Locker=Alex? SI thinks so.

Interesting piece by Don Banks on SI.com, drawing heavily on Mike Mayock. Mayock thinks Locker is a 1st-rounder or close to it, but another unnamed scout says the scariest thing a 9er fan could hear:
"[Locker's] not very natural,'' the scout said. "At the end of the day, he's indecisive in the pocket, and I've got reservations about guys like that. Pop in a tape of Alex Smith. ... To me, the issues are the same with Locker. [Stuff] happens fast back there [in the pocket], and it's often not very clean. He'll cock it one time, and then re-cock it, and by that time the defenders are on you. I think there are some real similarities between the two, Locker and Smith. Mallett is natural. Cam Newton is natural. Locker's not very natural.''

Uh-oh. Mayock and the unnamed scout are more positive about Andy Dalton, Gabbert (compared to Roethlisberger), and Newton.

Here's the link:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/don_banks/01/12/2011-nfl-draft/index.html?xid=cnnbin&hpt=Sbin

We've already been discussing this topic in two different threads:

http://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/thread.php?num=151475&page=6

http://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/thread.php?num=147300&highlight=jake%20locker