On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran has a full preview of the Buffalo Bills vs Kansas City Chiefs clash coming on Sunday that everyone wants to see in addition to three keys to victory for Buffalo, three bold predictions and a final score prediction.

Granted, the Chiefs have sent the Bills packing the past three times they've met in the playoffs but it's not like this rivalry over recent years has been one sided. Buffalo's actually won the past three regular season meetings, all at Arrowhead Stadium and hope to extend the streak to four with a victory in Orchard Park on Sunday. Kansas City comes into the game undefeated at 9-0 and Buffalo may very well be their biggest obstacle remaining from a perfect regular season. Patrick talks about how the offense hasn't looked great but is the best in the league at staying on the field by converting third downs. Defensively the Chiefs are a dynamo and seem as good as ever there.

Patrick elaborates on what he thinks the keys to the game are with Buffalo, from being able to play out in front, having offensive success on early downs and (as always) trying to make life hell for Mahomes without blitzing and leaving the back part of the defense vulnerable. Patrick also has three bold predictions, including eight catches minimum out of the backfield for the Bills running backs, a rookie finding his way into the end zone and a Bills captain on the receiving end of a big turnover.

That plus a final score pick and much more. Huge game on Sunday!

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Casey James from Arrowhead Pride of SB Nation to discuss this Sunday's huge Buffalo Bills vs Kansas Chiefs matchup primarily from the perspective of someone who covers the Chiefs.

How much this game means to the Bills and their fan base varies depending on who you ask, but one undeniable thing is that it's more than just one of 17 games on the 2024 schedule. Patrick asks Casey for his thoughts on several aspects of the Chiefs and this game, including the frustration if any some Chiefs may have with critics blowing off their 9-0 start to the season as the team just being lucky and/or always the beneficiary of some controversial officiating calls.

James also sheds light on Kansas City's offense, which hasn't been great but leads the NFL in third downs to keep them on the field. Travis Kelce has heated up over the past three weeks, plus how much is DeAndre Hopkins moving the needle and what's been the impact of rookie Xavier Worthy?

Defensively Kansas City remains stout like they did last year. Casey talks about what's keying that effort in addition to what besides Josh Allen has Kansas City worried, if Buffalo is their biggest obstacle to a perfect 17-0 regular season and much more.

Before leaving Patrick has some thoughts on the Buffalo Sabres needing to have the pressure on them right now, and UB football's team eligible to go bowling.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Matt Warren from SB Nation to discuss that while the Buffalo Bills deserve the fruits of their labor in getting off to a 8-2 start, the true test for them begins this week with a showdown against the Kansas City Chiefs.

You play the team in front of you that's on the schedule and the Bills have handled business wonderfully so far this season, but their slew of opponents hasn't turned out to be daunting. In fact, Buffalo's only played three teams so far that currently have a winning record and two of them resulted in both their losses. The slate is about to get exponentially harder over the next months with home games against Kansas City and San Francisco--both representatives from last year's Super Bowl before taking to the road for games in Los Angeles against the Rams and Detroit.

Matt and Patrick talk about this next month, evaluate how much it means to the Bills and what will the ramifications be from it. They also discuss what players specifically we will learn the most about and some of the biggest keys for Buffalo to come out of this stretch with at least a .500 record before finishing up with New England twice sandwiched between a home game against the New York Jets, who've basically folded the towel on the season.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran goes over his biggest Buffalo Bills takeaways from Week 10 after watching the film and going over grade analysis of the Bills 30-20 road victory at Indianapolis on Sunday to improve to 8-2 on the season.

Part of Patrick's early focus is highlighting the effort of two low key players who's worth ethic and under the radar contributions are a big reason why Buffalo's won eight times in 10 tries so far this season. Dorian Williams showed off his best trait (speed) and hustle to prevent what would've been a Jonathan Taylor touchdown run, with the play ultimately saving the Bills four points. On the other side of the ball, Mack Hollins stepped up big with both Amari Cooper and Keon Coleman out with injuries, hauling in four passes for 86 yards, by far his best game as a Buffalo Bills.

Patrick also talks about the Bills getting away with game that was far from Josh Allen's best and dives into some of Allen's gaffes. Part of the reason the offense was still fine was the effective physical nature of James Cook.

Also the "everybody eats" mantra extended to the defensive side of the ball as well. Four takeaways by four Bills defenders, not to mention six different defenders had a tackle for a loss. Patrick discusses being impressed with the Bills defense being more aggressive this week and clearly opportunistic each time the Colts made a mistake--speaking of which there's a breakdown of some of their biggest that made the game less stressful than it needed to be.

