bust
Ponder: Bust
Second round was much better though.
Dalton: He sucks but at least gets to the playoffs
Kaepernik: Might be the best in this draft
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Being a back up quarterback is the best job in sports. Locker is well on his way to living the dream.DerekJohnson said:
That discounts the idea that maybe he flourishes as a safety and makes big time money in a second contract. What about you? Would you rather be mediocre and make a huge payday, or take a chance on playing your natural position for a chance at greatness and big paychecks later on?RoadDawg55 said:I never thought Locker was a great QB, although he was always misused. I never really understood the safety argument though. If you get picked 8th playing QB, you are in the right spot. A backup QB in the NFL makes a couple million. A back up safety plays for the league minimum.
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Not sure how long he'll last as a backup. The NFL prefers smart, accurate backups (see Tebow's departure for details).allpurpleallgold said:
Being a back up quarterback is the best job in sports. Locker is well on his way to living the dream.DerekJohnson said:
That discounts the idea that maybe he flourishes as a safety and makes big time money in a second contract. What about you? Would you rather be mediocre and make a huge payday, or take a chance on playing your natural position for a chance at greatness and big paychecks later on?RoadDawg55 said:I never thought Locker was a great QB, although he was always misused. I never really understood the safety argument though. If you get picked 8th playing QB, you are in the right spot. A backup QB in the NFL makes a couple million. A back up safety plays for the league minimum.
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Locker is going to do well next year IMO.TierbsHsotBoobs said:
Not sure how long he'll last as a backup. The NFL prefers smart, accurate backups (see Tebow's departure for details).allpurpleallgold said:
Being a back up quarterback is the best job in sports. Locker is well on his way to living the dream.DerekJohnson said:
That discounts the idea that maybe he flourishes as a safety and makes big time money in a second contract. What about you? Would you rather be mediocre and make a huge payday, or take a chance on playing your natural position for a chance at greatness and big paychecks later on?RoadDawg55 said:I never thought Locker was a great QB, although he was always misused. I never really understood the safety argument though. If you get picked 8th playing QB, you are in the right spot. A backup QB in the NFL makes a couple million. A back up safety plays for the league minimum.
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Tarvaris Jackson??????TierbsHsotBoobs said:
Not sure how long he'll last as a backup. The NFL prefers smart, accurate backups (see Tebow's departure for details).allpurpleallgold said:
Being a back up quarterback is the best job in sports. Locker is well on his way to living the dream.DerekJohnson said:
That discounts the idea that maybe he flourishes as a safety and makes big time money in a second contract. What about you? Would you rather be mediocre and make a huge payday, or take a chance on playing your natural position for a chance at greatness and big paychecks later on?RoadDawg55 said:I never thought Locker was a great QB, although he was always misused. I never really understood the safety argument though. If you get picked 8th playing QB, you are in the right spot. A backup QB in the NFL makes a couple million. A back up safety plays for the league minimum.
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Charlie Whitehurst says hi. Locker has more talent then him. If you have talent and don't cause problems (Vince Young), you will last for awhile. Locker isn't Tebow.TierbsHsotBoobs said:
Not sure how long he'll last as a backup. The NFL prefers smart, accurate backups (see Tebow's departure for details).allpurpleallgold said:
Being a back up quarterback is the best job in sports. Locker is well on his way to living the dream.DerekJohnson said:
That discounts the idea that maybe he flourishes as a safety and makes big time money in a second contract. What about you? Would you rather be mediocre and make a huge payday, or take a chance on playing your natural position for a chance at greatness and big paychecks later on?RoadDawg55 said:I never thought Locker was a great QB, although he was always misused. I never really understood the safety argument though. If you get picked 8th playing QB, you are in the right spot. A backup QB in the NFL makes a couple million. A back up safety plays for the league minimum.
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