Talking Buffalo

On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by friend and recurring guest Anthony Marino from Buffalo Rumblings to preview a Buffalo Bills vs Los Angeles Chargers matchup Sunday that simply put, there's no way on earth the Bills should lose.

The Chargers come into this matchup losers in five of their last six, including a 63-21 shellacking last week that resulted in both the head coach and general manager getting fired. To make matters worse their star quarterback is out for the season, joining their star pass rusher on the sidelines among other key injuries. That coupled with Easton Stick getting the start should have fan Bills fans confidence sky high, but Anthony remains guarded based on how he's seen Buffalo play down to their competition too many times this season. The guys go over several factors and keys to the contest before offering their game predictions.

They also spend a little time talking about the emergence of running back James Cook as a star player in the league and the tremendous job interim offensive coordinator Joe Brady has done since talking over the position, showing an ability to find and exploit the weaknesses in opposing defenses without getting overly cute about it.

The guys also do their weekly "Finish the Sentence" segment, this time a complete Christmas edition, Patrick talks about his son turning 21 today and much more.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran has his weekly thoughts and observations on the Buffalo Bills after watching the coaches All-22 film and analyzing the PFF grades of a completely dominant victory over the Dallas Cowboys, 31-10 that keeps the team very much alive in the AFC playoff picture going into the last three weeks.

With Josh Allen not needing to do much last week, Patrick focuses on two aspects of the team most didn't expect to see Buffalo run roughshod over Dallas with---the running game and offensive line. James Cook is drawing comparison to Thurman Thomas lately with his vision, quick cuts and versatility both as a runner and pass catcher, but it was the offensive line that often opened gaping holes for Cook to take advantage of. Patrick discusses Spencer Brown having perhaps the best game of his career and Dion Dawkins, despite a poor PFF grade playing excellent as well.

Additionally, the film and PFF grades are showing Jordan Poyer is far from washed up, Jordan Phillips having a good game before his wrist injury, Greg Rosseau remaining stout and Christian Benford finally getting a big turnover. That plus should the Bills start taking some reps away from wide receiver Gabe Davis and much more.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by longtime friend and recurring guest Tone Pucks for his weekly visit to discuss some leftover details from the Buffalo Bills big victory Sunday over Dallas to put them firmly back in the AFC playoff race, including James Cook starting to look more and more and like Buffalo Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas.

James Cook ran for 179 yards on 25 carries, caught two passes for 42 yards and found the end zone twice. Not only is Cook currently second in the NFL in rushing, he's third in yards from scrimmage and his multidimensional skills are starting to draw comparisons to the former Bills legend Thomas. The guys talk about and how it's unfortunate that it took Joe Brady becoming offensive coordinator to unlock the Bills usage and versatility at the running back position.

The guys also examine, at least to some extent if the Bills really need to win out to get into the postseason. Because the Bills technically don't control their own destiny there's no guarantee of the playoffs, even if they win their last three but what's the chances Buffalo gets in if they drop one more game? Probably not good!

That plus a little Buffalo Sabres talk, Tone Pucks' driving prowess and much more.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Tone Pucks is out sick so an also-sick Patrick Moran is solo to bring live instant reaction following the Buffalo Bills complete domination of the Dallas Cowboys, 31-10 in a game the Bills needed to have to keep their AFC playoff hopes alive.

The Bills and Josh Allen did basically nothing in the passing game but it didn't matter. Buffalo ran for 266 yards, including 179 from James Cook in his best game as a pro. Patrick talks about Cook's day, the offensive line opening up plenty of holes and brilliant coordinating from Joe Brady, recognizing early the Dallas pass rush was suffocating but the run defense was vulnerable.

On the other side of the ball, Sean McDermott dialed in a perfect game plan and defensive execution to thwart a Dallas offensive attack that was averaging 40 points per game over their last five.

Like, it's seriously hard to even come up with some "negatives" from this game when it comes to Buffalo--forcing Patrick to get extremely nitpicky in finding any.

Bottom line, the Bills have three games left and will be heavily favored in their next two (at Chargers, New England) before a season finale showdown at Miami that could literally be for a division title or wild card spot. Patrick recaps Buffalo's domination and more on today's episode. 

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, host Patrick Moran takes some questions and comments from fans, ranging from Tre White's future with the Buffalo Bills, would Bill Belicheck ever be a consideration for Terry Pegula, who the Bills would most like to play if they make the playoffs and a host of non-football topics.

The Bills are in a fight for their playoffs lives. Being optimistic that they'll make the postseason, Patrick answers a question from someone wanting to know who he'd most and least like to see as an opponent for the first round. He's also asked to come up with a player from another team he'd most love to see on Buffalo and the worst moment he can remember as a Bills fans.

There's also a handful of questions answered that have little or nothing to do with sports, including three favorite pizza places, when Patrick's new wing rankings are coming out, most and least favorite podcasts interviews and the least favorite Christmas song of all-time. That and and plenty more on today's Fan Friday.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by friend and recurring guest Anthony Marino from Buffalo Rumblings to preview a monster Sunday showdown between the Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys and offer game predictions.

