2011 Cincy Jungle Mock Draft - The Seattle Seahawks Select...

by Jason Garrison on Mar 20, 2011 9:00 AM EDT in NFL Draft

For the No. 25 pick in the second-annual Cincy Jungle Mock Draft, IgnatiusJReilly selected for the Seattle Seahawks, who have two picks available after trading away their third-round pick to San Diego for Charlie Whitehurst. Here is the pick.....

With the No. 25 pick in the 2011 Cincy Jungle Mock Draft, the Seattle Seahawks select...

Jake Locker, Quarterback, Washington

The Seahawks select...Jake Locker, QB, University of Washington! Matt Hasselbeck will be 36 this September and he already has the spine of an AARP member. Back-up, Charlie "Clipboard Jesus" Whitehurst, who's acquisition resulted in that missing third-round pick mentioned above, doesn't seem to be the answer unless the question is "Who was Jim Caviezel's stunt double in the Mel Gibson film, 'The Passion of the Christ'?".

Had he left Washington for the 2010 draft, the consensus was that Jake Locker had a spot in the top ten on lock. But a lackluster senior season at the helm of an underwhelming Huskies squad- surrounded by a cast that wouldn't qualify as supporting in any sense of the word, took much of the bloom off that particular rose. Hampered by a porous offensive line and a cadre of receivers that hadn't grasped the concept of catching the ball, Locker's draft stock plummeted like Enron. But, after a solid performance at the Senior Bowl and standout numbers at the Combine, the 6-3, 230lb. quarterback has begun to salvage his reputation.

There's never been any question about Jake Locker's athleticism(4.5s 40/35" vertical), about his arm-strength, or about his competitiveness. Accuracy, or the lack thereof, has always been the fly in his ointment- in four years at UW, he never hit the 60 percent completion rate, but this off-season has shown that the blame for some of those errant throws might rightfully rest on the folks who were supposed to be on the receiving end of them.

While the Seattle offensive line needs work, it's light years better than Jake Locker had at Washington and the receiving corps that includes the emerging Mike Williams, the raw but athletic Golden Tate, and a better than average tight end in John Carlson is solid if not spectacular. Add to that, the threat of Marshawn Lynch and the running game- as well as Lynch out of the backfield, and Jake Locker will feel right at home. Give him a year under the tutelage of Hasselbeck and Pete Carroll and Jake Locker will be the face of Seattle football for a long time.

Jake Locker Highlights:

Draft Overview:

