Drew Lock Says He Is Coming To The Giants As A Pushy Backup Quarterback

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.: Just days after becoming a member of the New York Giants as a free agent, quarterback Drew Lock is clearing the air about his choice to go away Seattle and transfer to the East Coast.

Contrary to what Seahawks common supervisor John Schneider expressed, Lock mentioned the Giants didn’t provide the 27-year-old the prospect to compete with Daniel Jones for the beginning job. Nor does he see this as a possibility to have a giant yr and money in like Baker Mayfield did by signing a $100 million cope with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

“Daniel Jones is the starter of this team,” Lock mentioned Friday. “Now, I need to come in and push Daniel to be the best that he can be.”

That’s the function that Lock had performed for Geno Smith with the Seahawks the previous two years, and earlier than that for Teddy Bridgewater with the Broncos in 2021. When Lock was the starter early in his profession in Denver, Brett Rypien pushed him.

“I’ve had both sides of this,” mentioned Lock, who signed a one-year, $5 million contract with the Giants. “I’ve been a guy to push the starter, I’ve been a guy that’s been pushed by the backups. It’s about making that room the best it can be. If we can do that, the sky’s the limit for that.”

Lock’s choice to signal with the Giants (6-11) appeared to catch Schneider off guard.

“They basically sold him on the opportunity to compete to be the starter,” Schneider mentioned Thursday on Seattle Sports Radio 710AM. “And he felt like it was the right opportunity. He looked at Baker Mayfield’s opportunity last year and felt that this could be something similar.”

Lock mentioned he referred to as Schneider after agreeing to a cope with New York and thanked him for the previous two years and serving to him to enhance. He mentioned he by no means talked about Mayfield, who he considers an in depth buddy.

With Mike Macdonald changing Pete Carroll because the coach in Seattle, Lock mentioned he must study a brand new offense regardless of the place he signed. He additionally mentioned he has an excellent relationship with Jones. They had been roommates on the 2019 Senior Bowl.

Jones was the sixth choose general within the draft that yr and Lock was taken within the second spherical at No. 42 by Denver.

Lock had an up-and-down profession in Denver. He posted a 4-1 file whereas beginning the ultimate 5 video games of his rookie season however he slipped to 4-9 in his second season. Bridgewater took over because the starter in 2021 and Lock was 1-5 filling in. The former Missouri product was 1-1 in two seasons in Seattle.

“I know I’m a different quarterback,” Lock mentioned. “I know I’m a different guy than what I was two, or three years ago. My first year in Seattle, I’m a different guy my second year there. It’s a product of being around really good coaches, and quarterbacks. Geno was amazing to me. That was one of the harder relationships to leave.”

Lock is wanting ahead to working with coach Brian Daboll and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka. He referred to as Daboll a “quarterback wizard” due to his work with Josh Allen in Buffalo and he’s aware of Kafka as a result of he’s from Kansas City, when Kafka was Patrick Mahomes’ quarterbacks coach.

“The ceiling is really high, in my opinion,” Lock mentioned. ”I’m excited to get right here and present this place what I’m manufactured from.”

The Giants, who misplaced veteran Tyrod Taylor to the Jets in free company, hope to have Jones prepared for the season opener. He tore an ACL towards the Raiders in October and had surgical procedure the next month. Lock and Tommy DeVito will most likely get many of the work within the OTAs and obligatory minicamp.

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