Buffalo Bills news, 1/7: hidden gems on the roster

Marrone sees promise in young guard prospects - BuffaloBills.com
"None of them were a part of Buffalo’s 53-man roster at the start of the 2013 season, but Doug Marrone sees all three of his young interior offensive line prospects as a part of Buffalo’s future. Mark Asper, Antoine McClain and J.J. ‘Unga are guards that Buffalo’s head coach believes all have the potential to be regular starters in the NFL."

Inside The Bills | Are big WR prospects already in the fold?
"We have a player here in Kevin Elliott (6’3″ 205) who was having a good camp who is a big wide receiver," said Marrone in an appearance recently on the John Murphy Show. "At the end of the year we moved Aaron Williams to I-R and wound up signing Cordell Roberson (6’4″ 205) to the (roster) from the practice squad and I think that was important. He’s another big receiver."

While I applaud Chris Brown and Doug Marrone for this information, the answer to both of these should be - "GOD, NO! PLEASE BRING IN SOMEONE TO FILL THESE ROSTER HOLES!" Right? That would be great if it worked out that way but it's not exactly a plan, is it?

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One year later, Chan Gailey says he's almost certainly retired - Bills Blitz
Gailey took the year off from coaching and thinks he is suited for retirement. Read it. Gailey's a good dude.

2013 Comeback Player of the Year candidates - NFL.com
Number one on the list is Fred Jackson.

PFT’s 2013 comeback player of the year | ProFootballTalk
Jason Peters. Gross.

Inside The Bills | Kyle excited about healthy offseason
"I took Wednesdays off this year because the full healing on the surgery I had is nine to 10 months," he said. "Well I went to training camp at six (months) and I’m at the 10-month point now to where it should be fully healed. I put a season of work on it and get an offseason of training and rehab on it I should be full strength and as healthy as I’ve ever been going into my ninth year, which gets me excited about it."

WGR 550 SportsRadio - Five Bills Under Contract To Keep An Eye On
Joe Buscaglia looks at some contracts that could get men cut this offseason.

Buffalo Bills positional review: Offensive line - ESPN
Buffalo Bills positional review: Wide receivers - ESPN
Buffalo Bills positional review: Tight ends - ESPN
Mike Rodak revisits his positional reviews from September and provides a recap of what actually happened, juxtaposing it with the prediction. He pretty much says he was too nice, so far.

2013 All-Pro Team - Pro Football Focus
Marcell Dareus is PFF's All-Pro nose tackle. Donte Whitner is in at safety, for the record.