When the Seahawks traded Russell Wilson to the Broncos and got Drew Lock back, it was known Lock would have to fight for a starting job with Geno Smith.
Instead, he's being put up against tennis social media accounts.
Lock caught a stray from the US Open Twitter account when a Seahawks fan used one of the three canned responses from Twitter trolls in response to ESPN posting the video of Nick Kyrgios' through-the-legs serve against Stefanos Tsitsipas at Wimbledon. The user said "not a sport," to which the US Open replied:
not a sport says the person about to watch 17 games of Drew Lock at QB
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) July 2, 2022
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Predictably, the NFL world took great joy in Lock getting dunked on for basically no reason, and the US Open's account reveled in its 15 minutes.
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) July 2, 2022
every blue checkmark on this website are in our mentions rn
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) July 2, 2022
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) July 2, 2022
Lock, to his credit, was a very good (real) sport about the exchange as he wished everyone a happy Independence Day.
Happy 4th to all but especially to the intern at the @usopen 🇺🇸😂❤️12s
— Drew Lock (@DrewLock23) July 4, 2022
The US Open made its response as well, seemingly burying the hatchet and leaving nothing to say.
that’s our quarterback 🥲 https://t.co/jg6HAX99ha
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) July 4, 2022
Lock is heading into his fourth year in the NFL after being a second-round pick by the Broncos.
