Orchard Park, N.Y. — Doug Marrone said there is no rift with Buffalo Bills' front office.

Marrone called a report from Jason La Canfora of CBS posted Friday "just not true."

"I think our own home people would know more than someone on the national thing," Marrone said. "Hey, did we have a discussion? Absolutely. I confirm that absolutely. We talk every day, three times a day. We talk about a lot of things. We're competitive. I couldn't be happier with those guys. I really couldn't."

On Tuesday, Aug. 26, Bills coach Doug Marrone, general manager Doug Whaley and team president Russ Brandon were seen having an animated discussion on the sideline at practice. According to Jason La Canfora of CBS, the argument had spilled over from a "loud exchange" between Marrone and Bills director of player personnel Jim Monos, who reportedly has a strained relationship with Marrone, and took place within earshot of players. Whaley and Brandon were trying to defuse the situation and that was the argument seen on the field at practice.

"The thing about Jim (Monos) is great, too, because I was one of the ones that recommended Jim to come here," Marrone said. "There's a of things in that that I'm going to catch a lot of heat on from my friends, because it's just not true."

Marrone reportedly made a remark along the lines of "go ahead and fire me," according to La Canfora. But Tim Graham of The Buffalo News reported that that comment was made at a different time.

Source tells me Marrone's "just fire me" quote was made over beers at a different time, everyone was laughing about it within minutes. — Tim Graham (@ByTimGraham) September 5, 2014

According to Graham, Monos was not present during the shouting match.

Bills source reported to be involved in the spat tells me story is inaccurate, that Jim Monos wasn't present. — Tim Graham (@ByTimGraham) September 5, 2014

La Canfora added that the Bills' coach has reportedly gone as far as to call himself "Saint Doug" because it takes two miracles to be considered a saint, and he already considers the success he had at Syracuse to be a miracle. He thinks winning with the Bills would also take a miracle, according to La Canfora.

"I'm going to get a lot of crap about that," Marrone said with a smile. "That's the one thing that when he said it, I said 'I'm going to get crushed by the people that know me well.'"

Among the reported items of contention between the coaching staff and those in charge of personnel decisions, according to La Confora, are the lack of opportunities Cyrus Kouandjio has received, differing opinions on guard Kraig Urbik and the benching of receiver Robert Woods.

The entire Bills front office and coaching staff is under pressure to win with new ownership coming in, and Marrone has acknowledged the sense of urgency. But he attributed any argument in the front office as he and his colleagues being competitors.

Does Marrone think the whole thing was a bit overblown?

"A bit?" Marrone said with a laugh. "Very much so."