Maybe.
I love the price point for him right now. 148th overall (round 12) according to
this ADP
Graham is gone and Richardson is gone. I think Brandon Marshall is no longer what he was, Jaron Brown is a deep threat type. Seems like the Seahawks need Lockett to step up and be used more in their offense now.
I love Locketts skill set and route running ability.
Wilson is a great QB and he has started to throw the ball more recently, by plan or necessity or both, but he had 553 pass attempts last season and 546 pass attempts in 2016. With some of the changes to the Seahawks defense this offseason, they look like they will be throwing the ball a lot, if Carrol wants to or not.
So why hasn't Lockett produced more than he has the last two seasons?
Fausts link about Lockett not being fully healthy last season seems like one reasonable explanationm however Lockett played all 16 games and he returned a lot of kicks.
His numbers on offense have actually regressed since his rookie year. That is troubling to me. I don't understand it. I thought he would be an ascending player. He hasn't been.
He had a good stretch of games in 2015 when Jimmy Graham was out of the game. Something I thought might happen again if Graham was out, but nope. He still played behind Kearse in 2016 and then was the 3rd WR again in 2017 with Richardon actually being healthy and playing more than him.
So despite Wilson throwing the ball more, it hasn't helped Lockett yet. I can't even say it was a lack of playing time on offense either. Lockett played on 65% of the offensive snaps last season but was still only 4th in targets.
If Seattle were to take him off kick return duty, even some of it, that would be a good sign that they intend to use him more on offense. Looking at who they have lost and who they have added, I don't really see them having better options.
I don't like that he hasn't managed to improve upon his rookie numbers though. I thought he would have done that by now.