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No suspension. But he must be forced to field Punt Returns for the season with no fair catch. That will teach him.

Add O'Leary to that group now lol

Explains the talk about Percy Harvin working on his outside receiver skills...Need a backup plan.

It is a tradition that is part of the game. Leave well enough alone.

Loved the interview. I could listen to this guy talk football for days. The discussion around Harvin was great, to hear about how he was received by his teammates last year puts me a little at ease.

Where is JP Losman? I wanted to get a look at that guy. I heard he's got a great arm!

I think every new coaching situation is different. I think with our situation, Rex will obviously be bringing in his defensive playbook, which most of his assistants will be familiar with. The players will adjust quickly to the new scheme, look how well they picked up Schwartz' defense so quickly, not concerned. I think as far as the offense goes, I think Rex will be directing the aggressiveness and philosophy of the offense but, won't be designing the playbook, if that makes sense. I am concerned with offense adjusting to the changes on that side of the ball. Roman's offense seems to have a lot of moving parts and some confusion in the first few weeks is to be expected. Hopefully they adjust quickly and are good to go by regular season. I hope that they don't run a vanilla offense in preseason and actually get these guys in a rhythm of running the normal offense.

Not surprised to see this deal get done on both sides. The trade for Hughes is a feather in Whaley's cap and I would think he would want to retain him because of that. I also think Hughes knows that Buffalo is the best place for him. He won't get double teams due to the talent surrounding him which will allow him to be successful.

I did not expect him to be a Bill anyway. I think Rex did not want to go down that road again. I think Cassel fills the veteran backup we were looking for. I think we end up drafting a QB late in the draft and letting Cassel, EJ and rookie battle it out

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This is awful. Changing back to 3-4 which means Schwartz is gone. Kyle Williams on JMS recently said that the D was simpler this year and the players seemed to prefer it and play better. I see the D taking a step back now and Ryan has a track record of putrid offenses, including never once developing a QB. This shows that Pegula is more interested in getting the Bills national attention instead of building a winner....

I think it's pretty clear, especially with the report that he is meeting with ESPN, that if he does not land a head coaching position, he will end up on TV. Either way, I don't like him as our DC. It would be same scheme as Pettine last year, and although effective, our run defense took a huge step forward this year and going back to a Rex multiple D scheme will take a step back IMO. Kyle Williams on JMS recently mentioned that the D was simplified this year and the results show that was effective. A simple scheme with the talent we have is the best scheme.

I think that Marrone having this discussion directly to Pegula always speaks to how the organization is structured. Brandon and Whaley were not privy to a discussion regarding a head coaches contract?

I would think that Marrone requested it at the time of his contract negotiation due to Wilsons questionable health and the obvious job security concerns with new ownership. Had we not obliged to include it, it could have swayed him to choose the Browns over the Bills. Had that happened, not sure who we ended up with at the time. The only successful coach hire from that season that I recall is Chip Kelly, who had no interest in Buffalo. As much as people bash the contract, it was a necessary evil at the time and I don't regret it. Would Chud have fared better than Marrone?

This past draft is not a total bust in my eyes. I think we all see Watkins amazing talent. Unfortunately QB play and injury has held him back slightly. Seantrel is in the 7th was a risk but it's worked out so far. Preston Brown has been very solid for us and sets us up nicely next year with Kiko returning. Not to mention the draft pick trade for Bryce Brown which in hindsight we needed. The trade for Hughes and signing of Scwartz and Orton were are all good moves. I definately believe he's done way more good than harm. And if you want to believe he was responsible for the previous year draft, don't forget we took Manuel in a draft that was weak in terms of QBs but if he didn't take a QB he would've caught a lot of flac and you can't hang him up for Manuel without praising for Kiko. Whaley is not the problem. He is very well respected throughout the league and hanging up to dry will hurt us in trying to attract other team executives in the future.