Talking Buffalo

On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran comes up with five of the biggest Buffalo Bills  overreactions based on what he's seen from the team this summer at training camp and the preseason.

It's been a rather "dull" summer for the Bills, both on the field and with viewing the HBO Hard Knocks series. To be clear, that's not an insult and in fact, the Bills prefer things that way. That said, there's certainly some strong takeaways to be had from what we've seen so far this summer, perhaps a few of them at least a bit over the top. Patrick goes over five of them, including the bold prediction that fourth-rounder Deone Walker ultimately becomes the best player in what is potentially looking like a pretty loaded 2025 Bills rookie class.

Also, while Walker's looked great Patrick feels the opposite can be said for Landon Jackson. Is this prospect destined to be another day two pick that doesn't pan out to much in the NFL? Also, Matt Milano's back to All Pro form, Damar Hamlin may not start Week one but Patrick still thinks he'll see plenty of starts and Keon Coleman has the makings of being a 1,000 yard receiver this season.

The Bills have made roster cuts to though all weren't revealed as of this recording. Patrick has thoughts on what happens with Dane Jackson, who could go from released to Week one starter soon enough. That plus Laviska Shenault getting cut, Rasul Douglas signing with Miami and more.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by "Sneaky" Joe DiBiase from WGR 550 to discuss a variety of Buffalo Bills and other topics, including taking a deep dive into ESPN's  NFL team positional power rankings and figuring out if the Bills are considered "mid" beyond their MVP quarterback.

ESPN's Mike Clay recently posted a story where he ranked all 32 teams from best to work at each position on both sides of the ball. The Bills ranked highly overall on the strength of course of Josh Allen, but there's some positional rankings that leave Patrick and Joe a little perplexed if not feeling they're egregious. They talk about a few of them, zeroing in specifically on the offensive line and running back.

Also, Jordan Phillips is reportedly coming back to the Bills. What does that ultimately mean for a few incumbent defensive tackles on the roster?

They also spend some time talking about what Joe's up to over at WGR 550. That plus a fun fact about Patrick and Joe they didnt even know about each other until recently, Buffalo Wing Fest is coming (yay?), another edition of "One Must Go" and plenty more.

You can follow Joe on Twitter @SneakyJoeWGR and be sure to check him out at WGR.com.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Joe From Queens to discuss several Buffalo Bills and other topics, including taking a look at the biggest differences with this season's Bills team compared to last year.

The Bills won their fifth consecutive AFC east title, had the second seed in the conference and made it to the AFC championship game last season. While Patrick isn't quite prediction Buffalo will repeat last season's accolades and perhaps take it even further, he does think this season's roster looks more promising than last year and points out four major reasons why. How much does Joe disagree with Patrick's takes?

Also, the guys discuss Joe's general assessment that the preseason means nothing beyond injuries and Patrick says that theory will get put to the test over the next few days as we find out if wide receiver Tyrell Shavers makes the Bills 53-man roster.

Additionally, undrafted free agent Shaun Dolac shined with the Rams this summer and is going to make their roster. Naturally it's pissed off a lot of Buffalo fans who were very familiar with Dolac and think Brandon Beane made a big mistake not drafting him. That plus Joe's Mt. Flushmore of the worst plays ever at Highmark Stadium, a new segment Patrick debuts and plenty more.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by PK from the Buffalo Sports Collective to discuss a handful of Buffalo Bills topics, including at least six players that could very well still be fighting for a roster spot all the way through the upcoming preseason finale at Tampa on Saturday night.

Many people consider the preseason meaningless and that's especially been true with Buffalo, who's hardly played their starters at all and barely will in Tampa either. Still, while most spots on the Bills initial 53-man roster have very likely been decided already, there's definitely at least a small handful still available going into this final game and the guys talk about more than a half dozen of them. Among the players discussed are Tyrell Shavers, Dane Jackson, JaMarcus Ingram, Brandon Codrington, Laviska Shenault and Chase Lundt. During the conversation Patrick adds two more offensive lineman in real time as well.

