Rex Ryan pulls Jerry Hughes from practice

The Buffalo Bills have high expectations this year. Few teams have undergone such a transformation as the Bills this offseason, replacing Doug Marrone with Rex Ryan as head coach, and following that up with the additions of LeSean McCoy, Percy Harvin, Richie Incognito and Matt Cassel.

However, at Bills minicamp, it was a holdover from 2014 that was causing all sorts of chaos at practice. Ryan had to pull Jerry Hughes from practice because the team could not get a pass off, according to Nick Schwartz of USA Today. Hughes was getting into the backfield constantly, something he has been doing over the last two years in the regular season as well. Ryan is hoping to see plenty of that trademark disruption in September, but put a cap on it in May, per the Bills official web site.

"“It’s rare that you have to pull a guy from practice because he’s ruining your practice, but I had to pull him. If we were keeping track he might have had five, six sacks. It’s one of those deals, it’s like, ‘OK, let’s pull him out. Let’s get a pass off or something like that.’ He really did have that kind of day.”"

Last year, Hughes racked up 9.5 sacks after recorded a career-high 10 in 2013. Hughes was originally drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft and spend his first three years in Naptown before being released. In his time with the Colts, Hughes only amassed five sacks.

This business about Hughes dominating practice to legendary proportions is either telling us Hughes is about to have an incredible season, or the Buffalo offensive line needs to be cut immediately. With EJ Manuel and Cassel fighting for the starting job, it is obvious the offensive line must be top-notch to have a good chance to make the postseason.

The Bills are trying to end the NFL’s longest playoff drought, not having the tournament since 1999. The last time Buffalo was in the postseason, we saw Kevin Dyson scoring on the Music City Miracle. Good times.