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To me the solution is to put him on the practice squad and have him practicing individually away from the team as much as possible until this is better understood. I don’t think another team would claim him, but it doesn’t seem appropriate to parade him out there on Thursday night even if he is eventually cleared of wrongdoing. If the Bills believe he may eventually be cleared of wrongdoing I don’t think cutting him just to cave to mob rule is a good look either. Obviously if more information comes out proving his guilt he’s cut before ever putting on the uniform.

One thing I noticed is that while Marrone was the Saints OC from 2006-2008 Reggie Bush (a poor man's CJ Spiller) had a ton of catches. http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/9588/reggie-bush 88 in 2006 and similar paces the next 2 years although in less games played. He's never had 50 catches in any year since, including 2 more with the saints after Marrone left. Obviously, Marrone wasn't calling plays and it's tough to tell if he had any input in that trend, but I found it interesting nonetheless. Getting Spiller 80 catches in 2013 sounds good to me.