Marrone openly coached the Bills offensive line. They regressed, from year 1 to year 2. They struggled before he came in then got worse. The LT and Center both regressed in the 2 year span specifically. Two player in which the team thought they had a career lock on holding their positions. He kept what most fans thought was a better player (Urbik) on the bench for about 6 weeks until he finally played, and improved the line. Gaurds are the week spot for sure.  Pass protection dropped in year two, so did the run game.

 

I won't speak to any other position, because that is not what the hire in Jax is, but his "baby" here not only didn't improve but regressed. We didn't get extra production out of anybody on the line, infact went the other way.

 

Is Marrone a servicable OL coach, sure. But he is far from a hire I would get excited about if I were a Jags fan. Not quite sure what was in place prior to the hire, maybe it is an improvement, and that is great for your team, but servicable is all you'll get.  Which is the same thought most Bills fan have of him as a HC.

 

As far as history, some inconsistant results with the Jets, and to be honest, his time in NO as OC, he had zero play calling duties. A figurehead position for Sean Peytons offense.  A recent example is George Edwards in Minny, terrible DC, historically terrible at one point actually, and now somehow great in Minny with Zimmer's deffense.

 

I think the main thing Bills fans coming here are looking for is dialogue.  The point isn't to bash, meerely to speak and converse, even if they are from opposite sides of the spectrum.  What no Jags fan is able to answer, or even address, is for an OL coach, why did his OL get progressively worse the more time spent here and with the unit, with largely the same players (OL) from the previous regime?  It is a serious question, what about that makes you excited or what is the reasonining for it. Same QB"s, same OL, improved talent at WR, same talent at RB.  How do all these units get worse if he is such a great hire?  What is really exciting to this fanbase about this hire, in X's and O's, data, video analysis (all-22 exists now we can do that), or stats? 

 

My overall view is it is an average hire of an average postional coach.  Sometimes you need that stepping stone guy to make the next great hire, and that is Marrone.  If play was attrocious before, it is an improvement, and that is cool, but by no means is this a guy you hitch your wagons too at any position on the coaching staff.

 

In regards to him in Buffalo.  We were looking for a scapegoat, and appreciated the 9-7 season, and thought we were moving in the right direction. Hackett was that scapegoat for us, Marrone asked for an extension for his ENTIRE staff, which was denied. The way he left created some animosity to say the least. Most fans could see the roster move in the right direction, and a new OC, and so OG's would have gotten us to buy into Marrone here for a season, but we were far from excited to see him return. In fact people were calling for his head by week 8.

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