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Marrone brings Syracuse offensive coordinator to Buffalo

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

New Bills coach Doug Marrone has made his first hire.  And it’s a hire that Marrone previously has made. According to Tim Graham of the Buffalo News, Marrone has hired Nathaniel Hackett, who served as Marrone’s offensive coordinator at Syracuse.  Th…

johnmurphyshow, buffalobills.com

Just a day after he was named the new Head Coach of the Buffalo Bills, Doug Marrone’s football connections continue to rave about his credentials. Tuesday night on The John Murphy Show, Daryl “Moose” Johnston says Marrone will coach with an aggressi…

johnmurphyshow, buffalobills.com

More fallout from yesterday’s hiring of Doug Marrone as the new Head Coach of the Bills tonight on The John Murphy Show. At 720pm, we’ll be live with Bills TE Scott Chandler. He’s a former teammate of Cowboys TE Jason Witten, and Witten had Marrone …

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

Nine days after the New York Jets closed out their circus-like 2012 regular season with a 28-9 loss to the Buffalo Bills, head coach Rex Ryan and owner Woody Johnson met with the media to discuss what went wrong with the team this season and how the two…

CNNSI.com

The jury is out on whether Doug Marrone can turn the Bills into a viable threat in the AFC East. Look at his pedigree, though, and you'll see encouraging signs, Peter King writes.

Peter King, CNNSI.com

I don't know if Doug Marrone will win in Buffalo. No one does. He probably needs a new quarterback. He has to figure out why a defense that should have been top 10 in the NFL this year let everyone down and finished 22nd in yards allowed and a mind-bogg…

Don Banks, CNNSI.com

When it comes to NFL predictions, I have a favorite credo that I trot out from time to time to remind myself what we're up against in this business: It's the NFL, nobody knows anything, and if they say they do, they're lying. I would imagine the coachin…

Chris Brown, buffalobills.com

Jets head coach Rex Ryan is speaking at his season wrap up press conference and confirmed that defensive coordinator Mike Pettine is interviewing with the Bills today and will be coaching somewhere else next season. “Mike Pettine is going to have sever…

Bills Daily Charge, buffalobills.com

DAILY REPORT –Sports Illustrated’s Peter King recognized Bills RB C.J. Spiller in his most recent Monday Morning Quarterback Column as one of his two most underappreciated players of the year. Spiller rushed for a career-high 1,244 yards on 207 carr…

Chris Brown, buffalobills.com

In an interview with his hometown paper, Jets DC Mike Pettine confirms he’ll be sitting down with Bills head coach Doug Marrone. The interview was far from unexpected after reports Monday that the Bills had requested and were granted permission to inter…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Mark Gaughan of the Buffalo News thinks the Bills got themselves a strong presence in coach Doug Marrone. Dolphins WR Davone Bess has some of the best fundamentals in the game. The Patriots have done well against defenses coordinated by Wade Phillips in…

Chris Brown, buffalobills.com

Appearing on the CBS Sports Monday QB show, former NFL QBs Phil Simms and Rich Gannon weighed in on the hiring of Doug Marrone by the Bills. Here were their comments. Simms: He has coached under Sean Payton and Bill Parcells. He’s been in the NFL. They …