(01-04-2018, 11:52 AM)WilliamCody Wrote:

(01-04-2018, 10:39 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: 10K bills fans at a playoff game isn't tough for me to imagine.  I fully expect between 8 and 9K to make it down.
(or up from south and SW FL where many have moved or retired)

Not a big deal to me.

Yeah, I think 10k is a very conservative estimate. I would argue Buffalo probably has more like 15k+ on Sunday. I will be one of them.

I know that at least 7,000 tickets have gone to NY zip codes, but don't discount the transplants down there showing out as well.

Add to that the fact that Bills fans know how to do 3 things, drink, drink, and be LOUD. I bet the stadium is louder with Buf's defense on that field than it is with the Jags defense out there.

Obviously, if you guys are up, or make some big defensive plays that could shut the Bills fans up. The one thing that has me calling this game a "toss up" is turnovers. Tyrod is no god, but he does not turn the ball over. The same cannot be said for Bortles. In my mind, this is not some 50-3 game, whoever has the + in turnovers wins this game.

I think you're wrong on a couple of things.  First thing you need to understand is that the Jags were selling playoff tickets to season ticket holders before they were available to the general public. When the Jags made the playoffs the remainder (maybe 10K or so) where released and were immediately grabbed up. If you assume that re-sellers managed to snap up half of those you're only looking at 5K available to the public at large.

Finally the Jags released an extra 3501 in the upper decks and 1600 SRO tickets which were immediately snapped up. Let's say half of those and half of the "at large" tickets went to Bills fans, then you have at max of about 4,800 available for purchase by Bills fans.  Let's be charitable though and say Bills fans bought up 100% of those upper deck and SRO tix. That gets the Bills attendance up to maybe 7500. Not bad!

The 7000 you think went to NY zip codes is based on figures released by vivid seats that said 20% of tickets being sold went to NY addresses...but that was just out of their inventory which was limited.

Final point, you won't be able to hear the Bills fans unless it's a time out or something. Trust me bro.

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