Q: Can you talk about the mixed comments on Brady Quinn?
A: "I have a lot of mixed comments on him but I will give you the positive. He's going to play big. He's really strong. He's extremely self conscious and you know that by looking at his body. He's a leader. He's tough. He's played a lot of football. He knows a lot about pro football just playing for Charlie Weis and how they change protection.Those are all pluses. He's a pretty good, short ball thrower. He's a really average, down the field thrower. Very average and that bothers me. But in the NFL, if he throws on the run, I think he's really good throwing on the run and that's how he will survive. He will survive because he's big, he's tough, he knows how to lead people, he knows how to be a quarterback, and he'll move around. He'll make a few plays running around throwing because that's probably what he does best at this time. I will be surprised if he doesn't go high in the draft just because if you are certain teams you can't continuously keep passing on quarterbacks, the Raiders are one and the Cleveland Browns are the other one."
Q: Do you think the relationship between Romeo Crennel and Charlie Weis will impact Crennel's decision to draft Quinn?"
A: "It gives Romeo Crennel a chance to really get more information. Romeo is going to make a decision that is true to himself. I don't think Charlie can make that pick for him. Or Phil Savage or whoever makes the decision for Cleveland. I used to be a Brady Quinn fan big time. I didn't think he improved. Then as I really studied him, I saw some of the faults in the throwing. So many of the factors outweigh it; his size, his toughness, the fact that he is going to break a lot of tackles, those arm tackles in the pocket and all those kinds of things. He's a bigger, much bigger, more explosive, more dynamic Alex Smith and Alex Smith was the first pick of the draft."
Q: Do you think any of these criticisms on Quinn are fixable?
A: "I hear all this, 'We're going to do this and we're going to polish this guy up.' And it comes off as self-righteous but there are so few guys in pro football that can fix anybody. It's like a golfer who has a hitch in a swing. We know he has a hitch but can you really identify it and can you really fix it? Do you know how to do it? Do you know how to go about it and get it done? The answer is in the NFL or anywhere, there are so few of those guys. Don't ever think that teams are going to draft these guys and polish them up. They don't. The league moves so fast, they don't have time to fix them up. You have to be ready to go. I will be curious when he goes to the NFL how much it does get better. The one thing that works in all quarterbacks advantage in the NFL, you throw so much, you get so much work that just the tremendous amount of repetitions will make you better in that respect. A lot of things are positive for Brady Quinn, and I will be surprised if he's not the 3rd pick in the draft."
Q: How about Trent Edwards and John Beck, who might be there for the Dolphins in the 2nd round?
A: "They might get Beck there at the 40th pick. I'd say he's probably worth it. I like him a lot. Really good feet and can move around just enough. He can throw from all angles. He can flip it sidearm, he can it throw over hand, I love that about him. He's thrown the ball a lot and he played at BYU. To me, he's a pretty safe pick. He can play just about any system in the NFL. He can get the ball out of his hand. He's a much better athlete then I think people realize. I will be surprised if he doesn't go at least high in the 2nd and somebody might get nervous and move up really late in the first round. As I watched all of his tapes, I was really impressed."
