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Here is the article … https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/ken-dorsey-buffalo-bills-game-preparations-nfl/article_73640ee6-444f-11ee-bb15-5b2c7e37403b.html#tncms-source=login

Can confirm that Jim is still Jim, at least when I talked to him Saturday! No aliens detected.

Sammy: This is Josh, the executive sports editor of The Buffalo News. Sorry to hear you had trouble with your sub. Message me the name your account is under, address and phone number and I'll talk to customer service team Monday when I'm in the office and we'll get this resolved. Thanks for reading.

Should say Cardinals had a 6% change of winning or Bills had a 94% of winning, depending on your perspective. That has been fixed. Thanks.

Yes, the quarterbacks reported and were tested and sent home. No one is allowed in the team facility without two negative tests 72 hours apart. The rookies were tested Tuesday, self-quarantined for two days and then are back today for tests. If the results are negative, they are allowed in the facility for conditioning. And no practices are allowed until after the 21 day conditioning acclimation period so there are no practices to watch until at least mid-August. The QBs and injured players are back Sunday for testing. Rest of the roster will be tested Tuesday, then two days self-quarantine, and then tests Friday. Here is a story about it, but the info is basically what I outlined. https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills-quarterbacks-players-dealing-with-injuries-get-covid-19-tests/article_4d78b432-cd12-11ea-b136-636748623942.html

We have a free trial so feel free to join us, but the stat is from Next Gen Stats ranking of the average top speed of all the Bills' ball carriers during the season. Next Gen has chips in the players' shoulder pads to measure speed and acceleration on every play on every portion of the field. Thanks, Josh

FWIW, we reached out to Today in Sports because this didn't make that much sense to us, either. One key point, from what we were told, this uses geotags paired with various hashtags. Among the hashtags are negative things about a team. So if Dolphins or Broncos fans in their respective states were using #Bills in a post about how the Bills stink, that counts too for Florida and Colorado. To say this is "favorite" teams seems wrong. It's more like "most talked about" teams, at least that's our view. Josh from TBN Sports

I haven't read the story so not referencing that, but the authors' names have been removed on all stories at the Post-Gazette because the 140 members of the Newspaper Guild union are on a byline strike that started before Thanksgiving. It is scheduled to end this week after a month. The Guild members are protesting working conditions by the publisher and the PG's parent company. Management has put that note on the stories to explain why the bylines are not there.

Thanks for all the kind words on this piece. I know Jason and our crew really appreciate it. Credit to Ty for being willing to share this story. He did several interviews with Jason over the last month and a half, including a two hour sitdown two weeks ago that helped fill in a lot of details.

Martin’s crew worked two Bills games last season – at Minnesota and home against the Jets. The Bills were called for 12 penalties that cost them 184 yards against the Vikings and seven penalties for 47 yards against New York.

To add to the discussion, here are the 20 drops as registered by PFF with week, time on clock, down and distance, receiver and notes from the weekly game book on the play (Note, that the gamebook descriptions vary in detail from week to week based on the stadium and the stats crew at that particular venue). As noted, Mark's tabulation has four additional drops beyond PFF. Specific to the Charles Clay play in Miami, we asked the PFF analyst to look at the film again and give us more detail. "His adjustment takes place in enough time by our grading standpoint as well that it should have / could have been caught. Still would have been a good catch from Clay to make it happen – and the wobbly ball trajectory from Allen does effect it a bit, in my own personal opinion, but still goes in a drop by our standards as it does look like he gets (or could get) his hands to it before it reaches the ground." Week 1 - Q3, 3:34 – Second-and-5, Kelvin Benjamin – short middle, from shotgun Week 1 - Q4, 14:35 – First-and-10, Marcus Murphy – short right, from shotgun Week 2 - Q3, 5:45 – Third-and-10, Andre Holmes – short right, from shotgun Week 2 - Q4, 0:59 – First-and-10, Marcus Murphy – short right, dump pass, from shotgun Week 3 - Q1, 7:31 – Third-and-6, Kelvin Benjamin – short right, from shotgun Week 3 - Q2, 3:57 – Second-and-6, Robert Foster – deep left Week 4 - Q1, 8:14 – First-and-10, Kelvin Benjamin – short right Week 4 - Q2, 7:44 – Third-and-5, Andre Holmes – short left, from shotgun Week 5 - Q4, 8:03 – Second-and-7, Andre Holmes – deep right, pass would then be intercepted, from shotgun Week 12 - Q2, 0:23 – Second-and-6, Jason Croom – through receiver’s hands along sideline, from shotgun Week 13 - Q4, 1:05 – Fourth-and-11, Charles Clay – deep right, from shotgun Week 14 - Q1, 11:48 – First-and-10, LeSean McCoy – screen pass short left, from shotgun Week 14 - Q1, 6:09 – Second-and-6, Charles Clay – short middle, receiver cross from right Week 14 - Q2, 0:47 –First-and-10, Zay Jones – short left through receiver’s hands, from shotgun Week 14 - Q4, 8:45 – Second-and-20, Zay Jones – short right, receiver in flat, from shotgun Week 14 - Q4, 2:40 – Third-and-5, Zay Jones – deep right, receiver in end zone, from shotgun Week 16 - Q1, 11:08 – Third-and-5, Isaiah McKenzie – short middle Week 16 - Q3, 10:21 – Second-and-10, Logan Thomas – deep right, from shotgun Week 16 - Q4, 6:57 – Second-and-12, Keith Ford – short left, from shotgun Week 17 - Q2, 13:48 – Second-and-19, LeSean McCoy – receiver in flat

