Bills GM "Reviewing" Toronto Games

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And going 1-5 in games at Rogers Centre will do that for you...

Buffalo Bills President Russ Brandon spent some time on WGR-AM550 to discuss the fact that the attendance for this year's game in Toronto between the Falcons and Bills was only 38,969- short of the NFL capacity of 46,470.

Here's the Brandon interview...
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One would think that the Bills would want to spend their Decembers in the absolute cold-home field advantage of Ralph Wilson Stadium. But the team has only won once in the time that their decisions have led to December games in Toronto...

There is no debate that the games have been financially viable for the franchise. So the front office will have to weigh the idea of making money regardless of attendance versus the idea of not making as much money and possibly making the playoffs for a change...

Bills Look To Hire Marrone

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Here's an interesting one that is also quite economical...

The Buffalo Bills are bringing in Syracuse head coach Doug Marrone to take over for the dismissed Chan Gailey...

Commence chin rub...

New Bills CEO Russ Brandon texted reporter Sal Maiorana of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspaper late Sunday morning saying that the deal was "mostly done but not complete."

Whatever that means...

Marrone leaves Syracuse University where he's spent the last four years as head coach- going 25-25. He does have an NFL pedigree. He was the Offensive Coordinator for the New Orleans Saints from 2006-08. Before that, he was the New York Jets O-Line coach for four years.

Okay, here's what that looks like...

The Bills still aren't saying anything official, though...

Wilson Cedes Control Of Bills To Brandon

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Ralph Wilson did something he said he would never do again...

The 94-year-old owner of the Buffalo Bills decided to hand over all executive control of his football team to President/CEO Russ Brandon.

"Russ Brandon has done a tremendous job in his 16 years with our organization and is very highly respected throughout the National Football League. He has proven to be extremely successful with each new level of responsibility he has been given and has earned this opportunity. Russ is a proven leader and he will now have full authority over the entire Buffalo Bills operation. I have granted him full autonomy to run the organization as he feels is best," Wilson said in a statement released by the team.

Brandon has said that GM Buddy Nix will be there in his position for the next three seasons.

Here's how the breaker was handled in Buffalo...

Wilson had done this move once before when Tom Donohoe had been given total autonomy, but that ended after only four years.

Next moves for Brandon and Nix are finding a new head coach and, probably, a new quarterback- whether through the draft or free agency to replace Ryan Fitzpatrick.