Talking Buffalo

It’s Casual Friday at Talking Buffalo Podcast and Patrick Moran is joined by sports writer Joe Yerdon to discuss several topics, including Patrick’s big dilemma over staying in Florida or moving back to Buffalo, if Buffalo could ever properly support a NBA or MLB franchise as well as their “Starting Five” draft of TV Show Theme Songs.

After spending the past five years in Florida, Patrick’s at the point where he could move back to his hometown of Buffalo. It’s something he’s wanted to do for the past few years but in recent months he’s come to enjoy much more about Florida and more importantly his wife has built a nice career down in the sunshine state.  Patrick forces Joe to play Dr. Joe and spills the details about his dilemma.

On the heels of reports that the NBA plans on expanding, the guys have a discussion about if Buffalo could actually be a viable candidate for a franchise.  They hit on the differences between fan support versus financial support and if a third major professional sports team could realistically exist in Buffalo.

They conclude with this week’s “Starting Five” where the guys spend an unhealthy amount of time drafting their favorite TV Show Theme Songs and mentioning countless other shows that were worthy of making the cut.

All this and much more.  Follow Joe on Twitter @JoeYerdon.

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On this bonus debut “Pod Mix” Thursday episode of Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran turns content control over to you by answering questions and reading off takes sent in from listeners via Twitter, Facebook or email with topics covering Buffalo sports, sports in general, pop culture or anything else.

Today’s submissions include wondering if Josh Allen’s elite play from 2020 is sustainable as well as Allen questions on if a new contract will get done before the regular season starts and if higher expectations going into 2021 will have an effect on his play.

There’s also questions about if Levi Wallace or Dane Jackson will step up at cornerback and how the Bills running game is supposed to improve with the same exact parts.

Patrick also ranks his favorite era of sports and tries to explain why he sucks so bad at the “Starting Five” drafts each Friday on the podcast.  That and much more!

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On this episode of the future award-winning Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran is joined by one of his favorite guests, popular Buffalo Bills content creator Bruce Nolan (The Bruce Exclusive) to discuss the Bills offensive and defensive lines, a training camp positional battle he’s excited to see this summer, podcasting stuff and even a strong TV show recommendation.

On this episode of the future award-winning Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran is joined by one of his favorite guests, popular Buffalo Bills content creator Bruce Nolan (The Bruce Exclusive) to discuss the Bills offensive and defensive lines, a training camp positional battle he’s excited to see this summer, podcasting stuff and even a strong TV show recommendation.

The Bills spent very heavy draft capital on both sides of the line with the NFL draft last month, investing their first two picks on the defensive line and the next two that followed at offensive tackle.  Bruce offers his thoughts on the picks both immediately after being made and now after having time to digest them.  They also go over the current roster as things stand and discuss who may be on the outside looking in with the 53-man roster as the Bills suddenly have plenty of depth on both sides of the ball.

They also have a talk about Bruce appearing on so many podcasts each week and the process of his time management to afford him the opportunity.  That plus Bruce talks about the team that he thinks had the best offseason in the league, a Bills positional battle at training camp he’s very much looking forward to seeing---and even offers a solid TV show recommendation for listeners.

You can follow Bruce on Twitter @BruceExclusiveand make sure to check out The Bruce Exclusive podcastevery Thursday and Friday, part of the Buffalo Rumblings podcasting network.

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It’s Casual Friday at Talking Buffalo Podcast and Patrick Moran is joined by sport writer Joe Yerdon to discuss several topics, including the Buffalo Bills 2021 schedule being released, fall out from several Buffalo Sabres season-ending press conferences and regular segments such as the TBP Interest Meter and “Starting Five” draft of best TV shows from the 20th century.

Joe takes over the controls of Casual Friday in the interim from 26 Shirts owner Del Reid.  Del’s been on every Friday for the past few months but with the opening of the 26 Shirts showroom at their office this past week and several other things going on with the company, Joe will join Patrick on Fridays to discuss Buffalo, sports and a few fun regular segments.

