Every quarterback at any level of football throws interceptions from time to time. Those sorts of mistakes are just part of the game and are generally nothing to be too embarrassed about. However, the pick Seattle Seahawks quarterback Drew Lock threw during the team’s final preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys on Friday was absolutely embarrassing.
In the second quarter of Seattle’s 27-26 loss to the Cowboys, the Seahawks were near midfield when Lock stepped back for a first-down pass. After some brief hesitation in the pocket, Lock turned and threw to the flats to his left. Lock’s intended receiver was Penny Hart, but instead, he threw the ball right to Dallas Cowboys receiver Nahshon Wright, who hauled in what is probably the easiest interception of his life.
Drew Lock pic.twitter.com/l6BUt8r3NP
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) August 27, 2022
It might be the worst interception we see from any NFL quarterback all year, and we haven’t even made it to the regular season yet.
Naturally, Lock’s embarrassing throw made waves on social media, with the NFL world taking the opportunity to make fun of the quarterback.
I love me some Drew Lock, but uhh did he just throw an out route vs. a cover 2 corner? It’s hard to bait the computer to do that in Madden, on a rookie.
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) August 27, 2022
“we might have two #1 QBs” https://t.co/BAGzDpYlYn
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) August 27, 2022
The drew lock experience https://t.co/4tYbFTyFDn
— Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) August 27, 2022
Drew Lock is fascinating, because in the same game he will thread a beautiful deep ball between two defenders for a touchdown — a throw maybe 5-10 QBs make — and then also throw the ball directly to a defensive back four times. https://t.co/PcBACNP5Xa
— Scott Chasen (@ChasenScott) August 27, 2022
This is what tanking looks like pic.twitter.com/WSthMVUdMj
— Travis Fulton (@travisfulton) August 27, 2022
It was a bad day all around for Lock. Not only did he throw this embarrassing interception, but he also threw two other picks and lost the starting quarterback job to veteran Geno Smith.
Some days just aren’t your day. And Thursday certainly wasn’t Lock’s.