Rock Pile Report

They were the pioneers of the "AFC East-centric" podcast, and we've brought them back for a reunion show! Kyle & Gary Smith join us this week to remenisce on the end of their podcast & get their takes on Josh Allen leading the NFL in passing while Sam Darnold seemingly falls into oblivion, MIA leapfrogging the Jets rebuild & more! Then Locked on Patriots host Mike D'Abate joins us to recap what was a huge win on Sunday Night Football to keep New Englands season alive! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We lost this week & yet Drew's not an animal about it?! We open the show with a look at the ways the Bills defense is finally making good on the promise that we all looked for this year, while Josh Allen once again proved he's clutch. Then we talk about Brian Daboll & his lack of adjustments in hilarious fashion, while recapping why Bills fans should actually feel pretty DAMN GOOD walking away from this. Then, we host Bills Captain & Longsnapper Reid Ferguson for a behind the scenes look at BUFvsAZ , a look at the NFL player mindset of public criticism & more! Follow us on Twitter @rockpilereport Follow Reid on Twitter @snapflow69 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The AFCE is quickly becoming a surprising 2-horse race! This week we're joined by the usual suspects as Alf Arteaga of 3YPC helps us break down Tua's big day and MIA's biggest, most improbable win of 2020, and we look at how for a team with a "Top 5 Most Difficult Schedule", the future looks rosy for BUF! We also look at the performance of the NYJ's young stable of talent on MNF w/"Play Like a Jet" host Scott Mason, while Patriots fan Christian Simonelli stops by to discuss how that game illustrates that the retooling process in Foxborough could be bigger than anyone could have guessed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NOW DO YOU BILL-IEVE?! This week WGR550 host Nate Geary joins us to recap SEAvsBUF & all of its intricacies! We discuss all of the ways our offense thrived, while Drew takes Nate to task over a critical moment of the game & his talk about how "there's little to criticize" from Sunday. Drew also delivers a passionate embrace of 2 players he routinely has bagged on, and his producer in the process. We also preview our matchup with Arizona - the places the balance of the game hangs from Murrays rushing to a surprising WR threat & more! Follow us on Twitter @rockpilereport Follow Nate on Twitter @nategearysports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've reached the halfway point of the NFL season & it's again time to hand out grades! Mike D'abate of "Locked on Patriots", Alf Arteaga of "3Yards Per Carry" & "Play Like a Jet" host Scott Mason join us for a look at the good, bad & ugly of each team through the 2nd month of the season! We talk Tua's 1st game , Becton's surprising emergence, Buffalo's fall from national grace after a hot start to the season & much, much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Buffalo Bills are 4-0 in the AFC EAST! This week, we wax poetic on the Bills victory over the Patriots - the performance of Cam Newton, the response to a familiar face by our OL & an in-depth look at the performance of the Bills rushing attack you won't hear anywhere else! We go on to dissect what we took away this game & why this win, albeit a close one, stands out in our minds as a landmark for our franchise. We close with a preview of SEAvsBUF - Offensive excellence, defensive struggles & reasons Drew believes the Bills will come out on top! Follow us on Twitter @rockpilereport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The constant discussion about trades has Drew feeling a certain kind of way - we look at the realities in Buffalo as fans clamor for moves ahead of the NFL Trade Deadline! "Play Like a Jet" host Scott Mason also joins for a recap of BUFvsNYJ & a look at the biggest betting line of the week while USA Today's Mark Schofield helps us look at the shocking descent into football-hell taking place in Foxborough & what fueled the worst Patriots performance of Belichick's career! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Bills are SOMEHOW 5-2! This week we recap "The Tyler Bass Game" - how a big leg overcame some strange offensive ineptitude (which we charted because Drew is a lunatic) & how the defensive line stepped up & changed to tone of the game (and hopefully our season)! Then USA Today writer & Podcaster Mark Schofield joins us for our preview of PATRIOTS WEEK! We take an in-depth look at Cam Newton's descent into QB hell, look at the matchups he likes & dislikes from a Patriots perspective, waxes poetic on how a Bills victory could shatter what's left of the Belichick Dynasty & more! Follow us on Twitter @rockpilereport Follow Mark on Twitter @markschofield Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2020 AFCE was touted as a wild ride, and through 6 weeks it hasn't disappointed! Alf Arteaga of "3 Yards Per Carry" joins us to discuss the QB change in Miami, including what's at stake if Tua has growing pains as the Phins try to remain in a surprising 2nd place! Also, Mike D'Abate of "Locked on Patriots" helps us look at NE's loss to Denver & what their struggles say about Cam, the offense & the teams future. We also talk Flacco's 1st start for Gang Green, the Bills outlook after the KC debacle & more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Bills better never play at 5pm ever again in our lifetimes, that's for damn sure! This week Cover1's Greg Thompsett swings by to help lend a pragmatic voice to balance Drew's frustration as we recap the Bills fall to 4-2 at the hands of the Chiefs. We discuss emotional outbursts, the struggles of our defense & which of the Bills issues are correctable moving forward! We also take a look at the people who have things worse than Bills fans - YES you sensitive people, there ARE football fans suffering more than us today - and