For the time being anyway, the Bills saved their 2023 season last week by going into Kansas City and winning on the road. Anthony has as few thoughts to close that game out before the guys focus their attention on Dallas and specifically, their MVP frontrunning candidate Dak Prescott. They discuss what will undoubtedly be a difficult matchup for the Bills defense, not to mention the task on the other side of ball trying to contain all-world pass rusher Micah Parsons and and having Josh Allen avoid throwing a pick-six to DaRon Bland, who's already set a NFL record this season.

That plus why the guys are still reasonably confident in Buffalo this week, did last week's Sean McDermott article from Tyler Dunne help turn the Buffalo season around, fallback from Dunne's series, Dallas game picks and much more.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran has his weekly thoughts and observations on the Buffalo Bills after watching the coaches All-22 film and analyzing the PFF grades of an absolutely critical road victory over the Kansas City Chiefs that for all intents and purposes keeps their AFC playoff hopes alive going into the final four games of the season.

It wasn't particularly pretty on either side of the ball as both the film and PFF grades demonstrate but the Bills found a way to earn a game they needed to have. Patrick talks about James Cook emerging as arguably the Bills best offensive weapon and needing to be on the field for more than roughly half the snaps going forward. Plus, Josh Allen played well considering he was often under siege behind an offensive line that didn't block well, an unlikely pass catcher made one of the biggest plays of the game, and what's going on with Pro Bowl receiver Stefon Diggs?

On the other side of the ball Patrick raves about the job Taron Johnson did and gives credit for some timely pass rushing, including Von Miller on the final drive. The defense took the ball away twice and held Kansas City to just three points on their last four possessions, but Patrick sees major tackling issues that will rear its ugly head against Dallas and other teams remaining on the schedule if they don't fix it quickly.

That plus a look ahead to the Cowboys, wondering if the Tyler Dunne piece on Sean McDermott really did galvanize the locker room in rallying behind him and much more.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by PK from the Buffalo Sports Collective to discuss the Buffalo Bills lacking the credit they deserve for going into Arrowhead and getting a critical win over the Chiefs in addition to live instant reaction of the Buffalo Sabres home clash with the Arizona Coyotes.

The Bills for all intents and purposes kept their season alive on Sunday with a three point victory over the Chiefs. That said, at least on the previous episode of this show it feels like there was too much passed off on the win being lucky for Buffalo and not enough props for going into a tough stadium and beating the defending Super Bowl champs on the road. The guys talk about that and a Bills team that was far from perfect on either side of the ball but effective enough to improve their record to 7-6 on the season and set up a huge showdown in Orchard Park against Dallas this coming weekend.

With this episode being recorded immediately following the Sabres game against Arizona late on Monday night and streamed live on the video side, the guys also have instant feedback from that as well as a discussion on how maddeningly inconsistent the team has been through their first 29 games of the season.

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

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by longtime friend and recurring guest Tone Pucks for his weekly visit for live instant reaction following the Buffalo Bills surviving on the road for a 20-17 crucial victory over the Kansas City Chiefs to throw them firmly in the AFC wildcard picture.

On the video side this show was recorded live and the guys struggle to believe Buffalo walked off the field with a win, seeing this is absolutely the kind of game the Bills always find a way to lose. This time that didn't happen and Pucks considers the Bills win simply lucky while Patrick's far more willing to credit the defense and embattled head coach Sean McDermott.

One thing they definitely agree about is that it's great for the Bills to be on the beneficial end of a controversial call that hugely decided the game. They also talk about Joe Brady doing a good job early on but falling apart some in the second half--ditto for Josh Allen and some individual standouts that had a big game or at least big moments---including Taron Johnson, James Cook and Deonte Harty.

That plus reflection on a crazy week with the Bills leading up to the game reviewed and much more.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, host Patrick Moran takes some questions and comments, many of them having to do with Tyler Dunne's scathing feature story on Buffalo Bills head coach, Sean McDermott here on “Fan Friday” or as Patrick likes to call it—-mailing in today’s show.

Dunne, creator of Go Long dropped a stunning 21,000 word, three-part series on Thursday that examined Sean McDermott in an unflattering way both as a game day head coach and on the other six days of the week as well. Patrick has plenty of thoughts on the articles, the job Tyler did putting them together and the reaction, ranging from appreciate and supportive to downright hateful.

Also, Von Miller returned to practice Thursday and by all accounts, seems like he'll play on Sunday when the Bills travel to Kansas City for a crucial showdown with the Chiefs. Patrick's asked about and has takes on Miller returning to the team so quickly following their bye week arrest, Ryan O'Halloran's excellent article on the topic in The Buffalo News this past week and how the team has handled it.

He also fields questions on the NBA's new in-season tournament, the best linebacker in Bills history, a Bills/Chiefs prediction, who Patrick would love to see as Bills head coach and plenty more.

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