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Former NFL star Marshawn Lynch<\/a> claimed there was some dysfunction on the Buffalo Bills\u2019 head-coaching staff at the time he was playing for the AFC East team.<\/p>\n

Buffalo selected the running back in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft out of Cal. He spent just over three full seasons with the Bills before he was traded to the Seattle Seahawks during the 2010 season. During that short time, Lynch mostly played under head coach Dick Jauron.<\/p>\n

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Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch runs the ball against the Cincinnati Bengals at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Nov. 4, 2007. (John David Mercer\/USA Today)<\/p>\n

Jauron was fired after nine games in 2009 and was replaced by then-defensive coordinator Perry Fewell. The team finished 6-10 that year.<\/p>\n

Lynch appeared on “Club Random with Bill Maher”<\/a> and alleged there was backstabbing going on behind the scenes between Jauron and Fewell.<\/p>\n

“When I was at Buffalo<\/a>, and where we were at, it was like, I\u2019m watching coaches backdoor other coaches,” Lynch said during the episode. “The coach was more like a player\u2019s coach and the defensive coordinator was like (grunting). There was some shady s— to him when he got fired and they named the D-coordinator as the interim head coach. It was like, \u2018I finally got his a– up outta here. Yes!\u2019 Like, \u2018This is my s—.\u2019<\/p>\n

“And when you\u2019re in an organization like that, with individuals who really don\u2019t got no love for everybody within the organization, you can\u2019t be successful.”<\/p>\n

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Perry Fewell of the Buffalo Bills during the game against the Miami Dolphins at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Nov. 29, 2009, in Orchard Park, New York. (Rick Stewart\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital reached out to Fewell for comment.<\/p>\n

Lynch said players could “feel the difference” between coaches who want players to just show up to work and those who are happy they\u2019re on the team.<\/p>\n

“When I was in Oakland that was just more like, \u2018I\u2019m home.\u2019 So, I don\u2019t even know if I was processing or thinking but I got to build a relationship with Mark (Davis) and it was outside of anything of football,” he added.<\/p>\n

Fewell joined the New York Giants\u2019 staff the next season and was the team\u2019s defensive coordinator during its Super Bowl run in 2011. He also served as an interim head coach for four games in 2019 for the Carolina Panthers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s currently the NFL\u2019s senior vice president of officiating communications and administration.<\/p>\n

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Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch runs against the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium on Oct. 5, 2008. (Rick Scuteri\/USA Today Sports)<\/p>\n

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Jauron died last February. The Bills\u2019 organization was the last time he served as a head coach in the NFL. He was on the staffs of the Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns through the 2012 season.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n