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[QUOTE="orangenirvana, post: 1243175, member: 156"]
That's because the fans understand the context in which this 9-7 record was achieved. You don't.

The Bills beat the Packers then turned around and lose to a 2-12 team to extend the longest playoff drought in the league. What a miracle! Then they beat the New England Patriots' backups to "achieve" a winning season. Miraculous!

The Bills defense is loaded with talent and I will give credit to Marrone for hiring two very good DC's in back-to-back seasons and allowing them full control over that unit. Thanks to Schwartz the Bills had the first or second best defense in the league in 2014.

But aside from luring Pettine and Schwartz, what did Marrone do?

Marrone was 100% in charge of developing the offensive system that was responsible for plummeting in production after he replaced Chan Gailey. Gailey designed his scheme based on the strengths and weaknesses of the players he had. Marrone tried pounding a square peg into a round hole. And the results show:

Under Chan Gailey
2011: 4th in rushing yards per attempt, 13th in yards per play
2012: 5th in rushing yards per attempt, 13th in yards per play

Under Marrone/Hackett
2013: 14th in rushing yards per attempt, 29th in yards per play
2014: 26th in rushing yards per attempt, 28th in yards per play

Saint Doug is a miracle worker!!
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