That plus Matt Milano should be returning soon (!), a few quick hitters, some comments on the Buffalo Sabres after a frustrating matinee loss and much more.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Joe From Queens to talk about the defense carrying the Buffalo Bills to a 30-20 road victory at the Indianapolis Colts to improve to 8-2 on the season and set up a showdown with Kansas City next Sunday in Orchard Park.

It wasn't the prettiest game for the offense, not by a long shot but it didn't matter because Buffalo's defense was more than up to talk. Taron Johnson had a pick six on the Colts first offensive play of the game and the defense finished with four takeaways plus a key fourth down sack.

The guys talk about the unit's mostly dominating performance, forcing three Flacco interceptions and a strip sack by Greg Rousseau that led to a Damar Hamlin fumble recovery. They also held Jonathan Taylor to just seven yards rushing on five carries on the second half after Taylor had 107 at halftime.

It came on a day when the offense wasn't particular sharp, mostly understandable given they were down Keon Coleman and Amari Cooper coming into the game and lost Dalton Kincaid to a knee injury in the second quarter. Josh Allen threw two interceptions, both pretty ugly and also missed on a wide open Kincaid for a would-be touchdown. That said, he still threw for 280 yards and ran for 40 more while orchestrating a nail in the coffin 13-play, 84 yard drive following Taylor Rapp's interception to put the game away.

Joe's got plenty of thoughts on Josh Allen's game, big picture things with the Bills and tons more.

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It's a surprise bonus Saturday episode of Talking Buffalo and Patrick Moran has a Buffalo Bills vs Indianapolis Colts preview, keys to the game and bold predictions for it alongside some commentary on the see-saw Buffalo Sabres once again heating up.

Typically throughout the NFL season we use Fridays as the the official Talking Buffalo preview episode for the Bills. However, Patrick hosted University at Buffalo football star Shaun Dolac live from Imperial Pizza on yesterday's show. That made Patrick compelled to a bonus episode in large part to be able to preview this Sunday's Bills game, a contest Buffalo's favored to win by four points and should be a competitive game.

The Colts are 4-5 on the season but four of those five losses were to great teams. They've made the switch at quarterback from youngster Anthony Richardson to the ageless veteran Joe Flacco. Patrick goes over their offense, which may or may not have star wide receiver (back injury) on the field Sunday. Regardless, the Colts don't lack weapons and Bills fans know Jonathan Taylor, who ran for over 200 yards on them a few seasons ago all too well. They also feature Alec Pierce and his NFL-leading 22.9 yards per catch and a very stout offensive line.

Defensively the Colts are pretty middle of the pack as whole but have a trio of potential game wreckers at their disposal: defensive tackle DeForest Buckner, linebacker Zaire Franklin and cornerback Kenny Moore.

Patrick goes over his three biggest keys to victory for the Bills, including the safeties having an impactful afternoon in helping to stop Taylor. From there it's bold predictions time and guess what folks----Dalton Kincaid is going to have his best game of the season! That plus a final score pick and more.

Patrick also spends a handful of minutes talking about the Sabres, who smacked the New York Rangers on the road Thursday night, 6-1 and have won their last 2 games by an 11-2 margin. This comes after losing three in a row, which came after winning three in a row. It's been an inconsistent first 14 games for Buffalo to say the least---does Patrick think this team is now turning the corner?

That plus some reflections on Dolac being on Friday's show and much more!

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On this special episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran sits down with University at Buffalo star linebacker Shaun Dolac for a candid conversation about his life and football career through this point live at Imperial Pizza in South Buffalo.

Shaun leads the entire nation in both total and solo tackles and was named a semifinalist for the Butkus Award, given to the nation's best college linebacker. However, the road to the stardom and a potential future in the NFL was anything but smooth sailing for Dolac. He completely dominated the high school scene at West Seneca East, racking up 2018 Buffalo News Player of the Year, but college football success didn't come easy.

Shaun went to prep school for a year to remain in football rather than go to the University of Albany for lacrosse. He was a walk on to the UB football football program and eventually earned a scholarship before his sophomore year. He became a breakout start his junior year in 2022 before suffering a season-ending ankle injury four games into his would-be senior season. He then made the difficult decision to transfer to Utah State for his redshirt senior year before changing his mind following this spring and coming back to UB, where he not only picked up where he left off but has elevated his game even more.

Shaun talks about growing up in a big football family, the influence his late father had on him, his time at West Seneca and his journey through this point with college ball. He also talks about his short and long term goals, a bunch of fun facts and tons more. Remember the name Shaun Dolac, football fans!

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 also 1665 Main Street

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Buffalo Bills radio analyst and former Pro Bowl center Eric Wood to about Bills, his emerging broadcasting career, his podcast and venturing on a family road trip to see Taylor Swift in concert.

