Ralph VentreSep 12, 2026
Ventre expects the Bills to make both elevated players — Greg Dortch and Frank Gore Jr. — active for Sunday's opener in Houston, with Gore filling in if Ty Johnson can't play.
Published in writing · Sports IllustratedRead the original
What Ralph Ventre said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromThe Bills will presumably decide to activate both players for Sunday's 1 p.m. ET kickoff.
- Where it was published
- Sports Illustrated
- The piece
- Bills Elevate WR, RB Reinforcements for Sunday's Season Opener vs. Texans
- The original
- Read the original
- Read it wrong?
- Tell us and we will look
- 1Frank Gore Jr. — “activated for Sunday's game”“The Bills will presumably decide to activate both players for Sunday's 1 p.m. ET kickoff.”
- 2Greg Dortch — “activated for Sunday's game”“The Bills will presumably decide to activate both players for Sunday's 1 p.m. ET kickoff.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gore Jr. — “activated for Sunday's game”1 | Roster Spot Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Greg Dortch — “activated for Sunday's game”2 | Roster Spot Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 2 roster spot calls — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
1Roster Spot CallsFrank Gore Jr.Buffalo Bills
Frank Gore Jr. — “activated for Sunday's game”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Roster Spot CallsGreg DortchBuffalo Bills
Greg Dortch — “activated for Sunday's game”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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