In news that happened right before this was recorded----Tre White was injured at practice. The guys react to that.

Also, roster cutdown day is next Tuesday. Could the Bills end up making a trade or two before that? The guys go over a few candidates who could possibly end up dealt .

Also discussed is Cole Bishop and if PK has any worry that he could end up being another Boogie Basham. That plus Joe Brady is in love with his wide receivers and plenty more.

You can follow PK on Twitter @PK_BSC and check out the Buffalo Sports Collective podcast.

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It's another edition of The Podbag on today's Talking Buffalo, the episode where the listeners control the topics with their questions, comments and takes submitted. Patrick Moran's responding to them, including one that leads to a nice discussion about whether Buffalo Bills fans (and perhaps the media) are acting a little too stressed over what's looking a very shaky Bills safety room.

It's no secret Buffalo is struggling with both health and on-field play when it comes to the safety position, it's been obvious since the beginning of training camp last summer and you can argue last season as well. Taylor Rapp's pretty effectively but banged up a lot. Cole Bishop is a second-round pick last year but has battled injury and shaky play that makes head coach Sean McDermott sound less than confident in him. Damar Hamlin is athletically limited and at times a liability despite his amazing story and offseason free agent signee Darrick Forrest never got any momentum going. Only fifth-round rookie Jordan Hancock, who got banged up last week is inspiring any real optimism is not confidence recently.

However, a comment from a listener leads to a suggestion and discussion that we're spending too much time on that position and not enough on other factors who can help the safeties. That includes a pass rush that should be improved with Joey Bosa and three rookie defensive lineman that were among the first four picks as well as Terrell Bernard and Matt Milano both healthy behind them. In fact, Bills defensive coordinator said this week that Milano has been arguably as good as any Bill on either side of the ball this summer. Long story short--the better the defense is in front of the safeties the less play that's no better than average will matter.

Also, a listener doesn't think either Tyrell Shavers or Elijah Moore is making this team and another points out an element that should keep the Bills offense near the top of the league's best. That plus the preseason sucks, the best episode of Hard Knocks yet dropped this week and a whole lot more.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Matt Warren from SB Nation to discuss several Buffalo Bills topics, including going over each rookie and second year player selected by general manager Brandon Beane and evaluating where they're at just weeks before the Bills kick off the 2025 regular season.

It's too early to concluded if the past few drafts by Beane have been successful or not of course, but it's never too early to have an honest discussion of how they're looking right now. The guys go over each and every pick and as you'd expect, find a very much mixed back of early success, promising potential and a few that seemed destined for failure.

Also with Matt not being on the show last week and the Bills now having played two of the team's three preseason games since they've spoken on the show last, Matt provides insight into what he's seen, what he's liked the most from Buffalo so far and areas of concern beyond just the safety position.

That plus a few things the guys are hoping to see in Buffalo's preseason finale in Tampa this coming Saturday night and much more.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is going over all his biggest takeaways both good and (mostly) bad after watching the film back from the Buffalo Bills blowout loss to Chicago against the Bears, 38-0 on Sunday night.

If you care about the outcome and score of the game which spoiler alert, you shouldn't then you're probably in panic mode as the Bills suffered their most lopsided preseason loss in three and a half decades. However, even if the outcome and score of the game doesn't matter some things you see from the players during it absolutely do, at least sometimes and Patrick, like probably most of you found plenty to note like. It was bad in real time and even worse on several occasions during All 22 film study and Patrick hits on a lot of it, including a completely miserable day for popular reserve inside linebacker Joe Andreessen, who continues to looks positively loss in pass coverage for a second straight week.

While Andreessen's performance was discouraging, it pales in comparison to what we've continued to see from what's unmistakably the biggest concern on this team right now, the safety position. Cole Bishop returned for 12 snaps on Sunday and a few of them were a disaster. Damar Hamlin fared no better, alarming considering one of them are going to end up starting against Baltimore in a few weeks.

It was also a pretty terrible game for Dane Jackson, Elijah Moore and Mike White--all of whom could've possibly played themselves out of a job.

