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Vivid Seats Fan Forecast Algorithim Projects................... "Vivid Seats ran an algorithm called the Fan Forecast that produces crowd projections for sporting events. It’s generally used for neutral site events but can be run for any matchup. When running the projection for tonight’s game between the Bills and Titans, the Fan Forecast came back with a projection that has 58 percent of the crowd supporting the Bills while only 42 percent of the fans at Nissan Stadium will be Titans fans." This will look very good on ESPN. If the Bills are up enough at the end to send the Titan's fans to an early exit, it will be a primetime spectacular scene of Bills' red, white and blue working their way down to the lower bowl.

Josh had said previously that the COVID lockdown experience was good for his off season training. It kept him and his cohorts isolated and focused on task. So, I'm with you, that's how I heard this answer this time too but there are some words missing that would make that clear. Hmmm. Interesting.

I like Rich Eisen in general, but his interview style is very good. Slow speech pattern without extra words. You got the sense that Rich was liking the substance of Josh's answers and Josh is soon to get a Rich Eisen Show hat. I suppose when he shows up on camera wearing that, much of Bills Mafia will want one of those too. On another note, let the man finish a meal in public without interruption, for crying out loud. Pick your spots people.

All the back story is essential to who he is and how his place in the league has evolved. If he got a scholarship to a power 5 school he might have never seen the field as a QB. His game might have been so raw compared to the others in the QB room that the coaches might have converted him to TE before he even got a chance to show much growth. Thus, Wyoming was the best fit. They gave him a chance to shine. The 2018 Bills were much like the 2015 Wyoming Cowboys. A great place for him to grow. His "bloom where you are planted" mantra serves him very well.

One could make a flow chart of possible outcomes for plays where a QB faces pressure. From disastrously bad to fantastically good. My sense is that Josh has developed his game to the point where he has skewed the outcomes toward the good end in a big way. I would like to see the analytics applied to that. injury bad throw pick 6 strip sack fumble lost int that hurts sack with big loss int that is punt-like on 3rd or 4th down sack minor loss escape throw away escape-complete pass or scramble positive run escape-extend-big play escape-extend- TD!

High level fandom in this post.

These national NFL 'insider" reporters have many cozy relationships with their sources. Executives, players, coaches, agents, whomever. They would not want to publish any content that burns their source. It might be factually incorrect, go beyond the scope of the sources wishes or it may include some context that reveals the identity of the source, assuming they wish to remain unidentified. Seems logical to me.

Oliver's shoulder landed just above the knee. That's a penalty. Low hits like this are why Jim Kelly spent much of his career wearing a knee brace. Clark lifted Josh's legs and landed his shoulder into Josh's ribs. That's called a stuff and is a penalty. (AJ's hit on Tua that broke his ribs should have been flagged but his body position when landing on him was atypical for the call.) The Bills teach a gator roll where the tackler twists on the way down to avoid the potential penalty on the landing. Here's a recent one I saw involving Khalil Mack on Derek Carr which is a great example of the technique: Mack Sack of Carr

Harken back to days gone by when our local paper would announce hospital admissions. Sort of a community announcement that a friend or neighbor was in need of support. Then their homes started getting burglarized. Now-a-days we should be careful about what you publish on social media about where you might be traveling and for how long. Sort of a giant "No one will be home for days--just come see if any one is house sitting or even checking on it and rob the place at your leisure."

Both roughing calls were legit. Many on the Chiefs side talk about the hit (legal( and not the landing. Clark lifted Josh's legs and landed his shoulder to Josh's ribs and then gave the tell tale hands up sign as if to say it wasn't his hands in the cookie jar. Collinsworth noted it but wanted to dismiss it's severity. The football jargon term for the move is a "stuff" We debated it on AJ Epenensa's hit on Tua which broke his ribs (Gugny and I thought it should have been a flag) but it looked different because AJ's torso was perpendicular to Tua's. The broken ribs on his left side is evidence of how it was the landing and not the hit that did it.

Lightning not too bad around KC but through Oklahoma and Texas it's firing off like popcorn. Lightning strikes map.

