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Gugny

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  1. I don't think he needs to practice either, but if you really think his one job is to get to the QB then you are missing an awful lot of football.

    I'm oversimplifying. Just underscoring the (what I believe to be) fact that he really doesn't need practice, which we seem to be in agreement over. I know he does a hell of a lot more than go after the QB.

  2. I understand keeping him off the field if he is a proven performer, has grasped the defense and to avoid injury. However, why is Stephon Gilmore out there in preseason? Or CJ Spiller? IMO, these two guys are just as critical, if not moreso, and yet they are rolling them out there.

    I think Mario's role is far more one-dimensional than the likes of Gilmore and/or CJ.

  3. Marrone's handling of the Manuel injury is further evidence of something truly new and different at OBD. Severity of EJ's injury aside (did anyone count how many times Marrone said "minor"?), not giving Belichick and the Pats* any further film of EJ on the field prior to September 8 is genius.

     

    Let's face it -- Marrone isn't catering to the media and doesn't care if they do or don't know what he's thinking. He is beholden to his staff and these players, and everyone wearing an official Bills logo in that building knows EJ has already won the starting job.

     

    Marrone also knows the game against the Pats* is a chance to make a huge statement -- does anyone think he wants to begin his reign with Kevin Kolb behind center?

     

    As shocked and disappointed as I was by the initial news of EJ's injury, all of the reports since have been extraordinarily positive (successful procedure, no crutches, EJ back on campus, etc., etc.).

     

    I believe Marrone is going to quickly gain a reputation as someone not to be underestimated among the head coaching ranks of the NFL.

     

    Some of you may roll your eyes and call this a pollyanna or homer post, but I like what I see.

     

    As for Tuel competing to start -- that's just good media fodder. More realistically, he's competing to make Kolb expendable.

    Nicely stated.

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