On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by SB Nation to discuss their biggest Buffalo Bills training camp takeaways through the team's first six practices.

Patrick has been present in Rochester for the past three practices, meanwhile Warren was on the field with a media credential for the team's first practice in pads earlier in the week. Together they collaborate on what's impressed and discouraged them the most. Among the positives is the play of James Cook, Matt Milano and Tre White. Also there's been a lot of optimism at the top of the wide receiver room because Keon Coleman and Josh Palmer have both looked comfortable early on.

Conversely, injuries have been a huge (huge) blemish on Bills camp. The guys talk about several of them and how they've impacted what we've seen so far. Also, Patrick really isn't sold on how the Bills swing tackle competition has unfolded thus far, and a pair of fifth-round picks from a year ago are failing to find their footing in this camp.

They also discuss how the weather has been a factor this past week both for players and fans taking practice in as well. That plus Matt takes us between the ropes of covering the team as an accredited media member and much more.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, first-round rookie Max Hairston's knee injury is rightfully dominating the headlines from Buffalo Bills training camp practice from Tuesday, but Patrick Moran has a first-hand account of several other things he saw during the team's fifth overall session of camp and second consecutive day with the pads on.

As of this recording we don't the extent of Hairston's injury, but everything indicates that is was serious. Patrick talks about seeing Hairston do a drill just minutes before the injury and it's one that not only likely seals Tre White as the starter alongside Christian Benford for the 2025 season, but probably pushes another returning veteran, Dane Jackson up the cornerback depth chart as well. It's been a brutal summer already with the amount of Bills missing time with injuries and it continued beyond just Hairston on Tuesday. Safety Cole Bishop left with trainers at one point though he did return to the field but didn't participate in anymore drills. Also, Ty Johnson appeared to roll his ankle after being hit well out of bounds by linebacker Joe Andreessen.

Beyond Max and the injuries though there were several other things Patrick observed and wanted to discuss. Among them is big ticket defensive end Joey Bosa having far and away his most productive camp practice as a Bill. It was also a day the defense for the most part dominated, including interceptions in 11-on-11's  by Matt Milano and Daquen Hardy. However, Patrick describes two offensive plays that excited the crowd, led by a pair of unheralded receivers who are desperately trying to make an impact--they did on Tuesday.

Also, Patrick was impressed Tuesday by one rookie (Jordan Hancock) but not with another (Dorian Strong). That plus special teams kinda coming together, wanting to see more from the rookie defensive lineman and much more.

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Major props to Talking Buffalo sponsor, Sonny Red’s at 1841 Abbott Road in Lackawanna, just minutes from Highmark Stadium. We consider them THE most underrated spot for wings, pizza and other great food in Western New York plus it’s a great place to drink and have a great time. Also big thanks to Imperial Pizza and their two locations (1035 Abbott Road and 1655 Main Street), home of not only great pizza and tons of other delicious eats but also the best everyday lunch special in town.

Special thanks to local Buffalo band, Orange Zest for allowing us to use their awesome single, “Old Friends” as the new official intro music for Talking Buffalo.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran has several observations after taking in Buffalo Bills training camp practice again on Monday, including feel confident enough that it's OK to raise back up the expectations of linebacker Matt Milano to the level they were a few years ago.

To say it was hot and steamy at St. John Fisher on Tuesday for practice was an understatement. In fact, Patrick admits to barely making it through practice before bailing for some shade, of which there was zero of all morning long. But he persevered and stuck around for all of practice, the first with pads on of the summer and he's got several takeaways from it. At the top is the play of Milano, who's had a really (really) strong camp and right now looks very much like the former All-Pro he was a few years ago before the injury. Provided he can stay healthy Patrick think it's OK for fans and the media to put the lofty expectations back on him--he looks that good.

There were other players Patrick was impressed with on Tuesday that he talks about, including Damar Hamlin (yes, Damar Hamlin), Josh Palmer, James Cook and to no one's surprise, Christian Benford.

On the side of the things to be less enthusiastic about, injuries are becoming a factor for the Bills at training camp and now it's Dalton Kincaid who was out with knee soreness, the same left knee that hampered his sophomore campaign last season.

Patrick also has takes on Keon Coleman looking like he's ready to be more reliable, Tre White not really being tested yet, a quiet start for pass rush specialist Javon Solomon and much more.

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Major props to Talking Buffalo sponsor, Sonny Red’s at 1841 Abbott Road in Lackawanna, just minutes from Highmark Stadium. We consider them THE most underrated spot for wings, pizza and other great food in Western New York plus it’s a great place to drink and have a great time. Also big thanks to Imperial Pizza and their two locations (1035 Abbott Road and 1655 Main Street), home of not only great pizza and tons of other delicious eats but also the best everyday lunch special in town.

