Doug Marrone Will Still Coach Bills After Having Cancerous Mole Removed

Buffalo Bills head coach Doug Marrone announced on Tuesday he had a cancerous mole removed from his skin and that it won't affect his ability to continue coaching. 

WKBW's Jeff Russo provided the news: 

Word of this development began spreading earlier on Tuesday when the team's official website published an article saying Marrone had "BLANK TYPE OF CANCER," as Buffalo News' Tim Graham pointed out on Twitter: 

That article was eventually deleted, though, and there has yet to be an explanation. It appears as though an article was pre-written before Marrone's doctor's visit and then accidentally published, but whatever happened exactly, it doesn't matter now.

The good news now is that this is far less serious than originally thought. 

"The only follow up required is to have my moles checked every 3 months and that basically is the end of the story," said Marrone in a statement, via NFL. com's Albert Breer. 

Following stints in the NFL with the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints, Marrone began his head coaching career with Syracuse in 2009. After four seasons with the Orange, that included two bowl wins and an 8-5 record in 2012, he took the job with Buffalo prior to last season. 

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Marrone led the Bills to a 6-10 record, and although the team hasn't seen the postseason since the turn of the century, there is optimism with lots of young talent throughout the roster and the 49-year-old at the helm. 

Now that he's been given a clean bill of health, Marrone can get back to preparing for May's NFL draft as he gets set for his second season with the Bills.