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On the other side of town from Aaron Rodgers, there lives a Drew Lock Fan Club that waits impatiently for him to steal the starting quarterback job from Daniel Jones.<\/p>\n
The backup quarterback is the most popular guy in Giants Town.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say that,\u201d Lock said at Thursday\u2019s Giants OTAs. \u201cI would say I appreciate the people that respect my game and know what I can do, but you\u2019re the backup, and you\u2019re here to help Daniel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lock, signed to a one-year, $5 million deal, is new to the Giants and the last thing he cares to do is rock the Big Blue Boat. Even at only 27, even after 23 NFL starts (28 TDs, 23 INTs) mostly in Denver, patience is more of a virtue for Lock than it is for The Drew Lock Fan Club.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree years I wasn\u2019t a starting quarterback,\u201d Lock said. \u201cI was patient then. I know how to be a backup, and just be ready if and when your time comes. As a backup, you hope it never comes, you hope the team\u2019s playing good football. You hope Daniel stays healthy, but do everything you can to be ready, and when that time comes, just make the best of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
But take heart, Drew Lock Fan Club: Just because Lock is saying all the right things does not mean that he believes he has the sparring partner\u2019s mentality in the ring.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know I can do it,\u201d Lock said. \u201cIt is what it is. Whenever that time comes, if it comes, I\u2019ll be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Broncos made him the 42nd pick of the same draft that saw Jones chosen sixth by the Giants.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were roommates at the Senior Bowl,\u201d Lock recalled. \u201cWe were with [Jon] Gruden and the Raiders that Senior Bowl, so I got to know him there a little bit. I tried to stay up as late as he did studying the playbook, it\u2019s like, \u2018Crap, I\u2019ve got to go to bed, buddy. You going to have to turn the light off.\u2019 He\u2019s been great to be around.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lock doesn\u2019t keep his emotions under lock and key the way Jones so often does, as he regaled the media with his recollection of his 2019 predraft visit with the Bills, when Giants head coach Brian Daboll was the offensive coordinator and Giants quarterbacks coach Shea Tierney was an offensive assistant.<\/p>\n
\u201cI talked to Shea. I didn\u2019t talk to Coach Daboll,\u201d Lock said. \u201cThey had drafted Josh [Allen] the year before. \u2026 Towards the end I kinda had a feeling that Shea was just a normal guy, we\u2019re talking, we\u2019re chilling, I\u2019m like, \u2018Hey Shea, do you guys talk to everybody, \u2019cause you guys just drafted Josh Allen? I\u2019m gonna be respectful and have my conversation, tell you everything I know, but there\u2019s no way you\u2019re picking me right now.\u2019\u200a\u201d<\/p>\n
Lock learned not to pay attention to all the hype surrounding the Giants\u2019 interest in the 2024 Quarterbacks Class.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d say my first couple of years I listened to it,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd then when nothing I heard came true, I was like, \u2018OK, we\u2019re gonna let that be.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m confident in who I am, and the place I decided to come to, and I really like it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He\u2019s having a blast.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst offensive head coach, that\u2019s been fun,\u201d Lock said. \u201cIt\u2019s been fun to have him in my headset. You can tell he\u2019s been doing it for a long time. Great reminders, good tips, but not too much to get you bogged down on what he just said. There\u2019s a lot to it, but it\u2019s been fun to learn, and I can see I can be really successful in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lock was a gunslinger at Missouri, but his arm talent has been somewhat mitigated by decision-making and injury.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got some moxie and competes to him,\u201d Giants assistant GM Brandon Brown. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be a learning process for him, and it\u2019s not gonna be overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lock could not seize the moment when Pete Carroll tabbed Geno Smith as QB1 after Lock had come from Denver to Seattle in the ill-fated Russell Wilson trade. With Jones making progress as he continues to rehab his torn ACL, Lock has an opportunity to close the gap between them in practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing able to just have those reps under your belt definitely builds confidence going into the year,\u201d he said. \u201cLike I said, you hope the time doesn\u2019t come, but if it does, you feel like you\u2019re ready, you\u2019ve been with the guys in the huddle, they know your face. They know your cadence, they know how you operate, and it just makes you feel more comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lock was supportive of Geno Smith in Seattle and he isn\u2019t about to change his stripes now.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis team\u2019s really talented,\u201d Lock said. \u201cOn both sides of the ball. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a position that we lack in. I think it\u2019s a really good team. It\u2019s a team that sticks around all day.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s still Daniel Jones\u2019 team. The Drew Lock Fan Club will be the first to tell you that it is no lock it stays that way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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