Buffalo Press Box
In-depth Buffalo sports talk from people on the scene
About the show
Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato are credentialed sportswriters for the Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bills. Bill has covered the Sabres for two decades and has managed his website, The Buffalo Hockey Beat, since 2012. Nick has covered the Bills since 2022 and is currently the sports editor for the Niagara Gazette and Lockport Union-Sun & Journal newspapers. We provide in-depth news and analysis on the Buffalo sports scene. Get information directly from the locker rooms and everything else you need to know from the Bills and Sabres weekly. For questions are comments, email us at [email protected].
Episodes
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Episode 22: Now what?
February 8th, 2024 | Season 1 | 46 mins 54 secs
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Buffalo sports reporters Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato dive into which young players need to take the next step for the Buffalo Bills in 2024, who could be salary cap casualties, who's going to win the Super Bowl and have the Buffalo Sabres waved the white flag.
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Episode 21: No breaks allowed
January 31st, 2024 | Season 1 | 48 mins 17 secs
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Buffalo sports reporters Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato discuss the Buffalo Bills' decision to hire Joe Brady and Bobby Babich as offensive and defensive coordinators, what the Bills need to do this offseason and how the Buffalo Sabres will patch the lineup after Jack Quinn's latest major injury.
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Episode 20: End of the line
January 23rd, 2024 | Season 1 | 53 mins
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Sports reporters Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato discuss how Buffalo Bills blew a fourth-quarter lead to the Kansas City Chiefs and where they go from here, while the Buffalo Sabres finished an underwhelming homestand that puts their playoff odds in serious danger.
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Episode 19: Get the shovels out
January 11th, 2024 | Season 1 | 54 mins 9 secs
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Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato discuss how the Buffalo Bills managed to go from 6-6 to AFC East champions, if momentum matters in the playoffs for a team making its final run at a Super Bowl and if the Buffalo Sabres have revealed their true colors.
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Episode 18: Playoff push
January 3rd, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 4 mins
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Reporters Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato debate whether there should be concerns about recent slow starts by the Buffalo Bills and Josh Allen's struggles in the passing game ahead of a potential win-or-go-home game against the Miami Dolphins, along with whether Buffalo Sabres will ever win two in a row again.
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Episode 17: Christmas consistency
December 26th, 2023 | Season 1 | 39 mins 13 secs
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Buffalo sportswriters Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato talk about whether the Buffalo Bills are consistent enough for a deep playoff run, Josh Allen's MVP odds and whether the Buffalo Sabres have finally found some momentum.
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Episode 16: Peaks and Valleys
December 20th, 2023 | Season 1 | 58 mins 4 secs
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Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato discuss the surging Buffalo Bills and what their shellacking of the Dallas Cowboys means, James Cook's emergence and the playoff picture. Plus, they dig into the Buffalo Sabres hitting rock bottom with an embarrassing loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets and solutions for climbing out of the hole.
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Episode 15: Turning a corner
December 13th, 2023 | Season 1 | 51 mins 30 secs
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Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato weigh in on whether the Buffalo Bills are back on track, how they limited Patrick Mahomes, what to make of the Kansas City Chiefs' complaining after the game and whether the Buffalo Sabres have turned a corner.
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Episode 14: Time to make a move
December 8th, 2023 | Season 1 | 48 mins 26 secs
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Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato assess Von Miller's arrest, whether he should be playing for the Buffalo Bills as they head to Kansas City with playoff hopes hanging by a thread, plus the Buffalo Sabres score a big win after a dreadful stretch.
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Episode 13: Frustration in Philly
November 29th, 2023 | Season 1 | 1 hr 1 min
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Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato look at Josh Allen's performance against the Eagles, Sean McDermott's decision-making and whether the Buffalo Bills are dead, plus Devon Levi is sent to the AHL and question whether the Buffalo Sabres can build off a big win against the New York Rangers.
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Episode 12: Brady Ball
November 22nd, 2023 | Season 1 | 1 hr 21 secs
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Buffalo beat reporters Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato discuss Joe Brady's first game as Buffalo Bills play-caller, Josh Allen's performance against the New York Jets, a lookahead to the Philadelphia Eagles, along with Rasmus Dahlin's recent play as the Buffalo Sabres try to string together wins.
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Episode 11: Buffalo is burning
November 17th, 2023 | Season 1 | 57 mins 43 secs
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Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato discuss Ken Dorsey's firing, the decline of the Buffalo Bills, Josh Allen's play and Sean McDermott's future, along with a rough patch for the Buffalo Sabres that included two blowout losses and a long-term injury to star Tage Thompson.
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Episode 10: Coaching Conundrums
November 9th, 2023 | Season 1 | 1 hr 4 mins
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Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato flesh out the problems with the Buffalo Bills offense after another disappointing performance against the Cincinnati Bengals, what would lead to a coaching change and some positives from the Buffalo Sabres' most recent stretch.
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Episode 9: More Tricks than Treats
November 1st, 2023 | Season 1 | 1 hr 6 mins
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Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato dive into the Buffalo Bills' acquisitions of Rasul Douglas and Leonard Fournette, Buffalo's offense and late-game collapses, along with whether the Buffalo Sabres can use a win over the Colorado Avalanche as a catapult.
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Episode 8: Buffalo on the Brink
October 25th, 2023 | Season 1 | 58 mins 27 secs
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Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato analyze slow starts from the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres, if the loss to the New England Patriots was the worst in Sean McDermott's career, along with why the Bills' offense has been stagnant, Josh Allen's new approach and with slow starts from Tage Thompson and Alex Tuch.
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Episode 7: Giant Disappointment
October 19th, 2023 | Season 1 | 56 mins 53 secs
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Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato dig into what's going on with the Bills' offense, why they didn't blowout the reeling Giants, why the Sabres got off to a slow start and how they're going to get back on track.