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    <title>Buffalo Press Box - Episodes Tagged with “Stefon Diggs”</title>
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    <description>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 &amp; 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 buffalopressbox@gmail.com.
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    <itunes:summary>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 &amp; 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 buffalopressbox@gmail.com.
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  <title>Episode 91: The sky hasn't fallen</title>
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  <itunes:title>The sky hasn't fallen</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>The Buffalo Bills had their first offensive clunker in their first loss of the season, but the sky hasn't fallen.  Why did it happen? What are the team's biggest needs? And the Buffalo Sabres are set to open their season.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Episode 70: Lindy's 600th</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:title>Lindy's 600th</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Stefon Diggs is back in the AFC East and several NFL rule changes are on the table. Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato discuss that, plus Lindy Ruff's 600th win with the Sabres, whether he's a Hall of Famer and how much longer he could coach.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>54:15</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 47: Baltimore beatdown</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Buffalo sportswriters Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato discuss the Buffalo Bills flop in Baltimore and a lookahead to the Houston Texans, featuring a reunion with Stefon Diggs.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>55:34</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 46: Spreading the wealth</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:author>Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Buffalo sportswriters Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato analyze the Buffalo Bills' Monday night beatdown of the Jacksonville Jaguars and look ahead to the Baltimore Ravens.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>48:16</itunes:duration>
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  <description>Buffalo sportswriters Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato analyze the Buffalo Bills' Monday night beatdown of the Jacksonville Jaguars and look ahead to the Baltimore Ravens. They also weigh in on whether Josh Allen is playing the best football of his career, his presumptive comments about Stefon Diggs and matchup with Lamar Jackson. Plus, the Buffalo Sabres are back in action with a hot start to the preseason. 
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  <title>Episode 27: Digging out</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Buffalo sportswriters Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato discuss the trade of Stefon Diggs, why it was the right time and what the future holds for the Buffalo Bills offense, plus disgruntled fans feeling jilted by another year without the Buffalo Sabres in the playoffs.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>51:35</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 18: Playoff push</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>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.</itunes:subtitle>
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