Sierra Foothills Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 I've only read his articles and never heard him speak but for me the most knowledgable reporter on the Bills beat by far is Ryan O'Halloran of the Buffalo News. It's obvious: How hard he works How knowledgable he is. How many sources he has in the NFL How much the Bills players trust him and speak with him regularly I'm shocked his name took this long to appear in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 I like Joe Marino, and listen to his podcast in the mornings getting ready for work. He just seems to have the same blind spot for defense that our FO has … which, imo, is outdated. Chris Brown is good if he can ever control his random shrieking into the microphone he’s swallowed. He actually pushes back sometimes on Tasker’s blind allegiance to everything and everybody Bills. Parrino and Talbot is just a chill listen. They play well off each other. Joe Buscaglia’s podcast is somehow not boring for one guy talking for 45-50 minutes. Cover 1’s stuff comes across much more in depth than the others. I like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtbag Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 i like chris brown but i wish he would scream about stuff more. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 7 minutes ago, SCBills said: I like Joe Marino, and listen to his podcast in the mornings getting ready for work. He just seems to have the same blind spot for defense that our FO has … which, imo, is outdated. Chris Brown is good if he can ever control his random shrieking into the microphone he’s swallowed. He actually pushes back sometimes on Tasker’s blind allegiance to everything and everybody Bills. Parrino and Talbot is just a chill listen. They play well off each other. Joe Buscaglia’s podcast is somehow not boring for one guy talking for 45-50 minutes. Cover 1’s stuff comes across much more in depth than the others. I like them. Did you happen to see what KC did last offseason? after losing to Cinci- they purged the O and went all D in guaranteed money. They traded their without equal playmaker Tyreek Hill for draft picks- Then they selected: D D WR D D D OT D RB D their biggest FA- Justin Reid- got 20m gtd which is more gtd money than every offensive FA they signed combined. they didn’t feel a need for 1B They traded their 1B and used the resources on D. Yeah- KC has an OL- but they don’t have a 1B- which is what I reading that we NEED. They invested in defense because they aren’t idiots, they know that defense does matter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) 9 minutes ago, NewEra said: Did you happen to see what KC did last offseason? after losing to Cinci- they purged the O and went all D in guaranteed money. They traded their without equal playmaker Tyreek Hill for draft picks- Then they selected: D D WR D D D OT D RB D their biggest FA- Justin Reid- got 20m gtd which is more gtd money than every offensive FA they signed combined. they didn’t feel a need for 1B They traded their 1B and used the resources on D. Yeah- KC has an OL- but they don’t have a 1B- which is what I reading that we NEED. They invested in defense because they aren’t idiots, they know that defense does matter. That’s quite the spin… They had already rebuilt their OL, and yea… *traded Hill.. then brought in MVS, Juju, Toney and a RD2 WR. As for their defense, yea… they used a bunch of picks to address defense .. They also let almost their entire secondary walk, including a CB1 in Ward. Edited March 17 by SCBills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 2 minutes ago, SCBills said: That’s quite the spin… They had already rebuilt their OL, and yea… let Hill walk.. then brought in MVS, Juju, Toney and a RD2 WR. As for their defense, yea… they used a bunch of picks to address defense .. They also let almost their entire secondary walk, including a CB1 in Ward. they didn’t let Hill walk. They traded him and used the assets to improve the D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 1 minute ago, NewEra said: they didn’t let Hill walk. They traded him and used the assets to improve the D. Correct. Fixed it. My point is the same. They let most of their secondary walk, which included a stud CB. They already had an elite OL. They still managed to replace Hill with MVS, Juju, Moore and Toney. That’s more than we’ve ever done for Allen… and they did it one year. And yea, drafted defense… they let half their defense walk. If we let Edmunds and Poyer walk, traded Oliver, didn’t tender Dane and cut Neal, then used that money on proven OL and WR help… go ahead Beane, knock yourself out on a defense heavy draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Hucklebuck Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 The point here is that our media has pushed this myth that the Bills are the equivalent of the Chiefs. Look at what the Chiefs did. There is a talent and coaching gap there. We need a better and deeper WR group than they do to overcome Mahomes, Kelce and Reid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 4 minutes ago, SCBills said: Correct. Fixed it. My point is the same. They let most of their secondary walk, which included a stud CB. They already had an elite OL. They still managed to replace Hill with MVS, Juju, Moore and Toney. That’s more than we’ve ever done for Allen… and they did it one year. And yea, drafted defense… they let half their defense walk. If we let Edmunds and Poyer walk, traded Oliver, didn’t tender Dane and cut Neal, then used that money on proven OL and WR help… go ahead Beane, knock yourself out on a defense heavy draft. Yeah and then they used their most important resource (their #1 pick) + other picks in order to trade up and replace their #1 corner. They let matheiu go and replaced him with their highest paid FA. They let Ward go then trade up in rd 1 to replace him. They let old Melvin Ingram go and replaced him with A 1st rd pick and Carlos Dunlap. They let Jarran Reed go and didnt invest in DT. Mike Hughes and Sorensen sucked and shouldn’t have been on any team. He’s going to go ahead and do whatever he wants….whether or not you feel it necessary to whine and cry about it 24/7 2 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said: The point here is that our media has pushed this myth that the Bills are the