Talking Buffalo

On this episode of the future award-winning Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran chats with recurring guest and friend Joe (@BuffaloWins) about their list of the 10 most irreplaceable players on the Buffalo Bills.

While Patrick and Joe rate them differently they agree with nine of the ten spots: Micah Hyde, Mitch Morse, Stefon Diggs, Ed Oliver, Matt Milano, Dion Dawkins, Tremaine Edmunds, Tre White and Josh Allen.   The lone difference comes with Patrick explaining why he has John Brown on the list and Joe debating why Jerry Hughes made his over Brown.

Things stay cordially until the subject of Tre White nearly opting out this past week comes up.  At that point after a lengthy take from Joe on Buffalo Bills twitter Patrick gets angry at a condescending tweet to Bills fans from a national media member, which sets off fireworks between the guys.

It’s hard hitting episode that’ll have you wondering if Patrick and Joe are really friends or if they actually hate each other.

Don’t miss out on our latest Prize Pack Giveaway contest—an opportunity to win an 18” wood fired pizza and 20 wings from Sonny Red’s in Lackawanna, one of Western New York’s best hidden gems for great eats.  To enter, just find the Tweet pinned at the top of Patricks’ Twitter (@PatMoranTweets) timeline and follow the simple instructions.  This contest is for subscribers only.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran has a chat with Greg Tompsett, host of the Cover 1 Buffalo podcast on a variety of Buffalo Bills, NFL and life topics.

Many fans and media consider the Bills the team to beat in the AFC East this season.  Patrick is interested in learning more why and the guys discuss the shortcomings of the competition inside the division that make Buffalo a trendy pick.

Greg also offers his insight into several Bills topics and the guys also recall reacting in real time to the trade for Stefon Diggs as they were in a middle of taping a segment in March.   Greg also discusses his Cover 1 Buffalo podcast, how his show has changed in recent times, being a guest on several other shows and big life events that’s happened for him since Covid-19 rocked the world.

You can follow Greg on Twitter @GregTompsett and be sure to check out his podcast along with other daily content on Cover 1.

Don’t miss out on our latest Prize Pack Giveaway contest—an opportunity to win an 18” wood fired pizza and 20 wings from Sonny Red’s in Lackawanna, one of Western New York’s best hidden gems for great eats.  To enter, just find the Tweet pinned at the top of Patricks’ Twitter (@PatMoranTweets) timeline and follow the simple instructions.  This contest is for subscribers only.

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On this episode of the future award-winning Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran is joined by WGR-550 sports talk radio host and recurring guest Nate Geary about a variety of topics mainly centered around the start of Buffalo Bills training camp.

For the first time in more years than most Bills fans can remember the team is a trendy pick to overtake New England and win the AFC East.  Patrick and Nate discuss some of the reasons why so many are high are on Buffalo, including examining quarterback Josh Allen being ranked among the Top 100 players in the league among his peers.  Also, can Allen actually be a top five MVP candidate?

The guys also spend time talking about the Stefon Diggs addition, , if the defensive line is in even better shape than last year despite losing two key sack contributors to free agency and wondering if likely not having fans in the stadium this season will have an impact on the Bills 2020 forecast.

Follow Nate on Twitter at @NateGearySports.

Don’t miss out on our latest Prize Pack Giveaway contest—an opportunity to win an 18” wood fired pizza and 20 wings from Sonny Red’s in Lackawanna, one of Western New York’s best hidden gems for great eats.  To enter, just find the Tweet pinned at the top of Patricks’ Twitter (@PatMoranTweets) timeline and follow the simple instructions.  This contest is for subscribers only.

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On this special episode of Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran has an interview with one of the biggest lightning rods in sports and social media.  Barry McCockiner joins the podcast for a rare interview on several different topics ranging from history to humor with tons of sports talk along the way.

