Everyone can agree that Drew Lock has areas in which he needs to make drastic improvements, but the situation might be much worse than we once thought.

This week, USAToday’s talented Doug Farrar wrote an article looking at who the worst quarterback was for every single type of throw. Lock took home four of the 15 categories, second to only Carson Wentz who was labeled the worst quarterback in football for six of the categories.

Fortunately for Lock’s sake, some of those ‘wins’ come with an asterisk.

“On three-step throws, Lock was the second-worst quarterback in the league last season, and as Dwayne Haskins was the worst, and Haskins is now buried deep on the Steelers’ depth chart after washing out in Washington, we’ll have to put Lock here with his 102 completions on 189 attempts for 1,316 yards, 739 air yards, three touchdowns, nine interceptions, and a passer rating of 61.5,” Farrar wrote.

“On the plus side, Lock can say that he has one thing in common with Tom Brady, who also threw nine interceptions on three-step throws. Of course, Brady also threw 14 touchdowns.”

After the three-step drop, the second area in which Lock lagged behind the rest of the league were throws without play-action. It should also be noted that Lock showed the greatest disparity in play among NFL quarterbacks last season on throws with play-action and without it.

“[W]hen [Lock] is on the field, [offensive coordinator Pat] Shurmur might want to use as much play-action as possible,” Farrar wrote. “With play-action last season, Lock completed 72 passes on 110 attempts for 836 yards, 422 air yards, eight touchdowns, no interceptions, and a passer rating of 112.5. Without it? Oof. Lock completed 182 passes on 333 attempts for 2,097 yards, 1,137 air yards, eight touchdowns, a league-high 15 interceptions, and a league-low passer rating of 63.1.”

Some could point to the additions of Javonte Williams and Quinn Meinerz as a way to further help the play-action game. If the Broncos can build a dominant ground attack, it will make Lock that much more deadly off of play-action.

A dominant run game should also make it much more difficult to blitz Lock consistently, which is another area in which he struggled.

“When facing five or more pass-rushers, Lock completed 59 of 114 attempts for 755 yards, 333 air yards, six touchdowns, a league-high seven interceptions, and a passer rating of 64.8,” Farrar wrote.

Farrar also notes that some of the difference between Lock’s ability to handle the blitz and Bridgewater’s ability might be their different levels of aggressiveness. Bridgewater has no problem taking the check down, while Lock keeps his eyes downfield looking for the big play — which comes back to bite him more often than not.

As one might be able to assume based on his immense struggles against the blitz, Lock is also the worst quarterback in football when under pressure.

“When pressured in any instance, regardless of the number of pass-rushers, Lock completed just 57 passes on 141 attempts for 611 yards, 338 air yards, three touchdowns, a league-high nine interceptions, and a passer rating of (eek) 34.3,” Farrar wrote.

Though fortunately Lock is far from alone in struggling while pressured.

“The surprise name when it comes to a lack of efficiency under pressure beyond Cam Newton, Carson Wentz, and Sam Darnold was Tom Brady, who completed 72 of 167 passes for 903 yards, 608 air yards, three touchdowns, six interceptions, and a passer rating of 51.6 — the fifth-lowest rating in the NFL last season among quarterbacks with at least 100 passing attempts under pressure.”

Now, that has been a common pattern with aging quarterbacks over recent years, but it’s still nice to see Lock with some favorable company.