Special thanks to local Buffalo band, Orange Zest for allowing us to use their awesome single, “Old Friends” as the new official intro music for Talking Buffalo.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran was at Buffalo Bills training camp on Sunday and has a ton of observations to discuss, some solo and also a segment with Bills reporter Alex Brasky.

Alex joined Patrick live from right outside the field just minutes after practice answered and they discussed a handful of topics, including injuries to Curtis Samuel and Terrel Bernard opening up some practice opportunities and what we saw is a nice battle brewing for the spot behind Bernard between Baylon Spector, who was impressive Sunday and feel good story Joe Andreessen, who also got plenty of work. Unfortunately practice ended badly for receiver Tyrell Shavers after suffering an ankle injury at the end of practice, wiping out what was a promising day for the roster hopeful. Alex also talks about the job Cam Lewis is doing in the secondary and looks primed to keep this roster spot.

For Patrick he discusses being blown away by how Keon Coleman looked Sunday, calling it the best training camp practice he’s seen from Keon so far. He was winning at all levels and sides of the field against multiple defensive backs, working to get both separation and making a really nice contested catch.

Patrick also empties out his notebook from practice, talking about a big play from roster longshot Ja’Marcus Ingram, the safety position rounding into form early, another so-so day for first-round rookie Max Hairston, a fifth rounder from last year that may find himself off the active roster and much more.

Be sure to follow Alex on Twitter/X at @AlexBrasky and subscribe to his Buffalo Pregame on Substack.

The Talking Buffalo online merch store is now live! You can purchase t shirts, hoodies, zip ups, crewnecks and polos in a couple of different styles and colors. Visit our online page for pricing and options and while there, check out Buf on Weck for tons of cool gear!

Major props to Talking Buffalo sponsor, Sonny Red’s at 1841 Abbott Road in Lackawanna, just minutes from Highmark Stadium. We consider them THE most underrated spot for wings, pizza and other great food in Western New York plus it’s a great place to drink and have a great time. Also big thanks to Imperial Pizza and their two locations (1035 Abbott Road and 1655 Main Street), home of not only great pizza and tons of other delicious eats but also the best everyday lunch special in town.

Special thanks to local Buffalo band, Orange Zest for allowing us to use their awesome single, “Old Friends” as the new official intro music for Talking Buffalo.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, it's a combination of Patrick Moran's biggest takeaways through the first few days of Buffalo Bills training camp as well as a handful of submissions from The Podbag --- listener submitted questions and takes.

The top players from Buffalo's 2024 draft class, Keon Coleman and Cole Bishop have unsurprisingly been in the spotlight. After a pretty rough first day of camp where star cornerback Christian Benford was mostly locking Coleman down, the receiver responded with a standout day two in making multiple catches all over the field with crispier route running and sure hands. It was enough to get the media talking positively about him and Patrick has plenty of reaction. In terms of Bishop, what Patrick expected to be a true battle between he and Damar Hamlin doesn't look it will materialize (good), as Bishop has taken the lion's share of first team reps in both of the Bills practices so far.

Also there was some injury news from day two of camp as two Bills left practice early, including linebacker Dorian Williams with what looks like a calf injury. Patrick discusses that and a few other notable items.

As far as the Podbag, Patrick responds to a question about things that are exciting him the most about Bills camp early on, giving a specific example to refute someone's claim that there's nothing at training camp that matters other than injuries, and discussing if Josh Allen is already the Bills greatest quarterback ever.

Plus, someone compares former Buffalo Sabre JJ Peterka to Myles Garrett (lol).  That plus Hulk Hogan passes away and much more.

The Talking Buffalo online merch store is now live! You can purchase t shirts, hoodies, zip ups, crewnecks and polos in a couple of different styles and colors. Visit our online page for pricing and options and while there, check out Buf on Weck for tons of cool gear!

Major props to Talking Buffalo sponsor, Sonny Red’s at 1841 Abbott Road in Lackawanna, just minutes from Highmark Stadium. We consider them THE most underrated spot for wings, pizza and other great food in Western New York plus it’s a great place to drink and have a great time. Also big thanks to Imperial Pizza and their two locations (1035 Abbott Road and 1655 Main Street), home of not only great pizza and tons of other delicious eats but also the best everyday lunch special in town.

Special thanks to local Buffalo band, Orange Zestf or allowing us to use their awesome single, “Old Friends” as the new official intro music for Talking Buffalo.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo the NFL offseason is now over, Buffalo Bills training camp is officially back and Patrick Moran goes over a handful of interesting things we've learned about the Bills after just day one of training camp.

