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Jenna Cottrell
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Dan Fates
You did go like 7 minutes of Mike and I just running on and on.
Jenna Cottrell
Well, I couldn't get. I couldn't jump in. I think it's really messed up though. When I do finally get the opportunity to talk how the last couple days the lawn mower has been interrupting me. What did I do to you? All right. Welcome back to the Buffalo plus channel. Presented by Connors and Ferris, Mike Catalana, Dan Fates. I am Jenna Cottrell. Please be sure to, like, comment, subscribe and share. Final day of camp here 39,000. We love it. Thank you so much. We're gonna get into our final observations from camp as well as some special moments from camp. But first, you have a message about camp.
Mike Catalana
Yeah, listen, we're here working and there's a lot of people who do a lot of harder work than us. Security. A lot of local people or people from Buffalo. Fantastic. All of them. They're in the tunnels. They're as we come in, they're helping the fans, they're keeping things set for the bills. A lot of hard working people who come here because they love being around Bill's camp.
Dan Fates
Yeah.
Mike Catalana
It's not for the money for them. It's because they like. It's a little bit of cash, but great for them and we appreciate all their help.
Dan Fates
It was just cool. Every single day walking in, you kind of get to know the people that you walk by, say hi. How's the day going? Oh, love Buffalo plus, saw you yesterday. It was really cool. So shout out to everybody the fans that we've interacted with throughout training camp. It's been really cool, always fun.
Jenna Cottrell
Everyone's so kind, so polite and they do a great job. So we want to thank them and thank them for just being awesome. All right, let's get into our camp observations. I'll start with you. Who do you think had the best camp?
Mike Catalana
I don't want to take it away from you.
Jenna Cottrell
Okay.
Mike Catalana
So I'm going to let you say.
Jenna Cottrell
Okay, I Thought there was two guys to me that had the best camp and that would be Matt Milano and Trey White.
Mike Catalana
Old guys say old guys. I'm happy it's the old guys.
Jenna Cottrell
No, this is not 2019, but no, I just think for my expectations of where they were both at coming into the season, what they would look like, what they would play like, would they have the same athletic ability, would they have the same pop juice, all that stuff. I thought it was a great camp for Trey, a great camper, Milano. And it gave you a lot of. I don't want to say hope, but it made me think, hey, those can be big time contributors out on the field.
Mike Catalana
They sent a message to the entire team. If I'm a young player, I'm already saying, how's this go? Players work hard. I get all that. It's Trey and Milano and they're out there fired up, making plays. Milano doesn't say much, but he will react when he makes a play. And Trey was fantastic. Had one today. Scared me a lot. Okay. There was a ball that went up for Leviskas Chenault. Josh threw it up there and it's Benford and Trey and it kind of collided. They went down and you're like holding your breath. And then Trey. It was almost like in Jerry Maguire when the guy gets up and then he starts dancing. Trey got up and he was having fun and they slapped hands and everybody cheered. Awesome. I thought he brought energy from moment one of camp. And I thought, like you said, they played really well, too.
Dan Fates
Yeah. And for me, agree Milano. Trey looked great for the elder statesman of camp veterans. Yes. TJ Sanders and Deion Walker were guys that we have mentioned time and time again. It gives you hope for what this defensive line could be. It has been disappointment and inconsistencies for the last few years at trying to find pieces, whether it was Von Miller or signing guys or draft picks that really fizzled out. I know it's training camp, but at least I have the thought that they may have some dudes on the defensive line for the first time in a while.
Jenna Cottrell
Yeah.
Dan Fates
And Sean said it. He said it before training camp and kind of echoed that. I think it was today. About this defense is going to go as the D line goes, and that's. That's a lot of pressure. But I think there's real reason to be cautiously optimistic about TJ Sanders, Deion Walker, even a guy like Landon Jackson. We saw flash a little bit the other day. Javon Solomon had a good camp. I thought the D line looked good.
Jenna Cottrell
I did, too. And it's funny. We talked to see TJ Sanders after practice today. We talked about the preseason game, and he's like, yeah, look, you can't get anywhere near 17, but on Saturday, it'll be nice to actually be able to get after the quarterback. He was joking that if you get by the line, you just have to take one step and that get nowhere near Josh. But I think for him, he's someone that stood out, where you're like, who's that guy? Okay. TJ Sanders, Deion Walker, like, they were players that, as a rookie, sometimes you have, I don't want to say lower expectations, but you. You want to wait until tempered is the perfect point.
Mike Catalana
By the way, they came over while we were interviewing T.J. like you said, and there's Deon right behind us.
Jenna Cottrell
Yeah.
Mike Catalana
You know, so tall. Towering over us.
Jenna Cottrell
So tall.
Mike Catalana
They're. They're buddies. Like, they're together.
Jenna Cottrell
They're a good friend.