Barry McCockiner is a troop lover, seven-time racism hater honoree, advocate against marijuana overdose and probably has been suspended from Twitter more times than anyone in recorded history. He’s also incredibly knowledgeable with sports, particularly with football and basketball and the guys discuss it all.

Barry explains how he grew his brand and that it took years to see his following grow into the tens of thousands.  They also discuss some of his best trolls, if there’s a line he’s crossed he regrets and the method in which he balances humor with substance in his persona.

They also discuss Barry growing his presence through his Class Act Podcast and his YouTube channel, including the time-consuming work that goes into producing his content.

Of course there’s plenty of sports talk and Buffalo Bills fans will be delighted to hear a trademark Barry McCockiner rant against the guy he considers the most overrated athlete in sports history, Tom Brady, as well as thoughts on if Buffalo will overtake New England in the AFC East this year.

They finish up with some hoops talk, including Stephen Curry’s zero Finals MVPs and Kevin Durant being a coward before wrapping up with deep takes on why he thinks Lebron James and not Michael Jordan is the greatest of all-time.

It’s great stuff with one of social media’s most entertaining personalities.  Follow Barry on Twitter @MegaracismHater, check out his Class Act Podcast and sure to subscribe to his YouTube Channel.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo Podcast it’s the Randomcast With Joe.   Patrick Moran is joined by recurring guest and friend Joe and the guys hit on a bunch of topics primarily focused on baseball, football and arguing.

Here’s a spoiler alert— Patrick and Joe pretty much disagree on everything and things get particularly heated during a discussion on the significance of the NFL preseason slate being wiped out.

Tim Graham of The Athletic recently published an interview with Buddy Nix where the former Buffalo Bills general manger says that he was very high on Russell Wilson going into the 2012 NFL draft but missed out on him by a half round. The article also features claims from former QB coach David Lee that he badly wanted Dak Prescott in the 2016 draft but Doug Whaley was locked on Cardale Jones.   Patrick and Joe wonder out loud how truthful Nix and Lee are being with their comments.

They also talk about the social and economic windfalls of the Toronto Blue Jays playing their reduced MLB home schedule in Buffalo this summer, Ed Oliver being wrongly arrested a couple of months ago and how it’s more than just the police that are to blame in what’s pretty much a lengthy argument disguised as a podcast episode.

Follow Patrick on Twittter @PatMoranTweets and follow Joe on Twitter @BuffaloWins.

Also, congratulations to Jason (@Bigjdogg822) for winning our large pizza and 20 wings prize pack giveaway contest, courtesy of our friends over at Macy’s Place Pizzeria!

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran has a conversation with WKBW-TV chief investigative reporter Charlie Specht on a wide variety of topics spanning his life and award-winning career.

Charlie talks about being born in South Buffalo and living there until he was 10 before moving to the suburbs and eventually going to Iroquois high school, where as an athlete he nearly won a state championship in football.  Charlie would go onto college at St. Bonaventure, where he initially had dreams of becoming a sports reporter.

Expanding on his early career dreams, Charlie tells the story of being a finalist for a sports writing internship at The Buffalo News but lost out on the opportunity to Tyler Dunne, who after two stints with TBN is now a highly acclaimed national reporter at The Bleacher Report.   Charlie would go on to work at The News in a non-sports capacity for three and half years and reveals how a newspaper column there after he left ultimately led to him applying and getting his career launched at WKBW-TV in 2016.

They discuss some of Charlie’s well documented work and the many accolades have have come has with it. Unfortunately there’s also a dark side to being an investigative reporter and they discuss a death threat made to Charlie that’s incredibly chilling and led to an arrest.

The guys also spend some time talking about the Buffalo and Charlie discusses what is he loves about the city so much and of course, they finish up with the traditional Fun Fact Finale where we learn a ton of quirky things about one of the most decorated investigative reporters the Western New York community has seen in quite a while.

You can follow Charlie on Twitter @Charlie_Reports and of course check out his award-winning work at WKBW-TV. 

