Quote:I think point #2 is total bunk...

 

But I've confirmed the other points made here, and they certainly do paint a rosy picture.  One of hope...

 

I checked and Hackett was the OC under Marrone while in Buffalo.

 

So just be prepared to see pretty much the entire coaching staff be retained.  Oh, except our WR's coach...  Who was probably the best position coach on the team, includeing Marrone.  Remember that Marrone was the O-Line coach...  And the O-Line while serviceable for the season were quite a letdown this year...  

 

In regards to the o-line, I think they actually performed above expectations this, especially in pass pro, and when Greg Olsen was canned we started to run the ball better too. I think the o-line (while certainly upgradeable) was far from an issue this year, which Imo is a credit to coaching. We need to upgrade the LG & RT (hopefully with a guy like Kevin Zeitler & Rick Wagner) in free agency and draft another Guard to push AJ Cann, who was a big disappointment last year in the run game. Outside of Kelvin Beachum (who performed well despite coming back from an ACL) & Brandon Linder, I'm not sure how much "talent" is on this line.

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