Mike Catalana
They are friends. And I. I think that can be really helpful. These guys, you look at them and say, these two together can be a very impactful players. And I think you're right, Dan. There are snaps on that D line. Let's not kid ourselves. Sometimes people go, where are they? No, no, no. They play well. They're going to be out there. They're going to get meaningful snaps in games.
Dan Fates
And another guy on that D line that Sean McDermott said he was almost in tears talking about today was Ed Oliver and his growth. And he goes, he was like a wild stallion or something. He goes, no pun included. I know he's on a horse all the time. He goes. But there were times where he would piss off the offensive line so much because he would go, 100%. He goes, I'd have to kick him out of practices. I'd have to tell him to take it easy, stay away from Josh, all those things. And he goes to see him now. He goes, I haven't had to do that. And he goes, he understands now what is asked of him. It doesn't mean that he's not working as hard, but it's just that mentality has changed as a player that excited.
Mike Catalana
Him, and he said he's doing all that and he's playing better. Better, which is the key. It's not like he's not going 100%. I think Ed knows who he is. I think he has become a leader in that way. And when we talk about those young players, there's no question they're going to look to Ed.
Dan Fates
Correct.
Mike Catalana
That's the guy you're going to look to on the D line. So I thought that was great to hear.
Jenna Cottrell
So another takeaway from camp, I would say, is not as great, and that would be the injuries.
Dan Fates
So many injuries.
Mike Catalana
So Sean started out by saying 10 10, and then he. Oh, by the way, Taylor Rapp's not gonna practice.
Jenna Cottrell
Yes.
Dan Fates
Oh, and Dorian Strong didn't practice either. So I think we were up to 12.
Mike Catalana
Yeah.
Dan Fates
And Sean said he was. Was asked about does it feel like the injuries are more this year? And he said, I was just talking to Nate Bresky, and they are higher. They have a lot more this year than they had at this time last year. Now, Sean put it in perspective, which, again, it is August 7th, and these kind of things, he goes, I'd rather have these injuries now than in the playoffs, which I think is well said, but it's impacting. And the biggest loser out of all of this is right now is Cole Bishop. And now Taylor Rapp being out, too. My hot take may come to fruition just based by default.
Mike Catalana
Repeat your hot take because I'm grudgingly coming along with this.
Dan Fates
Demar Hamlin starts week one.
Mike Catalana
Yeah.
Jenna Cottrell
Yeah.
Dan Fates
Cole's now missed six practices. He was working off to the side, and he was doing light jogging, some karaoke, some high knees, and he was doing it in pads, which for a second, you think, oh, that's. That's good. Like, he's getting pads on because the team was just not in. It wasn't a pad of practice. But then it clicked. He hasn't been doing any of these things in pads. He's been in pad so little.
Jenna Cottrell
Yeah.
Dan Fates
This entire off season, how much that sets you behind, It's. It's daunting. Shambi Dermot's defense, the checks that you have to make, it's so complex, especially for the safeties. They're the quarterbacks of this defense. And if you're. It's different than you're in the film room. It's when you're on the field and have to call those live. Those live shots. It's valuable experience that Cole has now missed two years in a row.
Jenna Cottrell
It's tough. The quad injury, I thought the same thing where I was like, oh, okay, pads. And then the light work that he was doing, I was like, you don't want to see that. Like, at least you know, when they're ramping a guy back up, you'll see more and more and more put on their plate. But to see the level of what they were Going through, I was kind of like, that doesn't look like a good sign that he'll be back.
Mike Catalana
No. And then you have wrap out for at least a week.
Dan Fates
Yep.
Jenna Cottrell
Yeah.
Mike Catalana
So when you're trying to mix other guys in, this is the pair you want to be the starters.
Dan Fates
Yes.
Mike Catalana
And so it's now we're moving another week past. So now you're going to be within, what, three weeks of the start of the regular season, in that case as bad. Let's give a positive injury note. He fully believes that they're going to get Khalil Shakir back for the start of the year. And like, for Sean to say that, I think you should be encouraged because he doesn't usually say we're all one.
Dan Fates
Day at a time. Yes, we all are.
Mike Catalana
Sometimes I'm week to week.
Dan Fates
We are all day by day.
Mike Catalana
But in his case, for him to say that, he goes, yes, that's my understanding from what basically the trainers are saying. So that. Take a little breath on that. And then for the game itself, obviously, Josh isn't going to play. I shouldn't say. Obviously, we never know exactly how they're going to do it. Josh isn't going to play. Mitch Trubisky's going to start in the game and get some times they say with the ones Spencer Brown's probably not going to play. He sort of said that. I don't know how much Deion would play, but they'll get them out there and see what happens. But the. The loss of all these guys for a period of time and now we're not even talking about Maxwell Hairston.
Dan Fates
Correct.