The NFL released the full 2021 schedule on Wednesday and the guys have thoughts on how it played out for the Bills, including four prime time games but only one at home.  The Sabres concluded their series of player, coach and front office season-ending press conferences and Joe discusses them as well as the latest article he wrote for Die by the Blade that talks of the organization’s mismanagement and the punishment due for it.

They also have regular segments, including the TBP Interest Meter where Joe’s asked to gage his level of interest on several topics before they end with this weeks’ “Starting Five”, consisting of a draft of their favorite TV shows from the 20th century.

All this and much more.  Follow Joe on Twitter @JoeYerdon.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran is joined by recurring guest, friend and sports media personality Joe Yerdon to discuss the Buffalo Sabres 2020-21 season, some of the player season-ending press conferences with the media on Monday and look into how he sees the offseason playing out on the heels of Jack Eichel's fiery presser.

Don Granato led the Sabres to a 9-16-3 record in his 28 games as interim head coach after taking over for a fired Ralph Krueger, including a 9-11-2 record following the team’s epic 18-game winless streak.  Beyond the wins and losses many of the younger players looked considerably better under Granato, leading several fans and media including Joe to conclude Granato deserves legitimate consideration to become the permanent head coach.  Joe discusses why.

However, that’s greatly overshadowed by Monday’s fiery Zoom pressers from several players, most notably Eichel who sounded like a franchise center incredibly open if not ready to become a former Sabres center soon.  Joe has his thoughts on Eichel’s injuries this season and how the organization’s handling of them has put them in a lose-lose situation with an already frustrated fan base.

They also discuss non-committal comments from Sam Reinhart, Rasmus Ristolainen and plenty more.

All this and much more.  Follow Joe on Twitter @JoeYerdon.

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It’s Casual Friday on this episode of the future-award winning Talking Buffalo Podcast and as always Patrick Moran’s joined by 26 Shirts owner and #BillsMafia co-founder Del Reid to discuss a variety of topics, including the Buffalo Bills NFL draft, the latest 26 Shirts campaign, MCU getting excited over a trailer highlighting future releases and a “Starting Five” draft of Favorite 90s albums.

Del discusses his thoughts on the Buffalo Bills draft (shocking spoiler alert—he liked it) and how he consumed it, spending Thursday night and some of Friday in Tyler Dunne’s zoom party exclusive his newsletter subscribers.

They also detail this week’s 26 Shirts campaign, “Trust the Results” to help benefit 29-year old Alex, who’s bravely battling stage four breast cancer.

The guys also talk about the trailer that dropped this week, spectacularly highlighting the next phase (four) of Marvel Comics movies coming down the chute over the next few years before ending with their weekly segments, which this week includes a “Starting Five” draft of Favorite 90’s albums.  Can Patrick end a three-week losing streak?

You can follow Del on Twitter @DelReid and of course be sure to check out 26shirts.comfor the latest shirts and campaigns it helps benefit, including this week’s “Trust the Results”.  You can also help 29-year old Alex fight stage four cancer by donating to her GoFundMe site online.

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On this episode of the future award-winning Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran is joined by recurring guest and friend Aaron Quinn from the Cover 1 Buffalo podcast in the second of a two part series discussing their Buffalo Bills draft.  Today the guys highlight some of their favorite drafts around the league, grade the Bills draft from three years ago in 2018 and dive into a full Buffalo offseason review now that the draft has passed and the team looks to be mostly set going into training camp this summer.

Patrick highlights draft classes of six teams around the league that he really enjoyed, including a pair of Buffalo divisional rivals while Aaron throws in a few teams he liked as well.

From there they go on assign a draft grade to the 2018 class of three years ago, a class that included Josh Allen, Tremaine Edmunds, Harrison Philips, Taron Johnson and Siran Neal.   Not only do both guys agree that it’s an easy “A” but take it one step further---putting it on par, at least early on with two of the Bills best draft classes of all-time.