A longtime former Buffalo center himself, Eric has plenty to say about the job Connor McGovern's doing under center as well as the rest of the offensive line, a unit that could've easily taken a step back after losing a leader like Mitch Morse in the offseason. Instead the line has not only picked up where it left off in 2023 but has remained remarkably healthy again as well. Eric has thoughts on them as well as offensive line coach Aaron Kromer having the unit seemingly playing at its best.

The guys also discuss Eric's ongoing transformation into broadcasting and Patrick marvels at the fact Eric's been in that Bills booth for as long as he has now, joking that people are starting to recognize him more as a broadcaster than they did as a football player. Eric talks about getting more and more comfortable with each season and game, liking them to a player getting more reps.

Also, Eric recently took his wife and daughter all the way to Indianapolis to see the Taylor Swift New Eras tour live in concert. Patrick, a Swiftie himself is interested in learning as much about what it's like to be at one her concerts as possible.

They also discuss Eric's "Centered on Buffalo" podcast, recent wing stops and tons more. Make sure you’re subscribed to Centered on Buffalo, available wherever you listen to podcasts as well as YouTube.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Matt Warren from SB Nation for his weekly visit and today the guys are handing out hardware, both good and bad for the Buffalo Bills as they've reached the halfway mark of the 2024 season.

Seeing we couldn't do this show at halftime last Sunday when the season technically hit the midpoint part, we'll have to settle for the awards show nine games in, a season that's seen the Bills go 7-2 and have complete and utter control of the AFC east, in what most would consider shocking fashion.

Among the awards discussed and named on this episode is Best Defensive Player and Best Offensive Player not named Josh Allen. They also decide who's been the best rookie so far, the most pleasantly surprising and disappointing players, most underrated player, the best and worst games as well as the best and worst plays of the season through this point.

They also discuss the biggest storyline(s) for the Bills so far in 2024 before spending the remainder of the time going over some conference stuff, including an absolutely huge showdown looming with Kansas City in Orchard Park on November 17th. That and plenty more.

You can follow Matt on Twitter @MattRichWarren and be sure to check out Buffalo Rumblings for your (really good) daily Bills content.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Buffalo Bills beat reporter Matt Parrino to go over their biggest Week Nine takeaways following the Buffalo Bills exciting victory over Miami on Sunday in addition to a conversation about athlete parenting and more.

It certainly wasn't easy facing a Dolphins team that knew any slim chance they had of getting back into the AFC east race hinged on them upsetting the Bills in Orchard Park. In the end though, Tyler Bass set a franchise-record with a 61 yard game-winning field goal and the Bills not only improved to 7-2 but put themselves where they'd need a total face plant to not win their fifth consecutive AFC east crown.

Matt's as entrenched with covering the team full time and has thoughts on many of Patrick's biggest takeaways from this week, including the wild (wild!) ride Tyler Bass went on, Sean McDermott showing confidence in a spot other coaches probably wouldn't have, Josh Allen staying patience paying off, a tip of the cap to Mack Hollins and focusing on a defense that other than a singular Taron Johnson effort got largely dismantled by the Miami offense.

In particular Patrick thought the defensive tackle play led by Ed Oliver was extremely lousy. Does Matt agree?

The guys also have a discussion about how protective parents of athletes can be and sometimes go a little overboard. Patrick feels that's the case recently after a social media incident involving him and Damar Hamlin's father. Matt shares his thoughts and the guys talk about relating to the parent in most cases. That and plenty more!

You can follow Matt on Twitter @MattParrino and of course be sure to check out his work at NYup.com as well as subscribe to the Shout Buffalo Football Podcast.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Joe From Queens not long after the Buffalo Bills dramatically beat the Miami Dolphins, 30-27 on an improbable Tyler Bass 61-yard field goal in the wanning seconds to move 7-2 and end Miami's hopes for a divisional title before Election Day.

It's safe to assume the last thing anyone expected Bass to do was win Buffalo the game, especially after missing an extra point and having another one bounce in through the uprights earlier in the game. But Bass not only the game-winning field goal but booted an all-time franchise record 61 yarder to do it. The guys talk this being one of the ultimate single-play redemption stories they can remember, as Patrick calls himself out for lambasting Bass on social media several times throughout the game.

The Bills offense started slow but then got things heated up in the second half, scoring on their last four drives on a day they had to because the defense wasn't stopping anything. The guys talk about Josh Allen playing MVP caliber football in the second half without the services of Amari Cooper and having to consistently overcome their own mistakes, something they've done a lot of this season.

The win is sweet but it was far from a perfect Sunday afternoon Patrick and Joe talked about a defense that other than one play from Taron Johnson mostly stunk, especially in the middle of the defense where both Ed Oliver and DaQuan Jones were eerily silent. Was it just one of those days or do the Bills have a serious problem in the middle of their defense? That plus some big picture stuff and much more.

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