Mike Catalana
Who, you know, you just not out there. He's not going to do anything for a while. So how the season starts is up in the air.
Jenna Cottrell
Other takeaways.
Dan Fates
It was fun camp.
Jenna Cottrell
I thought it was really fun. I think for me, like, it's one of those things where every year it's like camp is the start of the season. All this stuff. I felt like this year flew by. I will say this was something that I thought was interesting. Sean McDermott said after the red and blue skirmish, they were not where he wanted them to be at.
Mike Catalana
Yeah.
Jenna Cottrell
And that they put in the work here this week to feel more comfortable heading into preseason game one.
Mike Catalana
All right. So I'm again, I'm not trying to be negative. So I'm gonna say it, but I'm gonna be negative here. You started camp. Everybody's optimistic.
Dan Fates
Buffalo.
Mike Catalana
Plus, you get to this point, see what I did. You get to this point. And what do we have? Number one draft pick Max Hairston not on the field injured. Yes, they are fortunate. It could have been worse. And James Cook not on the field. In this contract thing, I'm not as worried about James Cook and his ability to step right on the field and play, but this ain't going anywhere. I don't know, you may have seen, you may have heard some, seen some of our tweets. Sean, initially when he was talking at practice, he said, well, maybe you could. He's been basically said, I expect him to be out on the field practice. I'm hopeful he's out on the field at practice today.
Dan Fates
Yes.
Mike Catalana
And that was just what he would say about any player.
Dan Fates
It was coach speak. It was, yes, I expect all the players. It's, it goes back to kind of when he slipped up a little bit about Stefan Diggs when he said he was concerned. It's like, well, I'm concerned about all my players that aren't here. That's, that's what it was. It was the expectation that he was supposed to be out there. When once again, James nowhere to be seen today at practice. The hold in continues. He has been in meetings, he has been going through walkthroughs. I also think that there have been some comments about no worries, save James's legs. He doesn't need the carries in training camp. I don't think that's the case. That's not what this is. These aren't veteran rest days. They want him to be around. They want him to be getting reps. They want to talk about that continuity, installing offense, all of those things and he's not there. That is a slight concern. Whatever the business side of all of.
Mike Catalana
This is, Janet, I will say this. It is for the money that you have to be here. It is so much better that he is here. That is true. I mean, the holdout days of not around the team and not we're not.
Dan Fates
Stalking the parking lot.
Mike Catalana
Yeah. But I mean for him and the team, he's around all of his teammates. It's not, I'm sitting home in Florida going pay me guys or I'm not coming. He's already here. It's just, it is a much less of a step to start practicing than it is to show up. So if there's a positive because he doesn't want to get fined, I think that's what it is. But wait a minute. My point was here we started camp and now you have 11 guys out with injuries. Your second round draft pick is not on the field playing Khalil Shakir is hurt. You're hoping to get him back. James Cook is not practicing.
Dan Fates
Stole it from me.
Mike Catalana
No, but I'm saying is not great.
Dan Fates
This is Buffalo.
Mike Catalana
Yeah, we had fun. I don't think the coaches had fun at this camp. This was a tough, tough few weeks with the injuries in the.
Dan Fates
James Cook, 100%, especially when they talked about having to change practices, the way that they were wanting to get reps, ones versus twos, twos versus threes, they weren't able to do those kind of things.
Jenna Cottrell
Are you guys done?
Mike Catalana
I'm done.
Dan Fates
Are you done?
Jenna Cottrell
I do think it's important to note you kind of touched on this. But to make it very clear, Sean McDermott said while even though James Cook has not been at practice this last couple of days, he is in the building, he is going through walkthroughs. So that is something to note as James Cook continues to hold in for his contract. But if you don't see him on the practice field, he is in those other places.
Mike Catalana
It's got to be kind of funny, isn't it?
Dan Fates
Like his business.
Mike Catalana
Yeah. Now, they. They all know that Josh had his back.
Dan Fates
You know, it's generational money for family and. Families. Families and things like that. All the players from Ty Johnson and Ray Davis, when you guys spoke to them, they all understand no player is ever going to come out and talk about another guy's money.
Mike Catalana
So.
Jenna Cottrell
Yeah.
Dan Fates
Now, are you annoyed with us yet?
Jenna Cottrell
No.
Dan Fates
You did go like 7 minutes of Mike and I just running on and on.
Jenna Cottrell
Well, I couldn't get. I couldn't jump in. I think it's really messed up, though, when I do finally get the opportunity to talk how the last couple of days the lawnmower has been disrupting me. What did I do to you?
Dan Fates
There's the opening.
Jenna Cottrell
It's messed up and it might be actually very loud for people right now because they're breaking down some of the tents. So I do want to mention that as well. Okay. Were there any observations from today?
Dan Fates
No. Yes.
