Archives for April 28, 2011

‘Newton has horrible footwork, a wind-up delivery and throws almost entirely with his arm and not his body. His Wonderlic score was abysmal and in college he ran what could generously be called a Pop Warner offense (Dick Jauron where are you?).’

‘"Once all the evaluations are done, then you weigh risk-reward, strengths, weaknesses, and you make a decision that’s best for the Bills this year and the future," Gailey said recently. "You can’t have just tunnel vision for this year; we have to look at the broad spectrum of where we’re headed as a franchise."’

‘"It obviously is extremely important, and certainly where we’re picking, we’ve got to hit it on the nose," said Tom Modrak, Bills vice president of college scouting. "There’s no way around it."’

‘The belief is the top two on the Bills’ board are Newton and Marcell Dareus.’

‘Finding a franchise quarterback is seldom easy in the NFL. One way or another, the Bills seem ready to give it a shot. You can’t blame them if they roll the dice. One of these days, they’re bound to get it right.’