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just like Marrone was the reason behind "the slide" and numerous turtling in the midst of an oncoming pass rush......I don't think so

I'm sure you're aware Cutler is not an UFA ?

great post Purple Haze.... what is interesting to me is that Marrone continued to show spiteful behavior toward Whaley's personnel choices (Sammy, MWilliams, BBrown) while at the same time exhibiting self-survivalist tendencies (i.e., not playing EJ in a meaningless last game vs. NE, presumably only to enhance his chances of finishing with a winning record) Dubious and self-serving coaching behavior to say the least. A leopard shows his stripes.

update on Marrone per Mort - -- Chris Mortensen @mortreport If Doug Marrone does not land a head coach job, sources say he will have an offer to join close friend Bill O'Brien as a Texans consultant

1. Learn how to spell "Manual" is he is going to be the centerpiece of our offense

I enjoy your posts without reservation eball , but "good on you" is that nouveau 2014 little catchphrase that I wish would go away....))

Please stop with this.....

Peter King's take on Shanahan: I think if I were the Buffalo Bills, this is exactly what I’d do: Hire Mike Shanahan. Keep Jim Schwartz with an extension and a raise. And trade for Jay Cutler. Shanahan is the one who found and drafted Cutler and got him going on the right foot in Denver in 2006. The defense is ready to win playoff games now (not just qualify for the postseason), and it’s time to sell out to try to get the big-armed quarterback, who is scarred right now but still far better than the alternatives, to give Buffalo a legitimate offensive chance.

Wanny? please no

wrong wrong wrong Polian bailed when he saw the job description change dramatically; it had nothing to do with Marrone, and as far as Orton, that is laughable Orton retired to be with family and we are better off w/out someone as noncommittal as Orton Marrone asked for an unjustifiable extension as if he was the messiah who had led the Bills to the promised land; TPegs called his bluff and let him opt out instead of firing him The Bills are "losing an OC" ? says who? good riddance if/when they axe Hackett, who needs to go back to D3 You mention "4 key people" the Bills are losing, as if they've had Polian this whole time Your logic is lacking

oh, the (manufactured) horror ......

Manual

And if February had more than 28 says, it would be July.....geese, stop with the myopia. If Beckham was on the Bills, he would have been misused also.

Fantastic post....+111

To your last point, using the proper context would improve the credibility of your opinion....

these rankings might have had some merit prior to the Pegulas purchase of the team

Mankowski ?

Odell Beckham would beg to differ. With a semi-competent QB Sammy should have had 1,200+ yards ....

the point I was trying to make is the difference between a team with a "high quality" QB and one with no QB at all, which is pretty much where the Bills are now. Not an easy sell.

does not having a QB or one on the horizon qualify at all as an untenable situation? Just wondering ..... it's a big question mark for me as a HC

so, please, do tell - how would you have felt had the Bills lost to a NE team largely of backups today? and the impact on the Bills draft position is nominal at best with the lack of a 1st round pick

I think it takes alot of intellectual honesty to post an opinion like this based on facts, and I commend you for it. I feel strongly that the negatives of Marrone outweigh the positive; the latter most represented by what seems to be a pretty compelling change of culture - you can see the players seem unified behind him and enjoy playing for him. One can see the defense run and hit the snot out of the opposition, but the offense is such an epic fail that I can't see how he gets a pass. If anything the offense has regressed, and is showing no sign of turning things around.This, to me, plus the patterns of playing scared, not to lose, and poor in-game management should doom Marrone, IMHO. It's as if the coaching staff has a predetermined game plan which they cannot deviate from or adapt to changing conditions. It is a shame to sense the fans are watching one game, screaming at the TV, while Marrone, Hackett, et al are in an alternate universe watching something else

would agree with almost everything in the OP except Pears (already in steep decline pre-Hackett) and Henderson (a rookie who more than held his own as 7th round Day 1 starter) and of course the obligatory "Manual" reference

wow, getting to 8-8 is such a huge accomplishment - is the bar really that low ?

has anyone seen a CBS coverage map for the game @ Oaktown Sunday ? thx