Not to be that guy, but shock generates buzz, which generates listeners, which generates ad revenue.
The more Howard Stern you are, the better a jock you are, it's like this everywhere. Some places not so much and more on point, I've listened to them...but they're boring. Podcasters are great...but they're boring. The fact there is a 47 page thread, in a sea of countless WGR threads is the ***** point!
How many 47 page threads about Joe Marino? Or Sal Capaccio.
"But they're talking Bills football and staying on topic"
THATS THE POINT, EINSTEIN!
Mike Schopp, Coach Dickerson, Jeremy White, et. al, are just talking heads/personalities. Remember Jim Rome? Dude, it's slapping you in the face like a big pink penis. It's the same reason Trump is president or how the best era in WWF was the attitude era. The Kardashians have a top show.
Of all the examples of teamwork that Sean McDermott has used, can you name a non-911 one? Hell, none of us have ever even heard that one, but thats the only one we know.