Looking through images, I'd say they had red, white and blue but favored the red jerseys with blue helmets.

The Eagles are having a nice season at 5-1. They have a QB and RB having great seasons and I can't help but wonder if their players might have an easier time getting recruited. Also, I suspect their similar color scheme has allowed their uniforms to become more Bills-like. Could be a market for a #17 Firebaugh game jersey too.

I wonder what those 2 defenders were thinking as they were closing on Josh with his back turned. As he got his head around just in time, stopped on a dime, reversed his direction and made them both whiff. I wonder what they thought then. Lovie Smith probably saw a play where his D was going to win in a possibly major way, but that went from Yes! to Oh no! to What the &%$^! I can't think of a QB as big as Josh that routinely made similar plays. I did not watch much of prime Cam Newton but I don't think he made plays like that. I do remember Cam complaining about the hits he was taking out of the pocket. That's not part of Josh's game either.

All have their strengths and weaknesses but her voice is a tough listen just as I know mine would be. Mine sounds fine in my head but I hear a recording of it and I cringe. Certainly not the basis of a professional career. Someone mentioned Jenna Cottrell and Kim Jones and I have to agree. Their voices are very professional and are an easy listen so it's not just a female voice issue with me. Steve is a clumsy ad libber and questions to a guest will be that by nature. But, I think he is great at telling stories, many of which he has probably told many times prior. Also, I think Chris Brown is a better match with Steve than Murphy was. Chris will often gently correct Steve's misstatements or complete his points when he loses his way in the middle of a sentence and struggles to complete the thought. As a rule, the questions should never be longer than the answers. It's tempting for an interviewer to try to demonstrate that they have some real knowledge of the topic but questions buried among parentheticals and asides make for a poor guest segment. Most of WGRs younger talent have problems with this to some degree. It's almost like they are trying too hard to justify their own presence on air and makes for a tough listen.

Josh has spoiled us. We forget most of the league plays that way.

Was delay of game for spiking a live ball.

Fans line One Bills Drive at the end of the game and try to get autographs and player memorabilia. There was a video of Josh giving a kid his hat or something on his drive out after the WFT. The assumption I make is that Cole stopped along that stretch of road to sign and then got the harassing comments.

If you missed last night's 60 Minutes story on a Facebook whistle blower, it's internal research on their negative impacts and how their algorithms create information loops that boost user time on their platform, seek it out. 100% is right on.

It's a good thing that social media did not coexist with our beloved '90s Bills. It would not have gone well.

As soon as he makes a catch, Beeeeeez is what I hear sitting in section 228. Fans do not wait for the PA to announce his name, they know it as it happens. Now maybe there is some crap directed his way during the game as he is on the sidelines and within earshot, but it's on him if he either can't or doesn't realize he needs to distinguish the difference between the two. Many of those willing to overlook his mixed politics/vaccine stance (the majority, imo) are not likely to appreciate being wrongly accused. I bet his tweet will get some national run.

Often times, mobile QBs who have an affinity to extend plays end up making an OL look bad. Big Ben did that in his prime. I remember Mike Vick with the Eagles complaining about the nature of the hits he was taking. My thought was that small, indecisive and unaware was no way to play QB in the NFL. Sort of the Dean Woermer take about going through like fat, drunk and stupid. Josh is big, aware and decisive and it masks many of the mistakes the line has been making. It's rare to see him take a blindside hit. TJ Watt got him in game 1, I can't think of another. One unblocked defender is rarely enough to get him down. Sometimes 3 can't. Makes me think that the problems they had with the Chiefs last year were more about what was happening downfield than about Josh being under duress. Our receivers were injured and could not get open when physically challenged.

Moss started his rookie year with turf toe. I really appreciate the things Moss does well and what it means to an offense in key situations. Fred Jackson-like but with better ball security. I think Zack has only 2 fumbles as a Bill.

But, if we believed that Sean had a hand in Josh's premature departure and then he went and won another Super Bowl elsewhere......

As for Zack Moss he is good to great on all the RB things that matter most to me. I think we missed him against KC in the AFCC.