Doug Marrone did a good job with the Bills...


Their defense improved in his first year to a top ten unit under Mike Pettine (he got hired by the Browns to be their HC). In his second year their defense became a top five unit under Jim Schwartz.


They finished 6-10 in his first year and improved in his second year to 9-7 with a combination of EJ Manuel and Kyle Orton at quarterback. If Orton had played the entire season they might have made the play offs. They didn't have a ton of talent on offense, but they did enough to keep them in contention for the play offs.


Overall they shoes good progression from year one to year two and he never had the talent we do on offense. Also, he only left because he didn't get what he wanted from their new owner. He was never fired or not wanted by Buffalo, he simply took advantage of the clause in his contract to get out and I don't think anyone can really blame him considering how dysfunctional they are.


So I actually like this hire. Him and Hackett seemed to get more out of Bortles and the offense. With the talent we have here they should be able to put out a strong offense. We also have a lot of talent on defense, if he makes a good choice for his DC (Mike Pettine?), then this defense should get better. If all goes well (which is what the hope is for any new head coach), then this team could start to make significant progress (I know we said that this season, but that has to be the expectation). For me, Marrone makes sense. It's a "safe" hire. Could we have go someone else? Perhaps, but I'm alright with this hire.

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