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Buffalo Coach Has Cancer? Bills PR Blunder...

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The Buffalo Bills published an article which reported head coach Doug Marrone had cancer. Though Marrone may have planned to announce his cancer, the story looks to be prematurely published, since "BLANK TYPE OF CANCER" is still in the dek.

Nick St. Denis seems to be the first to have noticed the unfinished article from nine hours ago. The text of the article is two sentences and placeholder text with the intent to insert quotes from Marrone about his cancer.

http://deadspin.com/buffalo-bills-pu...ium=socialflow

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Buffalo Bills publish report that head coach Doug Marrone has "BLANK TYPE OF CANCER": <a href="http://t.co/5ADgLUOwJi">http://t.co/5ADgLUOwJi</a></p>— Deadspin (@Deadspin) <a href="https://twitter.com/Deadspin/statuses/458784028553125888">April 23, 2014</a></blockquote>
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I think this story is going to blow up....

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Bills website posts, then deletes, article announcing that coach Doug Marrone has cancer

In an unusual development that the team has not yet explained, the Bills website posted on Tuesday an article with the following headline: “Coach Marrone announces he has cancer.”

The article, which consisted of two sentences and then a spot for a quote from Marrone, said that the unspecific cancer is “not aggrive [sic]” and “highly treatable.”

Attributed to Anna Stolzenburg in a screen shot posted by Deadspin, the link that previously contained the article currently is blank.

Media publications routinely prepare content in advance of an event that is expected or likely. While it’s possible someone was simply playing an extremely unfunny prank, it’s also possible that the team was preparing to disclose that Marrone is fighting a highly treatable form of cancer.

One way or the other, the Bills need to address the situation, sooner than later.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ne-has-cancer/

Great... Now everyone is gonna jump on the Pagano bandwagon!

Maybe they just keep templates for all these stories so they can move quickly if something happens.

"Bills coach has cancer"
"Bills coach attacked by wolves"
"Bills coach strangled in freak scarf accident"
"Bills coach kidnapped by O.J. Simpson"

If you haven't seen the classic SNL skit about this, it's one of the best SNL skits ever.

https://screen.yahoo.com/tom-brokaw-...000000991.html

Wait out the "penis in the box" video at the beginning and then it gets good.

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 10579419)

That's probably one of the top 5 sketches, ever. Exactly what I was thinking.

Today you're not gay, you know.. but then one day you wake up, you like men, and Gerald Ford dies, and we're screwed. Everyone's hearing about it from Dan Rather!

That whole franchise is dying.

If Donald Trump owned the team someone would be fired.

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Originally Posted by Sully (Post 10580258)

Today you're not gay, you know.. but then one day you wake up, you like men, and Gerald Ford dies, and we're screwed. Everyone's hearing about it from Dan Rather!

Gerald Ford was killed today by a pack of wild dogs.

Trump for new head coach

Scott Pioli has cancer.

EDIT: Scott Pioli IS cancer.

my bad.