Take advantage of an opportunity to win a free large pizza AND 20 wings from Macy’s Place Pizzeria.  To be eligible, you need to go to Patrick’s Twitter page (@PatMoranTweets) and there’s a tweet pinned at the top describing the contest. Read the tweet and enter to win before Thursday to have a chance to win!

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On this episode of the future award-winning Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran is joined by Rico, a Buffalo Bills content creator over at Buffalo Fanatics. The guys, as Rico likes to say “chop it up” on a variety of topics including the Buffalo Bills, content creating, branding and a thoroughly heavy discussion on racism.

Racial and social unjust have been at a fevered pitch in the United States lately and a series of tweets recently by a fellow Buffalo Bills content creator have led to heated feelings on social media.  Patrick and Rico address the tweets and have an open and candid conversation about race, what often makes us a product of it and why environmental upbringing is no longer excusable. They also talk about holding those accountable for feelings and statements and the importance of dialogue and education, as opposed to automatically “cancelling” someone, which leads to silence and therefore no progress.

Beyond that Rico dives into the Buffalo Fanatics brand, talking their history that includes starting as a Facebook group in 2013 and how the Bills sent them a cease and decease. He talks about some of the talent on the BF roster, the grind that comes with putting out content consistently and the significance of engagement with fans.

They do spend a little time talking the Bills and Rico highlights three things that should have Bills fans worried about the 2020 roster as well as three things that should have fans excited.

It’s a conversation that combines some traditional fun but’s also layered with topics that are sometimes uncomfortable to talk about but need to be discussed.

You can follow Rico on Twitter @RealRico_BF and check out his as well as all Buffalo Fanatics content on their YouTube Channel.

Take advantage of an opportunity to win a free large pizza AND 20 wings from Macy’s Place Pizzeria.  To be eligible, you need to go to Patrick’s Twitter page (@PatMoranTweets) and there’s a tweet pinned at the top describing the contest. Read the tweet and enter to win!

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On today’s future award-wining Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran has a conversation with recurring guest Joe Yerdon on a variety of topics including Covid-19 costing him his job, the Buffalo Sabres and a fun series of brain busters revolving around boring movie descriptions.

Joe covered the Buffalo Sabres for The Athletic but because the Sabres haven’t played since March and likely won’t again until at least January due to Covid-19, was recently laid off as were several writers across The Athletic brand.  Joe clearly has a lot of emotions over what happens and gets some of it off his chest, sharing the process of a company-wide meeting that ultimately led to his dismissal as well as 45 other writers on the staff. Emotionally charged, Joe talks  on the difficulty working in an industry that’s on such shaky ground in the foreseeable future because of the pandemic and that at least for the time being, hockey practices starting again in advance of the playoffs has him feeling down.

They also spend a few minutes discussing the Sabres and Joe tells a tale of now former general manager Jason Botterill calling him after Joe got laid off, a gesture that totally resonated with him.

Also, inspired by a tweet that went viral, Patrick puts Joe and the listeners through a series of cinematic brain busters.  Patrick reads off a series of intentionally boring descriptions of popular flicks and Joe is tasked at trying to figure out what the movies are.

You can follow Joe on Twitter @JoeYerdon.

Take advantage of an opportunity to win a free large pizza AND 20 wings from Macy’s Place Pizzeria.  To be eligible, you need to go to Patrick’s Twitter page (@PatMoranTweets) and there’s a tweet pinned at the top describing the contest. Read the tweet and enter to win!

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On this episode of the future award-winning Talking Buffalo Podcast, the cancel culture may not be to unify here as Patrick Moran and recurring guest & friend Joe do their best to get themselves cancelled with this pod’s first-ever Rantcast—an entire episode worth of the guys ranting and complaining about almost everything.  It’s a vocal train wreck but one you can’t stop listening too.

