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51 minutes ago, Leonhart2017 said:

What does BLESTO stand for?

BLESTO is a scouting service (3rd party) that the Bills subscribe to. They provide reports to teams that are a launch off point for which kids to scout for the upcoming season. The Bills assign a scout to work directly with BLESTO.

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1 hour ago, Leonhart2017 said:

What does BLESTO stand for?

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The NFL's first scouting organization, LESTO (Lions, Eagles and Steelers Talent Organization), was started in 1963 by the teams mentioned in its name with headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[17] It became BLESTO when the Bears joined the following year and BLESTO-V when the Vikings came on board later in the decade; by 1971 the Bills, Colts and Dolphins had joined and the group was known as BLESTO-VIII.[18] It is now known simply as BLESTO despite the fact that the Bears and Eagles are no longer members.[19] The group's offices stayed in Pittsburgh until 2007 when the headquarters moved to Jacksonville, Florida, with support offices remaining in Pittsburgh.[17]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Scouting_Combine#Scouting_organizations

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12 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

BLESTO is a scouting service (3rd party) that the Bills subscribe to. They provide reports to teams that are a launch off point for which kids to scout for the upcoming season. The Bills assign a scout to work directly with BLESTO.

So, we scout the scouting service?

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5 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

The reports provide a starting point for planning scouting focus and activity for college season

So, what does Jennings do? On the surface it seems to me that BLESTO scout is to scouting as training wheels are to road racing.

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13 minutes ago, Cripple Creek said:

So, what does Jennings do? On the surface it seems to me that BLESTO scout is to scouting as training wheels are to road racing.

He is the team’s liaison to BLESTO

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14 minutes ago, Cripple Creek said:

So, what does Jennings do? On the surface it seems to me that BLESTO scout is to scouting as training wheels are to road racing.

"dude" stop with the questioning of BLESTO  ok? its been around. your chance at being glib. so far so good. quit now . 

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46 minutes ago, dwight in philly said:

"dude" stop with the questioning of BLESTO  ok? its been around. your chance at being glib. so far so good. quit now . 

My questions were well intentioned and harmless.

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2 hours ago, Leonhart2017 said:

What does BLESTO stand for?

Bears, Lions, Eagles, Steelers Talent Organization; one of the first scouting cooperatives. 

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I know NOTHING about this guy, but scouting/drafting is your lifeline, and there’s no cap on that spending. Build the best scouting staff and good things will eventually happen. Nothing (other than a Franchise QB) beats great, young and cheap talent. 

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11 minutes ago, Augie said:

I know NOTHING about this guy, but scouting/drafting is your lifeline, and there’s no cap on that spending. Build the best scouting staff and good things will eventually happen. Nothing (other than a Franchise QB) beats great, young and cheap talent. 

 

...sounds like the 3rd party subscription was already in place and this guy is just replacing the guy who went to the Giants.......what did I miss?..

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Just now, OldTimeAFLGuy said:

 

...sounds like the 3rd party subscription was already in place and this guy is just replacing the guy who went to the Giants.......what did I miss?..

That is correct 

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