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Key Notes... ***General Manager Brandon Beane will hire replacements, although the next department's structure isn't clear. ***Buffalo's first attempt to establish its department will be viewed as a failure. ***As expected, the Bills never would divulge how Lyons or Linton (the 2 people in the analytics department) crunched the numbers. But Russ Brandon gave a glimpse into their approach for a June 2016 story in The Buffalo News. Brandon conceded it's fair to say Lyons' work pertained more to the Bills' ticket pricing than with X's and O's. "We look at it from a holistic perspective," Brandon said. "We hired Michael to oversee all of our business analytics as well. He is a crucial part of the mix between marketing and content and the decisions we make in all platforms of our business. "Most people assume the analytics person is driving data and running it down the hall to the GM. But it's a lot bigger than that." In a quote from Brandon's interview that didn't make it into the story, he noted Lyons' role in generating football data was predicated on the direction given. "With Jim Monos and the player personnel department and with Rex and his coordinators and [contract negotiator] Jim Overdorf and his department," Brandon said, "Michael is able to provide information that is almost custom to what they may or may not be looking for."

http://buffalonews.com/2018/01/24/bills-subtract-analytics-staff/ What's the opposite of robust? A long-running joke about the Buffalo Bills has been about their much-heralded "robust football analytics operation," a phrase used by Russ Brandon in 2013 to indicate grand plans to bring a progressive and aggressive approach to football. Five years later, the Bills have blown it up.

Not enough untapped upside...

Good idea....Bills fans are starting to get a good reputation, this would pretty much put an end to that nonsense...

^^ Lets his dog lick plates before the dishwasher...

If Gilmore doesn't dive and just keeps running, the ball hits him in the helmet. It was well under thrown, and a TD if it were a Brady throw where he leads the reciever as he had a step on him.

The Rye or the Kaiser My Bologna

A really bad GM...

if he doesn't practice they have to make up an injury...

Change the topic beginning to "I'll be second to ask:"... Personally I would state something like "I'll be the X non-Steelers fan to ask:"....Since it's being discussed on all the Pittsburgh boards...

He is good, but he can be very annoying. Has good insight most of the time, but gets annoying harping on the same point over and over and over again. A good analyst doesn't need to fully explain every single play, yet he just can't stop talking at times...

Bogoutagain....

Not a big Jack Black fan, but I do like to Polka, so I will most likely check this one out....

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Have ignored this thread for a while, especially when he couldn't even spell Minszenty, the school he supposedly attended. And in the end he was indeed a douche bag. Close and delete this POS mods....

I agree. Donating to Dalton's Charity and Boyd's "charity of choice" is an awesome story and one that will be remembered for a long time. The Bills Mafia brought recognition and awareness country wide to his charity and made Buffalo look really good in doing so, but it's time to move on. There is no reason why we can't keep the drought ending enthusiasm going by donating to local charities....Let's go BUFFALO!!!!!

He acknowledged the mistake on his twitter feed.

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I think that's next on the list for me. Just finished "The Crown" season 2 last night and that's definitely not action packed, but very good nonetheless.... Michael C Hall makes an appearance in season 2 as well...

I am not trying to prove he's lying. DD mentioned he went to the same high school which my Mother attended, knew a good friend of mine (Dan Wolfe), and tailgated where I have been tailgating for over 20 years, so I though I would definitely know who he was. I will stop...

FYI...It's spelled Mindszenty...

Dan Wolfe was a heck of a football player for Dunkirk. Still holds some records. His Mother died and left him a boat load of money. He moved to California and blew it all, that's where the Stevie Nix joke comes into play. But yes, Dan Barlette went to Dunkirk as well...

Dan Wolfe's a legend in Dunkirk. Famous artist/painter, good friends with Stevie Nix. Used to paint for my father-in-law all the time. But he went to Dunkirk, you said you went to Mindszenty...

It's a great tailgate spot, especially with the DJ, my parents have been tailgating there since the 80's. My mother went to Mindczenty, class of '67 I think. what year did you graduate?

I am sure you meant he was trash in the nicest way possible. But it did probably come off a bit harsh...just a little.... I visited Dunkirk for Christmas. Stayed on the lake, crazy windy. Couldn't even make it to the 4th Ward for the big Christmas Eve bash. Welcome Back...