ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The first step in Cardale Jones’ development in Buffalo began with the Bills focusing on the rookie quarterback’s first step. “We started switching up my feet a little bit,” Jones said after taking the field for the first time since the Ohio State player was selected by the Bills in the fourth round of the NFL Draft. Buffalo Bills quarterbacks Cardale Jones (7) and Joe Licata (16) take part in drills during their NFL football rookie minicamp in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Friday. AP PHOTO “I’m used to staggering my left foot and then taking a fall step, and that’s even worse,” Jones added Friday, when the Bills opened a three-day rookie camp. “Just trying to break the habit. It shouldn’t be too hard, just because I learned the habit three months ago.” Everything about Jones is essentially raw and undeveloped. And that has led to the Bills taking a start-from-scratch approach in their bid to develop a quarterback who displayed vast potential and glaring inexperience during what boiled down to a flash-in-the-pan three-year college career. Making the tremendous jump from third-stringer to starter during his sophomore season, Jones went 11-0, including leading the Buckeyes to the 2015 national championship. And yet, that wasn’t enough to relieve lingering concerns about his decision-making and accuracy; Jones was benched after eight starts last season. The task now falls on Bills quarterbacks coach David Lee to begin an extensive grooming process to determine whether Jones can one day compete at the NFL level. It’s going to take patience…
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