take a look at our impending matchup with the NFL laughingstock from New Jersey! Follow us on Twitter @rockpilereport Follow Greg on Twitter @gregtompsett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another star player escaped the Jets like Andy Dufresne & we couldn't be happier to chat about it! "Play Like A Jet" host Scott Mason joins us to wax poetic on the release of RB Le'Veon Bell, while Alf Arteaga of "3 Yards Per Carry" discusses fan expectations changing in South Beach after their big win over SF! We also recap the state of the division heading into Week 6 & more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We start this week with a mercifully short synopsis of our loss in TEN, & Drew lays the blame in some surprising directions. Then, because we're the pettiest Bills podcast, we air our 1st "People Who Have it Worse Than Bills Fans" segment of 2020! Finally, friend of the show Brett Kollmann joins us to preview our Monday matchup vs Kansas City - we talk about the structure of their latest rushing attack, their passing game w/out Watkins, and what the Buffalo Bills have to do on defense to score an upset that would be heard around the NFL! Follow us on Twitter @rockpilereport Follow Brett on Twitter @brettkollmann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Were 1/4 of the way through the NFL season, and just like we all (or maybe just us?) dreaded in high school, Mark Schofield, Scott Mason & Alf Arteaga join us to give Quarterly Reports for the AFC East! We talk about the satisfactory parts of each team through 4 weeks, the parts of our teams that are incomplete, what needs improvement in the next 4 games & more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4-0, & firmly on top of the AFC East - it's a great time to be a Bills fan! We open with a recap of Sunday's action - Dabolls emergence as a playcaller, Diggs's infectious energy & impact on this entire passing attack/WR corps & our defense showing signs of life amid a league-wide depression of performance on that side of the ball! Then, we take a look into the convoluted matchup vs TEN - something made more complicated by some breaking news! We outline the COVID impact as it applies to the TEN players, the surprising struggles of Derrick Henry this season, the holes in the TEN defense that the Bills should be more than capable of exploiting & more! Follow us on Twitter @rockpilereport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After 5 years are we ACTUALLY going to see the last of Adam Gase in the AFC East?! That's the question we open tonight's show with as "Play Like A Jet" host Scott Mason walks us through the Jets plight. Alf Arteaga of " 3 Yards Per Carry" celebrates his teams first convincing victory in Jacksonville & the Patriots passing woes lead us to ask the question...is Josh Allen the defacto "Best QB in the AFC East"?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Bills win takes us back to an era of Bills greatness that we're almost nervous trying to discuss! We recap our win over the Rams first with a dissection of the ref staff & the ways they failed BEYOND the 2 big calls. We go on to break down the defensive struggles we encountered, and the way our QB's responded when the chips were down wasn't just a victory, but a potential reshaping of what the Buffalo Bills could be as a franchise & how fans should feel about these close games. Then we're joined by fellow BlueWire Network host "Raider Cody" for a preview of Week 4's matchup in Las Vegas - the strengths & weaknesses of the Raiders attack & some surprising vulnerabilities in what is an opportunity for the Bills to build cushion in the AFCE race! Follow us on Twitter @rockpilereport Follow Cody on Twitter @raidercody Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Its week 2 and the Bills are indisputably #1 in the AFC EAST! This week our guests help us recap how we got there - Fitzpatrick's vintage performance in South Florida & a young Phins team hopefully picking up steam, another disaster for Gang Green & their beleaguered HC and a nail biter in Seattle for the Patriots as their passing game showed life but the final play raises serious questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No that's not lunacy - just ask ESPN! This week, we recap the Bills narrow victory over Miami - questions in our secondary, another incredible performance from Diggs & some shade for a certain coordinator. We also discussed the question raised by ESPNs Dan Orlovsky - is this ascension from Josh Allen to be believed & is he truly flirting with the mantle of MVP?! Then Derek Ciapala of RamsTalk helps us dissect the complex beast that is the Rams offense ahead of our Week 3 matchup! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this weeks AFCE RoundUp we recap all AFCE-on-AFCE crime that took place on Sunday! It starts with a look at how Jets fans are feeling today about their potential franchise QB & maligned HC. Then we look at the ways lofty expectations for growth in MIA failed to materialize & discuss a Patriots team that, despite winning on Sunday, are about go from the frying pan into the fire! We discuss all of that, the divison outlook heading into Week 2's action & more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Bills are 1-0 & Drew had a Sunday unlike any other! This week, we break down Allen's 3rd career matchup vs Darnold & the NYJ, dissecting the ways OC Brian Daboll's QB-run heavy approach may have been preordained , how the Bills surprising RT & RG combination could affect our fortunes in 2020 & beyond, and LS Reid Ferguson joins us to discuss their first fanless game & how not all "misses" by a rookie kicker are created equal. Then we look at the trends established by MIA last week against NE & break down the ways they favor BUF coming out of this one potentially on top of the AFC East! Follow us on Twitter @rockpilereport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices