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Bills QB option may come from within
Report from NFL Combine
Updated: Thursday, 25 Feb 2010, 9:21 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 25 Feb 2010, 4:07 PM ESTNFL Scouting Combine - The Bills new brain trust, coaches and scouts, have assembled in Indianapolis for the NFL Scouting Combine. And after another season of offensive frustration you'd think they'd be interested in the premium QBs available in the draft this year.
But Bills GM Buddy Nix says the team's preferred option at QB, is one of last year's passers. News 4 Sports spoke to Nix one-on-one at the combine.
"Our priority is to make one (a quarterback) out of the three we've got," Nix told us. "If that's impossible, then we'll look in another direction."
We asked Nix point blank--"That's you're preferred route? To take one of the three (Trent Edwards, Ryan Fitzpatrick, or Brian Brohm) and have him be the guy?"
"We'd like to, yes," Nix responded. "They're ours"
New Bills Head Coach Chan Gailey says he's watched extensive video of both Trent Edwards and Ryan Fitzpatrick, since he took over the job five weeks ago. He only has limited video of Brian Brohm to look at, since Brohm only played in one game. But as for Edwards and Fitzpatrick, Gailey says there's talent on tape.
"It's obvious they're talented," Gailey says. " They wouldn't be in the league if they weren't talented. They played very well in the past, if not this year, than in previous years. It's just a matter of getting consistency in quarterback play."
Nix statements may indicate that the Bills don't think much of the quarterback talent on display here at the combine, especially with Buffalo holding the ninth overall pick in the draft. The team's decison makers may feel they have so many other needs to address, at Offensive Tackle, Defensive Line, and Linebacker, that they can't afford to spend a premium pick on a questionable rookie quarterback.
Bills QB option may come from within
Report from NFL Combine
Updated: Thursday, 25 Feb 2010, 9:21 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 25 Feb 2010, 4:07 PM ESTNFL Scouting Combine - The Bills new brain trust, coaches and scouts, have assembled in Indianapolis for the NFL Scouting Combine. And after another season of offensive frustration you'd think they'd be interested in the premium QBs available in the draft this year.
But Bills GM Buddy Nix says the team's preferred option at QB, is one of last year's passers. News 4 Sports spoke to Nix one-on-one at the combine.
"Our priority is to make one (a quarterback) out of the three we've got," Nix told us. "If that's impossible, then we'll look in another direction."
We asked Nix point blank--"That's you're preferred route? To take one of the three (Trent Edwards, Ryan Fitzpatrick, or Brian Brohm) and have him be the guy?"
"We'd like to, yes," Nix responded. "They're ours"
New Bills Head Coach Chan Gailey says he's watched extensive video of both Trent Edwards and Ryan Fitzpatrick, since he took over the job five weeks ago. He only has limited video of Brian Brohm to look at, since Brohm only played in one game. But as for Edwards and Fitzpatrick, Gailey says there's talent on tape.
"It's obvious they're talented," Gailey says. " They wouldn't be in the league if they weren't talented. They played very well in the past, if not this year, than in previous years. It's just a matter of getting consistency in quarterback play."
Nix statements may indicate that the Bills don't think much of the quarterback talent on display here at the combine, especially with Buffalo holding the ninth overall pick in the draft. The team's decison makers may feel they have so many other needs to address, at Offensive Tackle, Defensive Line, and Linebacker, that they can't afford to spend a premium pick on a questionable rookie quarterback.
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