Bleav in Buffalo

The Bills have soared to a 7-1 record to sit atop the AFC on the strength of the NFL's top offense. It's been obvious the defense has needed an upgrade, and to that end Bills GM Brandon Beane acquired Tennessee safety Amani Hooker and a 5th round pick at the deadline this week in exchange for a 2027 second round pick. The price was high, as are the stakes for the Bills as they try to finally reach the Super Bowl in the Josh Allen era. Jared Stillman, who covers the Titans for BLEAV Network joined Adam Benigni and Sal Maiorana to give insight in Hooker, and the price the Bills paid for him.

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Josh Allen and the Bills offense won out. Powered my James Cook's 107-yards on 31 carries, the Bills held the ball for over 42 minutes and wore down Minnesota's top scoring defense to win 23-6 Monday night. The Buffalo defense showed more progress, albeit against some horrific quarterback play from the Vikings Carson Wentz. The Bills improve to 7-1 and continue to lead the AFC. Hall of Fame journalist Vic Carucci joined Adam Benigni with live postgame reaction.

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Sal Maiorana is joined by Sabres beat writer Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News to discuss what's happening with this team that plays so well on the road, but can't seem to get it together at KeyBank Center. They were dreadful in a 2-1 loss to Ottawa, and now host Columbus Friday night. Also, the guys talk about several issues surrounding the team, including the line shuffling, the goaltending, Ryan McLeod being a healthy scratch, and the lackluster play of Josh Norris.

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The Bills (6-1) have the top ranked offense in the NFL averaging 33.3 points per game.

the Vikings (6-1) have the top ranked scoring defense in the league giving up 13.3 per contest.

Something has to give Monday night.

The flip side of that is the Buffalo defense and the Minnesota offense leave plenty to be desired. There's no denying the Bills success is based on offensive production. Matthew Coller, formerly of WGR Sportsradio 550 in Buffalo, now hosts Purple Insider in the Twin Cities. He joined Adam Benigni for a preview of the Bills/Vikings matchup.

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The Bills are at 6-1 atop a wide open AFC. The elusive top seed in the AFC is well within their reach. As this show was recording, the Bills released safety CJ Gardner-Johnson who had just served a one game suspension for spitting at an opponent in the Raiders game. He was far more the part of the problem on a defense that has many holes. How might GM and President of Football Ops Brandon Beane try to upgrade with the trade deadline approaching on November 10th? Hall of Fame journalist Vic Carucci joined Adam Benigni and Sal Maiorana with immediate reaction.

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The Bills knocked Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson out of the game, and possibly the season with a hand injury on Baltimore's first play from scrimmage. The Ravens eventually had to go to their emergency quarterback which was too much to overcome against a Buffalo defense that did show some promise. The offense struggled in the first half, but found a groove allowing the Bills to pull away and win 36-10. Adam Benigni and Sal Maiorana were live with postgame reaction.

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The Bills are 5-1 coming off their bye week and are set to return home to face the Baltimore Ravens (4-3) Sunday. Star quarterback Lamar Jackson appears set to return from a high ankle sprain, which stands to change the dynamic for a Baltimore team that's been reeling under new head coach Jesse Minter. Bobby Trosset, who covers the Ravens on multiple fronts, joined Adam Benigni and Sal Maiorana for a preview.

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Sal Maiorana is joined by Sabres beat writer Matt Fairburn of The Athletic to discuss what went down in San Jose as Buffalo started its West Coast trip with an impressive 2-0 victory. Sal and Matt also discussed a number of topics including Olen Zellweger's fine start, Rasmus Dahlin's rather slow start, line shuffling that has Zach Benson playing with Tage Thompson, and what to make of the Dylan Larkin trade situation and whether the Sabres have a chance of landing the start centerman of the Red Wings.

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The Sabres are off to a 4-4-2 start after a 3-1 loss the the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night. They continue to fall behind in games, the power play and penalty kill rank near the bottom of the NHL. and goaltending has been inconsistent. They appear to be a roster in transition after the offseason departures of Alex Tuch and Bo Byram. Joe Yerdon covers the Sabres for Bleacher Report. He joined Adam Benigni and Sal Maiorana.

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Josh Allen tied Jim Kelly's franchise record of 258 career touchdown passes, James Cook hung onto the football and was effective with both his legs and through the air, as the offense once again did enough to overcome a struggling defense in a 33-30 Bills win over the Raiders. Adam Benigni and Sal Maiorana were live with postgame reaction.

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