For a football fan and specifically a Bills fan there isn't many things that feel better than training camp being underway at St. John's Fisher in Rochester. While the pads aren't on yet, the Bills had their first of what'll be 12 practices in Rochester away from home and there's plenty to digest already both on and off the field.

Before practice began Sean McDermott met with the media and among the items discussed were four players not ready to begin practicing for camp, including Dawson Knox and Spencer Brown. Patrick has thoughts on Sean describing Brown's back as a flare up and concluding it would be naive to at least not be somewhat concerned about it, considering Brown's back surgery was three years ago.

Also, Tre White and Cole Bishop got the start in the Bills secondary in initial team drills work. Should either be surprising? Probably not. What may be a bit surprising is rookie Jordan Hancock spending practice at slot corner instead of safety, at least it is to Patrick as he describes. That plus a good opener for receiver Josh Palmer, Joey Bosa sounded very comfortable and legit happy to be in Buffalo and plenty more takeaways.

The Talking Buffalo online merch store is now live! You can purchase t shirts, hoodies, zip ups, crewnecks and polos in a couple of different styles and colors. Visit our online page for pricing and options and while there, check out Buf on Weck for tons of cool gear!

Major props to Talking Buffalo sponsor, Sonny Red’s at 1841 Abbott Road in Lackawanna, just minutes from Highmark Stadium. We consider them THE most underrated spot for wings, pizza and other great food in Western New York plus it’s a great place to drink and have a great time. Also big thanks to Imperial Pizza and their two locations (1035 Abbott Road and 1655 Main Street), home of not only great pizza and tons of other delicious eats but also the best everyday lunch special in town.

Special thanks to local Buffalo band, Orange Zest for allowing us to use their awesome single, “Old Friends” as the new official intro music for Talking Buffalo.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Matt Warren from SB Nation to discuss a handful of Buffalo Bills topics as training camp begins, including some under the radar players that fans should be intrigued to watch at camp in Rochester.

The Bills don't lack for star power and everyone's eyes as always will be on guys like Josh Allen, Dion Dawkins, Matt Milano, Khalil Shakir and a few other big-named veterans. That said, there's some younger guys on the team that Patrick's excited to lock into at camp for varying reasons. Together he and Matt discuss some of them, a list that includes Javon Solomon, Jordan Hancock, Dewayne Carter, Joe Andreessen and Joshua Palmer--with the last name being debatable if he's an "under the radar" type guy.

Also, Patrick plays a clip from a show last week that featured Matt Parrino and Matthew Fairburn where they talked about the cultural and personality change of Sean McDermott recently, at least it appears as such and Matt Warren (all these Matt's are getting confusing!) has reaction to to it. That plus thoughts on Tim Graham calling this one of the dullest great teams he's ever covered, the Bills having the fourth-best roster in the league in a recent ESPN article and much more.

The Talking Buffalo online merch store is now live! You can purchase t shirts, hoodies, zip ups, crewnecks and polos in a couple of different styles and colors. Visit our online page for pricing and options and while there, check out Buf on Weck for tons of cool gear!

Major props to Talking Buffalo sponsor, Sonny Red’s at 1841 Abbott Road in Lackawanna, just minutes from Highmark Stadium. We consider them THE most underrated spot for wings, pizza and other great food in Western New York plus it’s a great place to drink and have a great time. Also big thanks to Imperial Pizza and their two locations (1035 Abbott Road and 1655 Main Street), home of not only great pizza and tons of other delicious eats but also the best everyday lunch special in town.

Special thanks to local Buffalo band, Orange Zest for allowing us to use their awesome single, “Old Friends” as the new official intro music for Talking Buffalo.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Alex Brasky, creator of Buffalo Pregame for Substack to talk several topics revolving around the start of Buffalo Bills training camp this week in Rochester.

There's not a ton of prominent battles expected for roster sports or depth chart positioning with Bills camp but that doesn't mean there's a lack of interesting storylines, including a solid handful that we don't yet a solid idea how they'll play out. Among them Patrick and Alex discuss is while James Cook will report to camp, will he be a full participant when camp starts and as it progresses. Cook has been very public about wanting a new contract and it doesn't feel like the Bills are willing to accompany a price he's looking for at this time. It was certainly encouraging that Cook reported to and participated fully during Bills mandatory mini camp in May, but him being a "hold in" is definitely on the table at St. John's Fisher.

Also discussed is an expected battle between the veteran Tre White and first-round rookie Max Hairston to see who starts at cornerback alongside Christian Benford. Elijah Moore vs Curtis Samuel to be a notable part of the offense is something else we could see play out over the next few weeks. Also, Mitch Trubisky will be pushed by Mike White to for the QB2 job. Also, who ends up being the primary kick and/or punt returner?

