An Observation during broadcast of Bills/Bengals

[Augie]

3 hours ago, CSBill said:

Section 202, Row 10, Seat 17 = A shirtless guy; OH, WAIT, not a . . .

 

It was Fitzy, and they were trying to decide if he was in fact shirtless. Too close to call by the naked eye. 

[finn]

21 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

 

I'd get some computer science/programming interns to make a program that you can quickly plug in what players are on the field, the down and distance, maybe even the spot of the ball, and it would give you, based on the previous games, what the most logical play the opponent will run. 

Right--and do the same for your own team so you can surprise your opponent by breaking tendencies. 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

32 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

 

I'd get some computer science/programming interns to make a program that you can quickly plug in what players are on the field, the down and distance, maybe even the spot of the ball, and it would give you, based on the previous games, what the most logical play the opponent will run. 

11 minutes ago, finn said:

Right--and do the same for your own team so you can surprise your opponent by breaking tendencies. 

Good idea in theory.  In practice, probably:

[Dan Darragh]

1 hour ago, finn said:

I was being facetious. Still, sometimes the obvious eludes the wise, as per your misreading of my post 😉

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRcz39ckgKR/

[BobbyC81]

20 hours ago, Dan Darragh said:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRcz39ckgKR/

That’s been happening on here a lot lately so I started adding #sarcasm

On 12/10/2025 at 3:25 AM, thenorthremembers said:

You nailed it with your last bit.   Hes a coaching assistant who watches the opposing sidelines to try and get real time intelligence on signals or tendencies.

He wasn’t looking at the field.  He was definitely looking straight across the stadium.

[eball]

22 hours ago, finn said:

I'd like to know how much the Bills invest in scouting their next opponent. If I were them, I'd put a whole squad on prepping for games down the road, especially important ones. I'd hire a dedicated expert on every divisional opponent studying tendencies, even monitoring fan forums like this. I'd also have a working group, not just one person, on quality control, studying the Bills patterns as much or more than the opponent will. The personnel needn't all be top people; a bunch of smart, eager interns could come up with all sorts of valuable intel. Sometimes I think this forum knows more than the Bills coaches. 

 

Somehow, I don't think this is happening. My guess is that the team has one or two scouts and one quality-control person. Anyone know for sure? 

 

If any team is wasting resources “monitoring fan forums” they should be expelled from the league.

 

Every team does advance scouting and has a staff dedicated to it.