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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by frenemy and recurring guest Joe From Queens and each are power ranking the Buffalo Bills 2024 road games in order from the least to the most they'd like to be able to make it a road trip.
The Bills are on the road nine times this year, three of course consisting of trips to Foxboro, Miami and New York/New Jersey like every year. They're also at (in order of schedule) Baltimore (Sunday night), Houston, Seattle, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Detroit. Patrick asked Joe to rank all the games in order he'd like take a road trip to watch them in person based on some criteria, including the opponent, desire to see the city/region for either the first time or again, potential weather and time of year with Joe adding in cost as a factor.
There were a few surprises in each person's countdown, including Miami being surprisingly low among both but a huge difference between the two when it came to going to Foxboro and Baltimore. Each guy has a different game ranked at the top of their list and here's a spoiler alert---Patrick asks Joe if he's planning on buying a Stefon Diggs Houston Texans jersey.
What are your preferred destinations among the Bills road trips this year? Follow Joe on Twitter @BuffaloWins.
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On this milestone 800th episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by writer and sports media personality Joe Yerdon for the first time in nearly seven months to talk about the Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Bills and plenty more.
After spending some time catching up with fun conversation, they dive into the Sabres and Patrick gets the lowdown on how it was for Joe covering a team full-time this season that underachieved both on the ice and organizationally. Shockwaves were recently sent throughout Buffalo if not the league when Terry Pegula appointed Lindy Ruff the head coach again, several years after firing him. Joe has many thoughts on Ruff once again becoming head coach and that process, if he's the right guy for the job and if he felt the current crop of players threw now former head coach Don Granato under the bus a little bit in the aftermath of being fired.
They also spend some time talking Bills and Patrick's always liked talking about the team with Joe because he's a self noted "Bills follower" not a fan. Joe's go thoughts on the large volume of big named turnover, if he thinks the offense should be better balanced as opposed to having that true alpha number one receiver, the Super Bowl window for Buffalo still being pretty wide open and a clash this year late in the season between Buffalo and Joe's favorite team, the Detroit Lions.
That plus elite summertime is coming and tons more. Good to have Joe back for this milestone occasion episode. Follow Joe on Twitter @JoeYerdon, subscribe to his Noted Hockey site on Substack and be sure to listen to Joe and Lance Lysowski’s “Maintenance Day podcast wherever you get your podcasts from.
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It's another edition of The Podbag today on Talking Buffalo as Patrick Moran is responding to several takes and questions submitted by consumers of the show, including an opportunity for Buffalo Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir to become a star on this team in year three.
Shakir stepped up big in the second half of the Bills 2023 and with both Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis gone, the chance for Shakir to become a primary part of the Buffalo passing game is there for the taking. Patrick talks about why he thinks Shakir is up to the task and with plenty of other weapons on the offense, could do so in sneaky fashion without a fan fare around the league.
Patrick also responds to podcast submissions centered around Marquez Valdes-Scandling having a good first year with Buffalo, the Bills being a team the nationally media doesn't really know anymore, someone who thinks the Bills kinda got screwed with their schedule, sleeping on Dawson Knox and some Culture Club slander.
Patrick also has wing reviews for two places he visited for the first time last week---Riverfield 865 and Moor Room. That, plus some prayers for a college player in critical condition Patrick knows and more.
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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by friend and recurring guest to over a list consisting of a handful of Buffalo Bills players that at least Patrick thinks are being slept on going into the 2024 season.
Players like Josh Allen and Von Miller and especially former players like Stefon Diggs Tre White and Jordan Poyer are commanding most of the offseason attention nationally and even to a certain extent, locally. Perfectly understandable, but this Bills roster is chockfull of some young talent that is likely still ascending that at least on some levels simply fly under the radar.
The guys talk about some of them, including Dawson Knox, who saw his production decline last year between a wrist injury and the emergence of rookie first-round pick Dalton Kincaid. That doesn't mean people should be sleeping on Knox's potential in this offense though. This is a guy who caught nearly 50 passes for over 500 yards in both 2021 and 2022 with 15 touchdowns during that span. He's also been good in the playoffs.
Also, people tend to think of Rasul Douglas first when it comes to excellent Bills cornerbacks, but Christian Benford was (very) quietly graded by PFF among the very best corners in the NFL last season. The guys have thoughts on him as well as James Cook and a pair of still relatively young defensive ends among others.
They also acknowledge Buffalo's tribal chief, Josh Allen on his 27th birthday, talk a little NBA hoops, play their "Finish the Sentence" segment and plenty more. Be sure to follow Anthony on Twitter @AnthMarino 
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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by frenemy and recurring guest Joe From Queens for a discussion on a lot of national media and fans being lower on the prospects of the Buffalo Bills in 2024 than Vegas gambling sites, and a debate if they should be.
Several media outlets, mainly nationally have the Bills pegged to not only fail to win the AFC east for what would be a fifth-consecutive season but to miss the playoffs all together. It's an opinion shared by many and while most Bills fans won't go that far, there seems to be more concern than in recent years. The reality is Vegas and the gambling sites still very much believe in Buffalo, having them among the favorites to win their division, the conference and even the Super Bowl. Josh Allen is also second behind only Patrick Mahomes in MVP betting odds. Internally Patrick is significantly higher on the 2024 Bills than Joe and it leads to some spirited debates.
The guys also have thoughts on the Bills recent signing of Marquez Valdes-Scantling, which again and unsurprisingly leads to disagreements between the two. They also have some thoughts on the Bills 2024 after plenty of time to digest it, should Micah Hyde come back to the Bills or not and much more and much more. Follow Joe on Twitter @BuffaloWins.
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It's a rare sharp left turn from Buffalo sports talk on Talking Buffalo today as Patrick Moran reveals his wing rankings and tiers for 2024 and is joined by Luke and Tom from the Buffalo Wing Coalition for their thoughts and analysis in a conversation recorded live at Sonny Red's in Lackawanna.
Ranking and placing wings into tiers is something Patrick's done at least a handful of times in recent years although it's been 18 months since he's done it last. It was a fun exercise that began in 2016 not long after moving to Florida for what would become five years. On his latest list is 92 different wing spots throughout Western New York (although a small handful of them have recently closed shop) and instead of ranking them 1 through 92 he has them broken up into seven tiers: Waiver Wire, Roster Bubble, Depth Chart, Solid Starters, All-Pro, Elite and of course the four-spot Mt. Rushmore.
While these charts are the opinions of Patrick alone, he's joined by two of the guys from the Buffalo Wing Coalition for their insight. The Buffalo Wing Coalition has grown significantly in recent years and these guys do an outstanding job of highlighting one of the region's greatest treasures. They talk about when and why the group started, how they go about reviewing the places they visit, their pyramid of wing spots (six tiers of groupings) and not taking themselves too serious yet understanding their outlet has become a vehicle that a lot of wing goers not only often refer to sometimes even depend on when going out to eat.
It's a fun and certainly different type of Talking Buffalo episode than the norm. Make sure you check out the Buffalo Wing Coalition on Instagram (who excel with food porn level photos from their visits) and a big thank you again to Sonny Red's---who alongside Nine-Eleven Tavern, Elmo's and Bar Bill make up this year's Mt. Rushmore.
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