equivalent of the Chiefs. Look at what the Chiefs did. There is a talent and coaching gap there. We need a better and deeper WR group than they do to overcome Mahomes, Kelce and Reid. We beat the chiefs. They didn’t beat us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Hucklebuck Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 1 minute ago, NewEra said: Yeah and then they used their most important resource (their #1 pick) + other picks in order to trade up and replace their #1 corner. They let matheiu go and replaced him with their highest paid FA. They let Ward go then trade up in rd 1 to replace him. They let old Melvin Ingram go and replaced him with A 1st rd pick and Carlos Dunlap. They let Jarran Reed go and didnt invest in DT. Mike Hughes and Sorensen sucked and shouldn’t have been on any team. He’s going to go ahead and do whatever he wants….whether or not you feel it necessary to whine and cry about it 24/7 We beat the chiefs. They didn’t beat us. Yes the Chiefs also beat the team that destroyed us and handled the best team in the NFC. Our media says copy the Chiefs and I just don’t think we can do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 2 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said: Yes the Chiefs also beat the team that destroyed us and handled the best team in the NFC. Our media says copy the Chiefs and I just don’t think we can do that. Cook man! The media should suffer some sort of extreme punishment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaldimandBills Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) I absolutely love Cover 1 and think they're by far the most knowledgeable when it comes to the Bills. They go much further in depth into the Bills than anyone else besides Joe Marino. Rankings 1. Greg Tompsett - Guy knows the Bills and is always a great listen. Not sure what the OP is on about. Maybe he needs horns and goofy music in the background? 2. Joe Marino - Also very knowledgeable and a great listen. If him and Greg Tompsett did a podcast together I'd only listen to that for Bills related content. 3. Aaron Quinn. Not as knowledgeable as his Cover 1 partner but definitely knows his stuff. His obsession with advanced DVOA's can lead him down rabbit holes. 4. Sal Capaccio - only one on WGR i don't dislike although I'm at work when the morning guys are on so I haven't really given them a fair chance. His biggest strength is his insider knowledge. I think he does his job well, and the disrespect towards him are those who are jealous of his job. I need to give Shout a listen based on what I've read here so I will. I can appreciate Tasker and Brown because their job is to do nothing more than provide mid afternoon fluff pieces and feel good content. That is afternoon radio. They're supposed to be Homer's and look at the brightside. I'm not too familiar with WGR as a whole as I'm Canadian and more align with the Fan 590 and TSN 1050 but those guys in the afternoon are brutal and im not sure whats worse. The superiority complex they display acting like they're big time or the Avg. IQ of some of the morons who call in to talk with them. Edited March 17 by HaldimandBills 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 No one has mentioned Eric Wood and his podcast: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Y. Orangeman Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Schopp is the absolute worst. Unprepared, endlessly obsessed with mock drafting anything and everything and arrogant. He’s in the Mike Harrington/Jerry Sullivan rung of Buffalo’s media IMO. 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) Ehhhhh. I don’t really enjoy much of the content anymore. Since I found YT a decade+ ago, I’ve watched any and everything from every bills related channel. This offseason, I’m really only interested in the press conferences and couldn’t care less about what people say. -Marino is very knowledgeable and I’d say the #1 source in my book. -Bruce the exclusive would be next up -followed by Erik Turner. I wish cover1 was less prohaska and more Turner. -Matt Parrino rounds out my final 4. - I like Greg Tompsetts demeanor and delivery but he’s just ok overall. the rest are pretty terrible. - special suck shout out to Anthony Romeo who was a regular on a Buffalo rumblings show iirc. His voice and delivery is among the worst I’ve seen in my lifetime and the reason I don’t watch that show anymore. Nails on a chalkboard. Edited March 17 by NewEra 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreggTX Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 I don't care what anyone else thinks. I know Steve Tasker trips over his tongue a bit, but that doesn't bother me. He's smart and has great insights. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveorhatembillsfan4life Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Growing up can’t help but remember this voice driving home after the game lol 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 3 hours ago, GreggTX said: I don't care what anyone else thinks. I know Steve Tasker trips over his tongue a bit, but that doesn't bother me. He's smart and has great insights. I'm somewhat with you as I prefer ex players who had successful careers. I just feel he holds back on what he wants to say some time to toe the company line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Nate Geary and Maddy Glabb shouldn’t even be drafted. Undrafted free agent / camp fodder at best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 16 hours ago, Bangarang said: Tasker at 6 is an incredible reach. Tasker may be a poor in-game analyst, but there is something about him that I and some others just really like. I think it’s the authenticity. For example, he used to yell “ball!” whenever there was a fumble during the radio broadcasts. He explained later that it was what Levy and coaches trained him to do on the sidelines. It’s authenticity like that. I don’t care that he fumbles over words. I enjoy that he is authentic and that he was an unabashed Buffalo Bill and he announces more like a normal fan than an uptight studio guy. I found the radio broadcast to be not as good when they went back to Eric Wood after Tasker’s season doing it. And I like Wood too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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