I disagree with your take bolded above. It is not Marrone's job to calm down the media and the fans. It his job to motivate his players and teach them how to win. Whatever his motivations for playing Hogan ahead of Woods in the slot, and I am sure he has his reasons, he is certainly not obligated to explain them nor make any comment on this outside of internal team discussions. Yes, we are left to speculate, but so what? I applaud him for keeping his player management decisions out of the media frenzy. People should remember that Woods moving to the slot is a new position for him. Perhaps they don't like his approach to it, or don't think he is quite there in technique yet and are trying to enhance his motivation to do so? Who knows. I would be surprised if he is not the starting slot receiver on opening day in any case.