That plus the guys look back at last weekend's fun at Mafia Con, Alex talks about launching his own Substack and much more.

Be sure to follow Alex on Twitter/X at @AlexBrasky and subscribe to his Buffalo Pregame on Substack.

The Talking Buffalo online merch store is now live! You can purchase t shirts, hoodies, zip ups, crewnecks and polos in a couple of different styles and colors. Visit our online page for pricing and options and while there, check out Buf on Weck for tons of cool gear!

Major props to Talking Buffalo sponsor, Sonny Red’s at 1841 Abbott Road in Lackawanna, just minutes from Highmark Stadium. We consider them THE most underrated spot for wings, pizza and other great food in Western New York plus it’s a great place to drink and have a great time. Also big thanks to Imperial Pizza and their two locations (1035 Abbott Road and 1655 Main Street), home of not only great pizza and tons of other delicious eats but also the best everyday lunch special in town.

Special thanks to local Buffalo band, Orange Zest for allowing us to use their awesome single, “Old Friends” as the new official intro music for Talking Buffalo.

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On today's milestone 1,1ooth episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by sports journalist Tim Graham for a conversation ranging a handful of Buffalo sports topics recorded live from Mafia Con 2 this past weekend at Seneca One in downtown Buffalo.

The second edition of Mafia Con was far bigger than the first last year and Graham, who joined Patrick for the event last year to discuss the supersizing fun event that brings thousands of Bills fans together. From there they get into a discussion into what Tim was doing at the same time last year before this event, finishing up a feature story on Bills linebacker Terrell Bernard that had Tim travel to Texas to spend some time with him. Tim wrote about the leadership qualities of Bernard and sure enough a handful of weeks later before the regular season season started, Sean McDermott named Bernard one of just two captains on the team alongside Josh Allen.

Speaking of Sean, Tim has thoughts on the evolution of him as Bills head coach of certs, willing to make himself a little more open and vulnerable, something Patrick thinks was necessarily in his growth that could help save his message from getting stale in the locker room.

They also about Tim's recent story in The Athletic about the Bills process the last time they were getting ready to move into what would be a new Rich Stadium in 1973. That and a few other things as well. Big shout out to Del Reid and everyone who helped put this fun event together. Already looking forward to next year!

The Talking Buffalo online merch store is now live! You can purchase t shirts, hoodies, zip ups, crewnecks and polos in a couple of different styles and colors. Visit our online page for pricing and options and while there, check out Buf on Weck for tons of cool gear!

Major props to Talking Buffalo sponsor, Sonny Red’s at 1841 Abbott Road in Lackawanna, just minutes from Highmark Stadium. We consider them THE most underrated spot for wings, pizza and other great food in Western New York plus it’s a great place to drink and have a great time. Also big thanks to Imperial Pizza and their two locations (1035 Abbott Road and 1655 Main Street), home of not only great pizza and tons of other delicious eats but also the best everyday lunch special in town.

Special thanks to local Buffalo band, Orange Zest for allowing us to use their awesome single, “Old Friends” as the new official intro music for Talking Buffalo.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by both Matt Parrino and Matthew Fairburn for a conversation about Buffalo sports, media and life that's recorded live at Imperial Pizza in South Buffalo.

The Buffalo sports media landscape has changed a lot over the past decade, particularly on the Bills side and the Fairburn/Parrino combo have plenty to do with it. Syracuse(dot com) started covering the Bills in 2014 with a young upstart Fairburn anchoring that coverage. He talks about putting that outlet on the map as a credible source of coverage for Bills fans. Fairburn left the outlet to join a startup The Athletic in 2018 and Parrino, who was covering UFC in Las Vegas at time moved back to his hometown of Buffalo to take over. Parrino's taking the coverage to another level and discusses the interactive media element he brought there, especially the Shout! podcast he does with co-host Ryan Talbot.

This episode is a discussion about several other things featuring two of the best sports journalists in the business today.

Big shout-out and thank you once again to Imperial Pizza for being a gracious host and for their excellent wings. They now have two locations, 1035 Abbott Road and also 1665 Main Street

The Talking Buffalo online merch store is now live! You can purchase t shirts, hoodies, zip ups, crewnecks and polos in a couple of different styles and colors. Visit our online page for pricing and options and while there, check out Buf on Weck for tons of cool gear!

Special thanks to local Buffalo band, Orange Zest for allowing us to use their awesome single, “Old Friends” as the new official intro music for Talking Buffalo.

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