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How Buffalo Returned From the Brink

Three weeks ago, the Bills were 0-2 and Rex Ryan was being panned for firing offensive coordinator Greg Roman. Since then the Bills have not only won three straight, but they’re winning with the exact style of football Ryan wants

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Twenty-four days ago Rex Ryan announced that he (and he alone) had decided to fire offensive coordinator Greg Roman. Predictably, eyebrows were raised, glances exchanged and smarmy one-liners tweeted out. Fire the offensive coordinator the day after your defense allowed the Jets 37 points and 493 yards on national TV? To the public, Ryan’s seat couldn’t have been hotter.