Nothing is off limits in this session.  From fans and media speculating what Josh Allen’s imminent pay day will be after Patrick Mahomes signed for over $500 million to why Joe flat-out thinks is Pegula S&E going broke, today’s literally a non-stop verbal roller coaster of rants.

Other topics include some media and fans coming up with stupid trade scenarios for Buffalo Sabres star Jack Eichel,  NFL policy calling for 60 minutes of physical game contract but no exchanging or jerseys post-game, if there will be fans in stadiums for sports in 2020 and WWE becoming completely unwatchable.

There’s several rants and discussions about meaningful life topics too— including the necessity of wearing a mask, Patrick angry about the lack of backlash from anti-Semitic comments from Desean Jackson, today’s America being about personal freedom over the welfare of your country, cancel culture, Donald Trump and much more.

Patrick also complains about not receiving enough credit for Macy’s Place Pizzeria’s rising mainstream popularity and pisses off Joe because he sort of likes Barstool Sports.  Meanwhile, Joe has a beef with golf and sports media members who tweet about it.

Yeah…It’s that bad.  Make sure you listen anyway.

Follow Patrick Moran on Twitter @PatMoranTweets and follow Joe on Twitter @Buffalowins.

Special thanks to Buffalo Bills fan-run brands like Cover 1 & Buffalo Fanatics for helping us promote these episodes.

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On this episode of the future award-winning Talking Buffalo Podcast, Patrick Moran has a chat with former San Diego Chargers star and team Hall of Famer, Gill Byrd on a wide variety of topics spanning his life and career.

Gill talks about growing up as a child in the San Francisco area, originally into judo as a kid in lieu of football. In fact, he didn’t even start playing football until at least 12 years and only did so to feel more involved in family conversations about the sport.  He became a star running back and defensive back and Lowell High School but didn’t receive any scholarships because of his smallish size. He walked onto to San Jose State and five years later would transform himself into a first-round pick.

In fact, Byrd was selected 22nd overall in the 1983 NFL draft by the Chargers, largely considered the greatest collection of first-round talent in the history of the league. Byrd was on a list of first-rounders that included Hall of Famers John Elway, Eric Dickerson, Jim Kelly, Bruce Matthews, Darrell Green and Dan Marino.

Byrd talks, quite candidly about how he was verging on being a “bust” early on his NFL career, struggling while moving around the defensive backfield and how it took an injury to a teammate to really jumpstart what was becoming a mediocre career.  From there he became a multi-time All-Pro and during his 10-year career finished with 42 interceptions, still to this day the most in franchise history.  Byrd talks about that, picking Elway off nine times, what it was like to play with Junior Seau, and what it’s meant to him to be inducted into the Chargers Hall of Fame in 1998.

Of course, many Bills fans hear the last name Byrd and immediately think of Jairus.  Gill’s son was a second-round pick by the Bills in 2009 and had one of the better rookie campaigns in franchise if not league history, picking off nine passes his first year.  Gill recalls his emotion as a dad seeing Jairus follow his dreams to the NFL and the success he had in Buffalo.

Gill would later spend a year in the Bills organization himself as the secondary coach in 2017.  He discusses that year, the season the Bills would end their 17-year playoff drought and what it felt like to be fired after one year despite coaching one of the better performing secondaries in the NFL— a unit that included a rookie in Tre White and two safeties new to the organization, Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer.  Byrd offers his thoughts on respecting Sean McDermott’s decision and his relationship with Leslie Frazier.

Well beyond football, Byrd spends time talking about the importance of church, the significant difference between racism and prejudice, teamwork, inclusion and much more.

As always they end with the Fun Fact Finale and we find out many random things about Byrd, including his go-to snack, his worst habit, what he thinks he would’ve done with his life had football not worked, his favorite TV game show and much more.

Byrd is constantly speaking to gatherings, whether it’s motivational sports or corporate gatherings. If you’d like more information or would like to reach out to him about anything, his email is [email protected]

Follow Patrick Moran on Twitter @PatMoranTweets.

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