#	Team	Picked By	Name/Positon of Pick
1	Carolina	James Shively	Nick Fairley / DT
2	Denver	sexsalad	Patrick Peterson / CB
3	Buffalo	Elguapo09	Von Miller / OLB
4	Cincinnati	Jason Garrison +2	A.J. Green / WR
5	Arizona	Broski	Da'Quan Bowers / DE
6	Cleveland	Joe Goodberry	Marcell Dareus / DL
7	San Francisco	Heybrown	Prince Amukamara / CB
8	Tennessee	Oxalis	Cam Newton / QB
9	Dallas	Jim0ijk	Robert Quinn / DE
10	Washington	Pardon_My_French	Blaine Gabbert / QB
11	Houston	Joe27	Julio Jones / WR
12	Minnesota	CarsonOrBust	Tyron Smith / OL
13	Detroit	The_Black_Stripes	Cameron Jordan / DL
14	St. Louis	Jaegner	Aldon Smith / DE
15	Miami	JaredM	Mark Ingram / RB
16	Jacksonville	Whodatchemsit	JJ Watt / DE
17	New England (from Oakland / Seymour)	UpStateMike	Anthony Castonzo / OT
18	San Diego	Quickslant	Mike Pouncey / OG
19	New York Giants	TheDealio	Akeem Ayers / OLB
20	Tampa Bay	Doc Scratch	Ryan Kerrigan / DE
21	Kansas City	Indesignkat	Corey Liuget / DT
22	Indianapolis	Ddbumpus	Nate Solder / OT
23	Philadelphia	Buckeyenut12	Gabe Carimi / OT
24	New Orleans	FriarBob	Cameron Heyward / DE
25	Seattle	IgnatiusJReilly	Jake Locker/ QB
26	Baltimore	FriarBob
27	Atlanta	TruWhoDey
28	New England	UpStateMike
29	Chicago	Bsmith4256
30	New York Jets	Polo_614
31	Pittsburgh	Jason Garrison
32	Green Bay	Sean Weaver
33	New England (from Carolina / Armanti Edwards)	UpStateMike
34	Buffalo	Elguapo09
35	Cincinnati	Jason Garrison +2
36	Denver	sexsalad
37	Cleveland	Jason Garrison
38	Arizona	Broski
39	Tennessee	Oxalis
40	Dallas	Jim0ijk
41	Washington	Pardon_My_French
42	Houston	Joe27
43	Minnesota	CarsonOrBust
44	Detroit	The_Black_Stripes
45	San Francisco	Heybrown
46	Denver (from Miami / Brandon Marshall)	sexsalad
47	St. Louis	Jaegner
48	Oakland	NoodleXV
49	Jacksonville	Whodatchemsit
50	San Diego	Quickslant
51	Tampa Bay	Doc Scratch
52	New York Giants	TheDealio
53	Indianapolis	Ddbumpus
54	Philadelphia	Buckeyenut12
55	Kansas City	Indesignkat
56	New Orleans	FriarBob
57	Seattle	IgnatiusJReilly
58	Baltimore	Joe Goodberry
59	Atlanta	TruWhoDey
60	New England	UpStateMike
61	San Diego (from NYJets / Antonio Cromartie)	Quickslant
62	Chicago	Bsmith4256
63	Pittsburgh	FriarBob
64	Green Bay	Sean Weaver
65	Carolina	James Shively
66	Cincinnati	Jason Garrison +2
67	Denver	sexsalad
68	Buffalo	Elguapo09
69	Arizona	Broski
70	Cleveland	FriarBob
71	Dallas	Jim0ijk
72	New Orleans (from Washington / Jammal Brown)	FriarBob
73	Houston	Joe27
74	New England (from Minnesota / Randy Moss)	UpStateMike
75	Detroit	The_Black_Stripes
76	San Francisco	Heybrown
77	Tennessee	Oxalis
78	St. Louis	Jaegner
79	Miami	JaredM
80	Jacksonville	Whodatchemsit
81	Oakland	NoodleXV
82	San Diego	Quickslant
83	New York Giants	TheDealio
84	Tampa Bay	Doc Scratch
85	Philadelphia	Buckeyenut12
86	Kansas City	Indesignkat
87	Indianapolis	Ddbumpus
88	New Orleans	FriarBob
89	San Diego (from Seattle / Charlie Whitehurst)	Quickslant
90	Baltimore	Jason Garrison
91	Atlanta	TruWhoDey
92	New England	UpStateMike
93	Chicago	Bsmith4256
94	New York Jets	Polo_614
95	Pittsburgh	Joe Goodberry
96	Green Bay	Sean Weaver
97	(possible compensatory)
98	(possible compensatory)
99	(possible compensatory)
100	(possible compensatory)

Poll

Do you agree with this pick?

Yes, I love it!

36 votes

Good player, but not what the team needs

5 votes

Right position (group) but wrong player

11 votes

No, I don't agree at all

9 votes

Mmm... Donuts!

6 votes

67 votes | Poll has closed

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Oh, also,

I failed to mention the added benefit of putting a$$es in seats by drafting the local boy.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Mar 20, 2011 9:44 AM EDT reply actions

I'm just not sold on Locker

So I hope he gets drafted before we pick in the 2nd. Yeah, he had a bad line, and didn’t have great receivers, but as a four year starter, I’d have to believe that at least one of those years, he could’ve cracked 60% or 7.09 yards per attempt.
I have to say though, in highlight video, he did look fast when he took off down the field.

Fight Bengals Fatalism!

by Paul Cannon on Mar 20, 2011 3:48 PM EDT reply actions