The Facts:
The
loss of Michael Crabtree has caused a lot of worrying about the team's passing game, with potential solutions ranging from signing Brandon Lloyd to A.J. Jenkins stepping up, to an offense that runs more than ever. Barely mentioned as a potential help to the team: Colin Kaepernick's roommate, Lockette.
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Lockette, 27, is a Seahawks castoff with two career catches. He entered the league as an undrafted free agent in 2011. But he has the advantages of getting home schooled by Kaepernick every night. As NFL.com's Gregg Rosenthal suggests, Lockette looks the part at 6-2 and 212 pounds. He was a national track champion in community college and Division III and is now described as perhaps "Kaepernick's closest confidant." Even before Crabtree's injury, HC Jim Harbaugh was talking up Lockette as a factor. Sounds like we'll get a chance to see if he's ready to push for a role. He'll have to get past Jenkins and rookie Quinton Patton to do so. "We'll put Jenkins, Patton, and Lockette at the same position and let them compete and emerge," Harbaugh said Friday. "The good news is somebody will emerge because they have to. ... I very much anticipate that will happen." As
previously noted, Mario Manningham and/or Kyle Williams could be factors depending on their health
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