Conversely there were a few bright spots, including rookie safety Jordan Hancock and another nice flash from fellow rookie defensive tackles Deone Walker. Plus, hey---Brad Robbins punted well!

That and plenty more discussed as the Bills will try to end the preseason on a less somber note this weekend in Tampa.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Joe From Queens for some instant live reactions immediately after the conclusion of the Buffalo Bills preseason game at the Chicago Bears that saw the Bills down four touchdowns before they hit the locker room for halftime and ultimately lose, 38-0. 

If it wasn't obvious already, the Buffalo Bills officially have a safety problem.  Preseason or not it's still football and even in the most simplistic of ways, both Cole Bishop and Damar Hamlin looked positively dreadful in Chicago, which sets Patrick off on a series of rants. Whether it's rookie Jordan Hancock or Brandon Beane looking outside the organization for help it's obvious to Patrick the team needs help beyond Taylor Rapp, who has issues staying healthy himself.

Now granted, not a Bills regular starter player in this game other than Bishop and it's a preseason game and one it clearly looked Chicago game planned a lot more than Buffalo for but make not mistake about it---a lot of the depth guys looked horrendous. Despite Joe not caring at all Patrick talks about the struggles of "Buffalo" Joe Andreessen and Dane Jackson among several others.  Also, where were the Bills rookie defensive lineman in this game? Patrick's clearly more fired up than he should be while again, Joe doesn't care at all.

It's Joe's first weekly appearance on the podcast since being on "vacation" and the guys spend some time catching up and by that, we mean mostly trading insults.

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It's another edition of The Podbag on this episode of Talking Buffalo, as Patrick Moran is answering questions, comments and takes submitted from listeners about a variety of topics, including finding some silver lining in the rash of annoying but fortunately not severe injuries to Buffalo Bills players throughout this training camp.

Injuries have been a problem for the Bills since camp started, although it appears as Max Hairston's knee injury is the only one right now that seems destined to leak into the regular season. Still, it's been an annoyance of sorts especially at some positions, particularly wide receiver and pass catchers in general.  Curtis Samuel, Tyrell Shavers, Elijah Moore, KJ Halmer, Josh Palmer and Dawson Knox have missed time, some more than others. While that's obviously not good the silver lining is Josh Allen's had more opportunity to work on developing stronger chemistry with the team's top overall picks the past two years, Dalton Kincaid and Keon Coleman. The results, at least what we've seen through camp look promising. Patrick has thoughts on how they've looked and how critically important he remains thinking both will be in the success of this Bills offense in 2025.

Also James Cook ended any potential drama by signing a four-year extension this week and Patrick has plenty of thoughts on that, especially considering the contract may not end up being exactly as it appeared to be first reported. Semi related---does Cook's deal signify  this likely Connor McGovern's last year in Buffalo?

Also, Patrick discusses a pair of rookies he's been very high on recently and spoiler alert---they're both day three picks. That plus Terrel Bernard, Hard Knocks, Patricks's accused of having dementia and much more.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Maniac from Trainwreck Sports to react to Buffalo Bills running back James Cook's shiny new contract as well as the latest episode of HBO's Hard Knocks featuring the Bills.

The Cook contract saga officially came to an end early Wednesday morning when it was revealed that Cook signed a new four-year extension with the Bills that will keep him in Buffalo through 2029. The deal is reportedly worth $48 million over four years and includes $30 million in guaranteed money----slotting him currently third-most in that category. The guys have plenty of takes about a deal that while far from a bargain it feels like the team's gotten with some other high end players, it was a deal that needed to get done for a lot of reasons on a few levels.

Also, the second episode of Hard Knocks aired on Tuesday night.  The guys go over things that really liked about the episode as well as some things they didn't, concluding that while it's made for fascinating viewing for Bills fans, the lack of drama or compelling storylines could be a snoozefest for those who aren't a fan of the team.

They also spend some time talking about what goes on behind the curtain of content creating--a lot of things that fans of shows they enjoy don't always see. That plus Jordan Poyer's hating on the Dolphins and plenty more.

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