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It took 6 months from Wilson's death to the sale. If Ralph had died toward the end of 2014, then I doubt very much that Marrone would've bailed out if new ownership took over right around the draft. That would make him look even dumber, if that's possible...

Fate. If Ralph hangs on for another 6 months, the sale of the team occurs too late for marrone to opt out this year.

Hughes will finally make the Pro Bowl this year.

I think it would actually be a setback for the offense if Cassel wins the job, since he can't really run the read option. With EJ or TT, the play book is expanded for Roman. With his speed, TT would be my optimal choice.

My retirement plan was Ecuador, but then I re-married... Another beautiful and diverse country, and they adopted the US$ as their currency. Almost bought a beach-front condo for $35K, but the family decided to keep it. SA is great travelling and cheap. Loved Peru, and Cuzco/MP. Been to Arequipa? I really liked that city. If not the beach, an ideal place to retire would be Mendoza, but I'd probably Malbec myself to death.

The difference in those teams and the Bills, they had true NTs in Sam Adams and the Fridge.

Given the new weapons and better scheme, generating another 48 points on the season is not unreasonable. Better coaching and some additions made a huge improvement on D last year, and I fully expect a good jump with the O. Of the 8 teams that made the divisional championships, the 4 teams in the AFC were the top 4 teams in point differential: Pats = 9.6 Den = 8 Balt = 6.7 Colts = 5.5 In the NFC, 3 of 4 had the top point differentials, and the 4th, CAR, had a -2, and beat QB-less AZ (+1.3). SEA = 8.7 GBP = 8.6 DAL = 7.2 If the Bills can get to 24 on O and stay at 18 or lower on D, it's going to be a good season.

More points per game, and it doesn't matter how they get'em. O: two years under Marrone = 21 ppg. Defense went from 24 ppg under Pettine to 18 under Schwartz, record went from 6-10 to 9-7. Offense needs to average 24 and D stays same or better = playoffs.

I got a good chuckle from that.

He also did it with a great OL/run game. They need Miller and Kouandjio to come through.

That will determine his fate for sure.

I think it's a good guess, and he identifies two very tough decisions--WR and RB. I would add two other competitions, OG and KO specialist (vs everyone else). Goodwin's problem is his health. If he can last a season, he is one dangerous WR. On RB, I think KWilliams will determine the fate of Boobie and Brown. KW is as fast as Brown, but maybe not as shifty. He could make Brown expendable saving Boobs. I'm not sold on Richardson yet. Don't know if he's athletic enough for what they want to do? I hope so, because he's a bruiser. Someone posted a good argument for keeping Gay, reducing injuries and wear and tear; however, if there is someone they don't want to lose, Gay is a choice.

Thanks. Looked up some of his posts, and found this little gem, a response to when did you start to dislike Marrone: Prescient.

I think I got Rex's ire up... Good interview. http://www.buffalobills.com/video/videos/Rex-Ryan-I-Just-Know-Good-Things-Are-Happening/adf7836c-fac3-400f-9fb7-8024b0f46dcd

I've mentioned a few times something Sammy said about having to get his steps down. I think the scheme was the number of steps in the route had to coincide with the number of steps in the QB's drop. I'm no expert, but I often wondered how that would work when the WR has a CB in his face bumping him at the LOS?

That was what had me questioning his D relative to Schwartz's in another thread, the ppg for his D, but as I dug deeper, it did seem to coincide with how atrocious their O was, with the exception of 1 year. The real question mark for the O-line is the right side. They are pretty solid at LT, LG, and C. We'll have to wait and see what what the young dudes bring.

Gonna have to wait until the pads come on to see what they got for sure. In the mean time, they are learning against the best D-line in the league. They won't be a top 10 line, but if they can at least get to average, that would be a heck of a lot better than last year, when the team went 9-7. With the talent they've added, and a much improved scheme and coaching, I expect the O to be much better than last year. For 2 years under Marrone and Hacket, the O averaged 21 ppg. The difference last year, is the D went from about 24 to 18 ppg. So they went from a spread of -3 to +3 in ppg. I'll be surprised if the O does not reach 24 ppg this year, and if the D ppg is no worse than last year, that spells playoffs.

This is similar to the issue raised in a Carucci mailbag question: Essentially, " the bills will go as far as the (fill in the blank) will take them? The choices were QB or OL. I agree its on the OL, because an average QB can get you there if you have a dominant D. The Bills have both--I'd say Cassel is at least average. We don't know what the OL will be yet. Based on last year's performance (atrocious) and outcome (9-7), they only need the OL to be average.

I think brooks/cockrell will battle with a safety spot. Graham can always go back if there are injuries, which leaves them too thin at S.

so, does this mean you're answer is you would try to run against their D?

I applaud your attempt at 53 this early, so it's not a criticism to say on Chandler, "let's wait until the pads come on..." I don't really disagree about Fred, I just hate to see it, especially if Dr. Evil picks him up...

thanks for the well-reasoned response. On run D, that is the issue, they haven't had a true, and good, NT in quite some time. I was concerned when looking at the ppg stat w Jets, but looking back, that could be just as much on a bad O. The improvement on Ppg for bills' D last year is the reason they won more games. If Rex can do even better, and the O can make a jump from the 21ppg over the last 2 years, look out!

That's ballsy lybob. No Freddie. Maybe his time is up, but we'd all puke our brains out to find out he signs with the Pats... I can't see them without Cassel. It's always good to have a veteran if things go wrong. I'm not sure what the Tyson Chandler hype is all about? Practice squad. They will go with 3 OTs on the 53.

That was the first thing I thought, Rex makes the picks? I don't think so,