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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by WIVB-TV sports reporter and anchor Sara Holland for a conversation taped live from Imperial Pizza on life, work, wings and the Buffalo Sabres and more.
Sara's been at Channel 4 for about a year and a half but has spent more time in Buffalo than that, having went to college and played softball at UB. They spend some time talking about how Sara's gotten more acclimated to Buffalo professionally and relationships developed during that time with colleagues, but at the station and around the Buffalo sports media landscape. Speaking of, Sara talks about being happy to be part of a resurgence of woman making an impact in the local TV sports reporting market alongside people like Lindsey Moppert (WGRZ) and Briana Aldridge (WKBW).
They also spend some time discussing the Sabres, a team Sara spends considerable time covering when she's not in studio doing all sports. She has thoughts on growing speculation that Jeff Skinner will get his contract brought out and early initial impressions on head coach Lindy Ruff.
That plus Sara considers Imperial the best wings she's had so far in Buffalo, why she's willing to admit she wants the Sabres to be a winning team and much more. 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 1665 Main Street
Be sure to follow Sara on Twitter @saraaholland and check out the great work she’s doing at WIVB-TV.
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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined in studio by longtime friend and recurring guest Tone Pucks to discuss several topics, including the debut of "Props with Pucks"--a series of sports bet scenarios that Pucks lays down what he thinks the betting odds should be.
It's been a few weeks since Tone's been on the show so they spend a few catching up. From there Patrick throws out a bunch of mostly Buffalo Bills and Sabres prop bets at Tone and tasks him with coming up with betting odds on the fly. Among them on the Bills side are Dalton Kincaid leading the Bills in receiving yards this season, Damar Hamlin making the Bills 53-man roster, Von Miller registering at least 7,5 sacks, Chase Claypool sticking around and Cole Bishop being the Week one starting safety.
Turning the Sabres, Tone lays odds on many props, including Jeff Skinner getting bought out, UPL signing a multi-year deal, Henri Jokijaru getting dealt, the Sabres making the 11th overall pick in next week's draft.
That plus a few other fun non-Bills or Sabres prop bets and plenty more. Follow Tone Pucks on Twitter @TonePucksRedux
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It’s another edition of The Podbag today on Talking Buffalo, the weekly episode where the audience controls the narrative as Patrick Moran responds to several questions and takes from audience, including examining what the Buffalo Bills biggest under the radar question mark is going into the season and if the Bills are a better team right now than the end of last season.
There's lot of question marks around the Bills right now, just as there are with most if not all teams around the league. Some of them are pretty obviously, especially asking how the Bills offense will look without Stefon Diggs and how much of an effect losing so many veteran leaders in one offseason may have. But there's other potential issues with the team as well and Patrick's asked to identify one that isn't talked about as much. He comes up with the pass rush and elaborates on why it's anything but a given that part of the team will be good enough when it matters.
Also, there's a difference between how a team looks on paper versus reality at times, and Patrick tries to explain that while on paper Buffalo looks like a lesser team than when the season ended last year, that isn't necessarily the reality.
Not to be outdone today are submissions that sees one fan call sports journalist Tyler Dunne a goober, correctly picking the NFL MVP like your life literally depended on it, favorite and most memorable bars in Buffalo on the heels of the Old Pink burning down this week and much more.
If you'd like to have your submission featured on next week's show, you can either comment on one of the YouTube videos, Talking Buffalo Facebook page or send a Tweet or email to Patrick directly.
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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by sports journalist and Go Long founder to discuss several Buffalo Bills related topics, primary Dunne's recent sit down with Bills general manager Brandon Beane.
It was certainly a surprise to many Bills fans to see Dunne score an extended interview with Beane considering his critical and some would say controversy articles on the team in recent years. Dunne said himself in a controversy Sean McDermott series last season that the team denied him media credentials. Dunne talks about how things have changed regarding the professional relationship between he and the team, with Dunne at recent press conferences and this hour long sit down with Beane that's thoroughly discussed in the episode.
Dunne talks about Beane's demeanor during the interview and many of the topics they touched on during their chat, including some fascinating conversation about Stefon Diggs and the process of trading him away, Josh Allen being Josh Allen, his using the term "transition" in describing the 2024 Bills, addressing Tyler's McDermott series and some of Dunne's post Beane conversation takeaways.
They also talk briefly about the Old Pink burning down, Rory McIlroy gagging away the U.S. open and much more.
You can read the article and all the content at Go Long by subscribing via Substack. You can follow Tyler on Twitter @TyDunne.
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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by BillsMafia co-founder and 26 Shirts owner Del Reid to talk charity, fandom and the Buffalo Bills in a conversation taped on location at 26 Shirts headquarters in Kenmore.
Del's been on the show plenty of times in the past but it's been a hot minute since he's last been on--therefore there's plenty to catch up on them. Among them is discussing Mafia Con, an inaugural event coming July 20th spearheaded by Reid that'll include food vendors, music, beer, live podcasts (including this one) and Bills player appearances (including one from rookie receiver Keon Coleman). Del talks about who sparked the idea and what his expectations are for the event in year one.
They also spend some having Del reflect on what it meant to be selected the Buffalo Bills Fan of the Year for 2023 and the way he was quite literally surprised to learn from it---hat tip to Stevie Johnson.
Of course at the root of everything Del does is 26 Shirts and they spend time talking about the never-ending charitable endeavors and added responsibility/pressure that comes with it. That plus some talk about the Bills, plenty of naysayers out there and plenty more. Special thanks to 26 Shirts for allowing us to come enjoy a taping at their office headquarters, good stuff!
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On today's Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined in studio by podcaster Zach Kmitch for his first full episode ever on the show and the guys are dissecting exactly where they think the 2024 Buffalo Bills are as they approach the one month mark before training camp officially begins.
After spending a few minutes introducing Zach to the Talking Buffalo mix and getting to know a little about him, the guys dive into this Bills roster as presently constructed and the probability that it's for the most part set. In terms of team strengths Zach has plenty to say about the Buffalo front seven on defense, that even without the departed Leonard Floyd should be very good with a healthy Matt Milano back. They also talk about the plentiful amount of young offensive talent that both guys believe is still ascending.
There's definitely things to worry about with this team too. Among those topics discussed is questions marks on the offensive line, a unit that last year was easily the best of Josh Allen's career. Connor McGovern's played center before but can he effectively move there from guard and play well enough to not have Brandon Beane lament releasing Mitch Morse. Plus, David Edwards goes from being a huge under the radar asset as the sixth offensive lineman last year to starter at guard----will he play as well as he did when he was with the Rams or may the Bills have a problem there? Plus the Bills safety position is no longer something to not have to worry about it with the departures of both Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde, even if each were past their prime.
That plus a few X-factors, a little golf talk sprinkled in and much more.
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