Before calling it a day they take a look at the big picture now that the Bills offseason player movement is mostly over. While admittedly lamenting the Bills not adding a game-changing tight end or end rusher via free agency or trade, both guys credit the team building philosophy of Brandon Beane and agree that it’s the continued development of some of the younger players with room to get better---guys like Ed Oliver, Edmunds, Devin Singletary, Zack Moss, Gabriel Davis and Dawson Knox that’ll ultimately determine if this is a franchise capable of overtaking Kansas City and anyone else as the cream of the AFC crop in 2021.

You can follow Aaron on Twitter @AaronQuinn716 and be sure to check out the Cover 1 Buffalo Podcast

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On this episode of the future award-winning Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran is joined by recurring guest and friend Aaron Quinn from the Cover 1 Buffalo podcast in the first of a two part series discussing their Buffalo Bills draft takeaways, biggest winners and losers among the Buffalo veterans on the roster post-draft and the outlook of this team going forward now that the draft has passed.

The guys break down each of the eight Bills draft selections and discuss what they liked, and potentially didn’t like about each of the picks. It’s not a surprise Gregory Rousseau ended up being a first-round pick but at least Patrick was surprised Brandon Beane pulled the trigger on him over Jayson Oweh or Joe Tyron.  Aaron examines why he considers it a good pick on a long-term basis.

Both guys admit borderline shock to Buffalo going back to defensive end in round two with Carlos Basham and especially in round three with offensive tackle Spencer Brown, particularly when a pair of cornerbacks Patrick and Aaron both coveted were available, Elijah Molden and Ifeatur Melifonwu.

They agree on liking the upside of all three of the sixth-round picks Buffalo added and also spend time looking back on the six mock drafts they did leading up to the draft, defending the process of mocks and their usefulness even if they don’t result in the players you project going to the team.

You can follow Aaron on Twitter @AaronQuinn716and be sure to check out the Cover 1 Buffalo Podcast

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On this episode of the future-award winning Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran talks with Anthony Marino from Buffalo Rumblings to recap the Bills selection of Miami defensive end Gregory Rousseau in round one of the NFL draft as well as a discussion on some of the biggest moments from Thursday night’s first round.

As it turned out just two defensive ends were off the board (Jaelan Phillips and Kwity Paye) when the Bills went on the clock with the 30th pick, leaving them to choose between Rousseau and other prospects like Jayson Oweh, Azeez Ojulari and Joe Tyron.  Brandon Beane ultimately went with Rosseau and the guys give their kneejerk reaction to the pick, as this podcast was taped less than a hour after the selection was made.

Both guys conclude the pick was underwhelming but practical and offer a few suggestions on who they wish the Bills would’ve targeted with the selection.

They also take a look at how the AFC East played out in round one Thursday night, including Mac Jones falling to the New England Patriots at pick No. 25 while the Jets and Dolphins each grabbed two first-rounders.

Be sure to follow Anthony on Twitter @AnthMarino and check out Buffalo Rumblings for all the latest Bills news and commentary as well as  full  NFL draft coverage.

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Tonight starts the  2021 NFL Draft and on this bonus episode of the future award-winning Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran runs down a list of the 10 most likely and realistic candidates to be selected by the Buffalo Bills with their first pick.

Four cornerbacks lead the way, with three defensive ends and one each of the running interior offensive and defensive line positions. However, it’s a running back, Travis Etienne that tops the list---a guy Patrick’s been high on for Buffalo since the beginning of the process.  He explains not just why Etienne’s talent is deserving of being the first pick, but why he thinks it’s the perfect football fit and why he thinks it’s completely realistic if not likely to actually happen.

He also spends some time explaining things he’s learned while doing his six weekly Bills mock draft with Aaron Quinn from Cover 1, including the realization that defensive edge should probably be punted for 2021 if not addressed early, round two being an excellent round to go cornerback hunting and safety being a potential sneaky need in the third.

He also lists some Bills related questions that should be answered over the next 72 hours and ends with a handful of NFL draft predictions, including a trade that ultimately nets Zach Ertz to Buffalo.

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