Beane and McDermott are available to the media on Monday afternoon.

Just FYI, this report was debunked by her attorney almost within an hour after it came out ... Here is the attorney's statement: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RE: Ms. Delicia Cordon Has Not Agreed or Contracted to Participate in any Television Production About Surviving Abuse. Ms. Delicia Cordon is the victim of a home invasion, armed robbery and brutal assault and battery that occurred on the morning of July 10, 2018 at approximately 3:00 a.m., at the residence that she formerly shared with Mr. LeShawn McCoy in the city of Milton, Georgia. A criminal investigation, as well as civil litigation regarding this matter, are currently ongoing. Contrary to recent media articles, Ms. Cordon is not in any way involved in any television project with Ms. Eveyln Lozada, Ms. Josie Harris and Ms. Micaela Sanchez about surviving abuse. She has not been contacted by anyone to participate in such a project, and even if she had been contacted, she has no interest in participating in such a television project. Although Ms. Cordon recognizes the importance of providing awareness about abuse, her primary concern since she was brutally attacked is for the violent assailant, along with all others involved, to be arrested and convicted for the home invasion, battery and armed robbery that took place on July 10, 2018. These individuals must be brought to justice.

Feel like the need to jump in ... I am not sure how many of the posters have read the entirety of Jim's piece. As Jim has explained since he began doing this, he evaluates the quarterback based solely on the responsibilities of the quarterback on a per play basis. Isolating only on the quarterback, did the quarterback do his job? He grades each play with a plus or a minus. His grade for Peterman in the game based solely on those plays was 89 percent in looking at 81 plays. As he has explained, is the ball on time? Is the ball in the right place? He also writes that Peterman got no help from his supporting cast and the pressure is immense on any Bills quarterback because of that. Most analysts agree that at least two of the interceptions Sunday were not his fault. Jim writes: "The objective truth is that Peterman should not be expected to go out and win games for Buffalo on his own. His job is to manage the situations, read the coverage and deliver the football where it is supposed to go, when it is supposed to be there. He cannot control fumbles, deflections, missed assignments, or lack of execution in one-on-one situations. Peterman, or any quarterback for that matter, can only control his decisions and his execution on each given play." If you have read each of the now 13 pieces that Jim has written, it's not sunshine and rainbows. He breaks down each play based on the quarterback's job on the play and then writes what he sees. Go back and look at his percentages for other games: Vs. Houston: 76 percent Vs. Packers: 68 percent Vs. Chargers: 72 percent It's a results driven league, and the results are not there for the Bills as a team. We have written that over and over. We also have written about Peterman's deficiencies over and over. What Jim does is what I outlined above.

Still going. Up to more than $8K. And pretty neat story of the name of the organization. It has nothing to do with the Chicago Bears. It was founded by a mother and her son 26 years ago when he was diagnosed with cancer at age 3. His name was Barrett but his nickname was Bear. He died shortly after his eighth birthday. His mother has kept his memory alive through the organization. They have raised 4 million for pediatric cancer research.