Thank you Doug Marrone!

[PJBrown7]

....for walking away thus starting the chain of events that eventually leads to Coach McDermott and GM Beane building this team. I’m loving every minute of it!!!

Edited October 6, 2020 by PJBrown7

[PromoTheRobot]

We still had to wander through the desert of Ryans to get to the promised land.

Edited October 6, 2020 by PromoTheRobot

[Another Fan]

In a way he was the 1st head coach this century to oversee the team coming back to a certain amount of respectability...   The team finished 9-7 in 2014 and for as much of a boob as Ryan turned out to be, it did attract him a high profile coach at the time.  

 

But yeah it seemed to all work out in the long run 👍

[Strethor]

Imagine the alternative Lovie Smith timeline.. or Hue Jackson timeline 😆

 

 

[Doc]

38 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

We still had to wander through the desert of Ryans to get to the promised land.

 

Still worth it.

[Paulus]

51 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

We still had to wander through the desert of Ryans to get to the promised land.

 

... thier fat kept us alive...

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

We still had to wander through the desert of Ryans to get to the promised land.

Maybe Tops can run an ad with McD & Beane on a tandem bicycle 😂

[Freddie's Dead]

1 hour ago, Another Fan said:

In a way he was the 1st head coach this century to oversee the team coming back to a certain amount of respectability...   The team finished 9-7 in 2014 and for as much of a boob as Ryan turned out to be, it did attract him a high profile coach at the time.  

 

But yeah it seemed to all work out in the long run 👍

 

Maroon threw everything out the window to save his job, then quit.  Set this team back years.  I still remember Orton sliding on 3rd and 1 with the playoffs on the line (aka 3rd and kitty).  

[Buffalo716]

1 minute ago, Freddie's Dead said:

 

Maroon threw everything out the window to save his job, then quit.  Set this team back years.  I still remember Orton sliding on 3rd and 1 with the playoffs on the line (aka 3rd and kitty).  

If Orton doesn't slide he gets his head taken off and the season's over anyways

 

People need to get over that play

[Freddie's Dead]

Just now, Buffalo716 said:

If Orton doesn't slide he gets his head taken off and the season's over anyways

 

People need to get over that play

 

Never   Fitzy woulda dove and made it.

[Buffalo716]

Just now, Freddie's Dead said:

 

Never   Fitzy woulda dove and made it.

Kyle Orton isn't Ryan Fitzpatrick

[dgrochester55]

Those two Rex teams underachieved and were maddening to watch in many ways,  but even they were better than what we had in a long time at that point.      Buffalo overall has been  better from the moment that Ralph Wilson stopped running the team.    It took Pegula a little bit to get the right fit, but  I have a feeling that McDermott is here to stay.

Edited October 6, 2020 by dgrochester55

[ganesh]

1 hour ago, Another Fan said:

In a way he was the 1st head coach this century to oversee the team coming back to a certain amount of respectability...   The team finished 9-7 in 2014 and for as much of a boob as Ryan turned out to be, it did attract him a high profile coach at the time.  

 

But yeah it seemed to all work out in the long run 👍

Yeah.  His biggest problem was that he couldn't get the QB right.  He was tinkering with it too often.  Over drafted Manuel. 

[boater]

4 minutes ago, dgrochester55 said:

Those two Rex teams underachieved and were maddening to watch in many ways,  but even they were better than what we had in a long time to that point.      Buffalo overall has been  better from the moment that Ralph Wilson stopped running the team.    It took Pegula a little bit to get the right fit, but  I have a feeling that McDermott is here to stay.

From your mouth, to God's ears,

[Cruiserplayer]

2020 is so weird. I thought we hated Marrone And  the Media. Next up someone will say Rodak is the best reporter of all time.

Edited October 6, 2020 by Cruiserplayer

[Giuseppe Tognarelli]

This is like thanking Mike Mularkey...

[FireChans]

24 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

 

Maroon threw everything out the window to save his job, then quit.  Set this team back years.  I still remember Orton sliding on 3rd and 1 with the playoffs on the line (aka 3rd and kitty).  

That was the Ryan hire.

[JohnNord]

30 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

 

Maroon threw everything out the window to save his job, then quit.  Set this team back years.  I still remember Orton sliding on 3rd and 1 with the playoffs on the line (aka 3rd and kitty).  

I remember Orton dropping down in the backfield rather than take a hit when a defender was rushing him rather than a take a hit in a meaningless Week 17 game versus NE.  Clearly a business decision.

[prissythecat]

34 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

 

Maroon threw everything out the window to save his job, then quit.  Set this team back years.  I still remember Orton sliding on 3rd and 1 with the playoffs on the line (aka 3rd and kitty).  

The butt hurt over Marrone bolting is pretty amusing.

 

I don't recall Marrone doing anything that set the team back years .  Didn't we also actually have a defensive unit that was pretty decent under his regime.

[JohnNord]

2 minutes ago, prissythecat said:

The butt hurt over Marrone bolting is pretty amusing.

 

I don't recall Marrone doing anything that set the team back years .  Didn't we also actually have a defensive unit that was pretty decent under his regime.

I think they meant the decision to pull EJ in favor of Orton.  That only makes sense if you thought there was something there with EJ, which most of us didn’t.

 

Marrone was apparently upset with Whaley’s trading up for Sammy Watkins.  So if anyone set the team back, it was Whaley