Well, it’s been about a month since the “Brady Quinn’s Draft Status Dropping Like A Rock” stories have started surfacing. Time to hedge the bets I guess.

Quinn not only impressed NFL coaches and scouts at his workout but also has impressed teams with the seriousness with which he has taken the process.

“The kid is in unbelievable shape and he’s really focused,” a source said. “The question between him and [LSU quarterback JaMarcus] Russell is going to be a matter of what teams like more. Do you want a guy who can throw the ball all over the field and is the bigger, strong guy? If so, you take Russell. If you want the guy who is better prepped to play now, you take Quinn.

“Quinn is in shape, he’s a good athlete and he’s bright. He knows how to handle a tough coach. He’s going to be fine.”

The scout then scoffed at the criticism that Quinn didn’t win big games at Notre Dame as a senior. Quinn, 0-3 in career bowl games, ended his career with a 41-14 loss to LSU in the Sugar Bowl.

“The kid did his part. He played very well. Was he great every time? No, but nobody is. The fact is that Notre Dame didn’t have nearly the talent that a bunch of other teams had.”

Yeah. That’s what we thought. I can’t recall if Jason Cole was one of the talking heads that breathlessly heralded the demise of Quinn just weeks ago, so we gave him a link for good measure (I’m too lazy for research). Still, the “expert” pundits of the draft remind me of so many tourists who’d come to visit my hometown when I was a teen, rent a sailboat for the day, and then zig and zag out of control until they inevitably crashed into something or, on rare occasion, were never heard from again.

Problem is, these pundits never seem to get swept out to sea.

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