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Your Next QB? - Yeah...It's About Him


Yeah, I already know some folks are going to eviscerate me in the comments, but Jake Locker could be the Redskins next QB. Folks have debated and other people are down right against a QB in the first place. The main knock? His accuracy. While reading about Wonderlic scores and the the potential draft boycott I ran across this article by the Washington Huskies blogger Rich Linde: http://www.4malamute.com/watch.html

Highlights from the article after he jump. (PLEASE READ THE FINAL PARAGRAPH OF THIS POST BEFORE COMMENTING)

 

 

Performance at the University of Washington

As a dual-threat quarterback, Locker set a school record for total touchdowns (accounted for) with 82 -- 53 passing and 29 rushing. He holds the school record for career rushing yards by a quarterback (1,856) and the single season record (986, 2007). Locker is second to Cody Pickett in career passing yards (7,583; 2007-2010). In 2010, he led Washington to a victory over Nebraska in the Holiday bowl, the Huskies' first bowl appearance in eight years.

In keeping with his dedication and loyalty to the team, Jake twice won the Guy Flaherty Most Inspirational Award (2009, 2010), the UW's oldest and most prestigious team honor.

 

 

Senior Bowl

Criticism notwithstanding, Locker had a most respectable passing-efficiency rating of 142.32 in the Senior Bowl, the best rating of the three quarterbacks playing for the North; a defensive pass interference penalty robbed him of a sure touchdown pass. He completed 60% of his passes on the game.

 

All-Star Football Challenge

In the 2011 All-Star Football Challenge, Locker and WR Austin Pettis of Boise State won the quarterback/receiver competition, which was a measure of accuracy and delivery as far as the quarterback was concerned. Locker and Pettis beat out the quarterback/receiver combinations of Ryan Mallett (Arkansas) and Torrey Smith (Maryland), second, and the combination of Andy Dalton (TCU) and Jordan Todman (Connecticut), which finished third.

I found this one to be very interesting simply because Locker to Pettis could be a realistic scenario for the Redskins. 

 

Mike Shanahan on Locker's accuracy

When people question Locker's accuracy, it is his accuracy from the pocket. He's as accurate as any quarterback in this draft throwing on the move, so says Mike Shanahan of the Washington Redskins. "He can do some things outside the pocket that most quarterbacks can't do."

 

Last, but not least. The Redskins head coach in his own words. 

 

 

Locker: Goal is to quiet critics over accuracy

Source: blogs.nfl.com

 

The game he points to as his best? Washington vs. Oregon St. 

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302890264

His stats:  Comp. 21/35 (60%) / 286 Yds/ 8.2 avg./ 5 TD/ 1 INT

 

 

I'm no scout or draft expert, but common sense tells you that a dude who would have gone 1st overall last year, and who would have gone to us at #4 had he stayed in and slipped past #1, didn't somehow erase the 3 yrs of film that preceded the 1 yr. of film from last year. It' unconscionable that the same guy from last year was so incredibly terrible this year. If he had accuracy issues, they were there last year as well. No one knows what the outcome WILL be, but Locker is not as terrible as some folks are making him out to be. A potential #1 overall pick last year isn't even worthy of being a 1st round pick this year? Please someone...help me do that math?