Marrone says he won’t judge players on past

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August 29, 2013

Doug Marrone prefers to look at the present, not the past, when judging his players.

That’s a good thing for recently-signed quarterback Matt Leinart, who the Buffalo Bills acquired for insurance purposes given the respective injuries of rookie E.J. Manuel and veteran Kevin Kolb.

“I’m trying to look at what he is now,” the head coach said, via BuffaloBills.com. ”It’s the same thing that I do with all the players. Someone’s past history positive or negative, I want to see how he produces in what we ask him to do.

“That’s how I judge him because if you go the other way you assume or you have a vision in your mind of how the player is supposed to play and if he doesn’t you’ll think you need to get another player. I don’t think you can do that. That’s the way I’ve always done it.”