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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.

The News connected with her lawyer today and we expressly asked about the "backtracking" last week. Here is what she said. Graham said she wanted to clear up any confusion that stemmed from an interview she did last week that left some believing she and her client were backtracking on their assertion that McCoy was somehow involved in the incident. “I mentioned that I had a conversation with our client about the ‘criminal burden of proof,’ which is a higher standard than a civil burden of proof, and ‘probable cause’ – legal terms,” she said. “At this time, there is circumstantial evidence, which is not significant enough probable cause for an arrest; so, I said you can't blame Mr. McCoy without additional evidence. “This matter is under investigation, and we should allow the City of Milton Police and their detectives to do their job. I think either the way I said that, or the way it was interpreted caused some confusion to suggest that my client was backtracking. She is not. I was just trying to explain the legalities of the incident.” https://buffalonews.com/2018/07/20/lawyer-ex-girlfriend-absolutely-thinks-lesean-mccoy-had-role-in-home-invasion-assault/ For the record, this does not require a subscription. That is how we have handled all of the McCoy stories, making them free.

Definitely something on our radar. We are working out the mechanics of how we can make it happen. Thanks for the kind words ...

We are excited to have Jason be part of our team. You will be seeing a number of other new names in the coming weeks as we reset the staff and our Bills coverage. Jason will be part of our group with Vic Carucci, Jay Skurski and Mark Gaughan along with contributions from others. He is eager to get going and arrive in Buffalo.

No mystery. The reaching out occurred but they have to do what is best for this site and this community. We appreciate any consideration they decide to give to what was suggested. It is their call to make.

Feel free to send me your email and contact info and we will get someone to help you. jbarnett@buffnews.com. Thanks.

You are incorrect. There are a minimum of 4-5 free pieces most days. That was among the free pieces for that day. Here is the link and anyone should be able to access (unless you have used your free article maximum outside of Blitz). http://buffalonews.com/2018/05/04/bills-parcells-met-with-josh-allen-says-hes-committed-to-trying-to-develop/

Three replies: To Best Player: I did not say the bullet points were unique. I was asked what we did with the suggestions generated by this board. Those were some of the suggestions we implemented by request. To BadLands: Understood. There might be others whom I might not have replied to individually and might feel differently. Also, I appreciate your suggestions. To stony: there are a lot of plans on the drawing board; many involve the Sabres and a combined product.

Well, here are I am again. ... First, I did read everything I got. Second, I did not respond individually to every single one because I took the questions that I got and rolled them into a long response that I posted on this site. In many cases, I thought there was more value in responding to them publicly than individually so the entire community could read them. If BadLandsMeanie or others were offended by not getting an individual response, I apologize and will take that as a lesson learned moving forward. I also want to address the question as to what I did with the feedback that I received and is appreciated. I did one solicitation when we started and then another at the beginning of the offseason. * We were asked about doing a fan column and having someone on this board write for us. Kelly The Dog wrote almost the entire season and beyond and was really great to have aboard. * We were asked about gambling. We brought on Marc Lawrence, a nationally recognized handicapper, to write about stat trends, betting trends and the line in the Bills game each week. * We were asking about off the field work and charitable things that players do. We wrote about Vontae Davis commitment to foster care, Lorenzo Alexander's foundation and have a stories in the works about one of the new signee's off field works among others. * We were asked about velocity as it relates to Josh Allen. We talked to myriad experts and evaluators in the league about how it's important to not fall in love with how hard a player throws. * We were asked about what happens on a site visit when a player comes to OBD. We wrote story and that story was referenced in a thread on this board. Those are just a starting point off the top of my head. The point was made here and in previous thread that you can get the "same" Bills information elsewhere. I think we continue to evolve and that statement -- if it were true at the outset -- is less true now and will be less true next week and next month and so. Remember, I started the first day of the season. We are in a daily conversation internally about how to add value to this product -- on the content side, on the promotion site (for those of you who live in the Buffalo area, we had a pre-draft event at the Buffalo History Museum) and on the user experience side. Look at the magnitude and depth of our draft coverage -- we were the only non-TV local media outlet in Buffalo in Dallas for the draft; we did in-depth features every week the last Sunday in January through the Sunday before the draft on either the quarterback prospects or the means in which quarterbacks are evaluated; we did features on every Bills pick (and by features, I mean more than we watched some tape and gave the pick a grade). The undrafted free agents and rookie camp invites have come out from various sources on Twitter. We are actually telling you something about them. Did you see the story about the Penn State linebacker who is coming to Bills rookie camp and putting his admission to medical school on hold and how he and his wife have started a worldwide cause to help young people get shoes after their mission trips to Honduras? And just recently, we did a long piece on Josh Allen's arrival in Buffalo and talked to people who have known him for years about the tweet controversy; we have another Allen project in the works. We did a story on the fan travelling the world with a Bills flag and the world landmarks where he raised the flag. Ryan Groy could be the starting center on this team and we told you how his father's death in a snowmobile accident at Ryan's bachelor party has shaped him and how he was the one who walked his sister down the aisle at her wedding. Look at the coverage we did related to Russ Brandon this week with more to come. We have so many things on the drawing board for minicamp. We already are planning our season preview. Here's what we're not doing with some exceptions: We're not cutting and pasting someone else's mock draft and calling that a post behind the paywall. We're not assembling tweets and expecting you to pay for it. Anything that is readily available from other sources is free on our site. Let me also add some context here: There are two subscription plans at the BN -- one is overall for the entire site and one is for Blitz. We recognize that some people, especially those outside the area, might not be interested in local news but care deeply about the Bills. We didn't -- and don't expect -- those Bills fans to pay a higher fee when they don't want a large portion of the product. So we created Blitz at a reasonable price point for that audience. We are among the few -- if not only -- traditional news organization doing that. Look around at the paywall structure for other news outlets in other markets, and these are for any story -- Boston Globe 2 free stories per month; New York Times, 10 free stories per 7 days; Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 5 free stories per 7 days; Detroit, 10 per 7 days; Phoenix, 10 per 7 days; Green Bay, 10 per 7 days; Nashville, 10 per 7 days. Those are just a few examples. So the elephant in the room again continues to be the disdain that some of you have for members of my staff. I am not going to be able to reverse years of animus in weeks or months or maybe even years. But I would urge you to look at the totality of the product, the quality of the work being done by our team. No one is covering the Bills in the way and with the depth that we are. We are using the expertise our staff has and then adding in the access that we have to players, coaches and people around the league to provide a complete a picture as we can. This reply ended up longer than I intended, but hopefully you can tell how passionate I am about what I do and how committed we are to getting this right and serving the Bills audience in the best way that we can. As always, I am available to answer questions here or via email, jbarnett@buffnews.com. Thank you for reading, Josh

I have had the opportunity to message with a number of people on this board and post here in my time in Buffalo, but I will again identify myself as the executive sports editor of the Buffalo News. As I have said before, I am happy to answer questions about our business model and our coverage, etc. You can message me here, email me at jbarnett@buffnews.com or write in this or the other threads about this subject. I think people here find me to be generally responsive even if you don’t agree with our approach. Thanks, Josh

To answer eball's question: Rookie minicamp is the end of next week, May 11 ... Also, Chattanooga LB Dale Warren and Middle Tennessee RB Shane Tucker are among the rookie minicamp invites at this point. Up to 7.