Drew Lock is a Denver Bronco. And they got him at No. 42 overall.
After a few drafts in which John Elway got overly anxious, which ultimately led to disappointing classes, he has done a fantastic job navigating the first and second rounds of the 2019 NFL Draft.
Heck, Lock was a trendy mock draft pick to the Broncos at No. 10 overall, and after a moving down, then up to get the Missouri quarterback in Round 2, they landed my No. 1 signal-caller in this class.
Lock is far from perfect. While his pocket presence improved in his senior season at Missouri, it could be better, and on occasion, he can be late on throws toward the boundary. But Lock has the best arm strength in the class, and is accurate to all levels of the field -- though his ball placement is better at the intermediate and downfield portions of the field than in the short areas.
He's plenty athletic and can make the off-schedule, outside-of-structure throws from a variety of arm angles. And I love his aggressiveness and willingness to zip tight-window throws even after an interception. With a year -- or at least half a season -- behind Joe Flacco, Lock will have time to fine-tune some aspects of his game. In a vertical-based system, Lock can be a dangerous, chunk-play based quarterback who can consistently place the ball into the bucket downfield and rip throws across the middle. Fantastic work by Elway and Co.