Mike Catalana
My observation from today is getting a chance to talk to Tyrell Shavers. I'm on full on the Shavers train. I want to see him being. I want to see him on the active roster. I asked him about special teams. They said, absolutely, I can play special teams. I played it in college. Look, if he's going to get on the roster, I'm talking about the regular roster here. The other guys, Curtis Samuel still hurt. Like at some point. There are real snaps out there. For wide receivers. What did Sean say about him today?
Dan Fates
Tough as nails.
Mike Catalana
He's also called him a true professional. I mean, come on, we're not just talking about lip service here. I think this is the way they believe and I think there's becoming a bigger level of trust in Shavers. If he could play some teams, I want to see him and I joked with him, maybe we can play the clip. I joked with him, we don't need to play the clip. I joked with him about, you get on the roster, you get to play, and you are risking your 69 yards per catch average. He said, I'm good with that. I'm good with that. Get me out there to play. I'm good with that. Because he had his one catch, 60, 69 yards and a touchdown. Not a bad way to dig.
Dan Fates
Other players we've talked to over the last few days, whether it's Dion Kane and things like that, like they say, like Shavers is a monster. Like other guys that have come here, he. His size, his. His ability flashes. And again, a guy that was this close last year, we all thought to hear Sean talk about him again today. I think he's slotted in, especially with some of the injuries you're talking about to make the 53 initially.
Jenna Cottrell
And Sean McDermott does not say that. He does not go out of his way to say one player. He will group everybody in there. Josh Allen, like all of our quarterbacks, had a great day out there. It's like, it's all right to say, Josh Allen, good day. Yeah. But for him to do it last year and do it this year, to talk glowing praise for a guy means a lot.
Mike Catalana
The other thing is they will never want a player to play injured, right? Injured. I'm not talking about hurt, I'm talking about injured. Where you're going to do something where the trainers won't let him out. They love the fact that Shavers came.
Jenna Cottrell
Back in two days tough as nails.
Mike Catalana
And, you know, he was. He was concerned when we talked to him about it today. Going off the field, like sitting there. And within a couple days he's back out on the practice field. And Sean talked about him in the red and blue where he's making catches and limping like, so there's where I don't think. Think it was more of a little pain tolerance and playing than was not.
Dan Fates
Going to make it worse.
Mike Catalana
And he get through it and he's out there running full. So I'm big on him. And we'll see how the whole wide receiver Room maps out. But that's encouraging for him.
Jenna Cottrell
Is there anybody you guys look at and say, all right, now the camp's over. There's still more to the preseason. I want to see more out of this guy.
Dan Fates
Steven Gosnell. More from White, Steve, coming up soon, I just like. It'd be fascinating to see his opportunity because he's going to get a lot of snaps. He's going to get some chances. Guys like Deon Cain, Christian Wilkurson.
Jenna Cottrell
Got it.
Dan Fates
Nailed it.
Mike Catalana
Not really.
Jenna Cottrell
Wilkinson.
Mike Catalana
Wilkerson.
Jenna Cottrell
Wilkerson. Dang it.
Dan Fates
Dion Carter. Yes.
Mike Catalana
Oh, no. Then we'll be all over the place.
Dan Fates
So, yeah, that. It always seems to be like the biggest concern and people will be up in arms about is that sixth and seventh wide receivers, how many they take. So that's. I'm always interested to see who shows up in these preseason games because as Mike said, there will be snaps there. A guy can have 100 yards and a touchdown and kind of change his career in the short term because if it's not with Buffalo, other teams are going to see with the film that.
Mike Catalana
They put out and you're going to. It's going to impact the way they keep the roster. There may be. They may open up with six wide receivers on the 53 on the active because of the other parts that they've had past Tuesday.
Dan Fates
And then we do that.
Mike Catalana
The other guy, you mentioned him briefly today, I want to see more out of. And let's see when the games go is Landon Jackson, because I think he has ability. We have seen those flashes. Now we want to see it play out in the game. To think, can this guy get regular snaps in the defense? Which would be important.
Jenna Cottrell
No, I agree. There was another guy. I was thinking, oh, you know what? On. On Saturday, I want to see what Mitch Trubisky does. I want to see what Mike White does. I want to see how that quarterback competition backup evolves. Because we have talked about, you know, who was it Joe Brady was talking about? Oh, Mitch's athleticism.
Dan Fates
He talked about mobility again, too.
Jenna Cottrell
I just. I just don't see it. I just feel like the upside is just so much higher for Mike White, but we'll see how much time he gets or if he gets some time with the ones we know. Mitch is starting on Saturday, but for Mike White, I just want to see how things kind of pan out because I do think there is some ability there.
Dan Fates
Yeah, I agree.
Jenna Cottrell
All right.
Mike Catalana
Do you want to just mention the story today with Josh?
Jenna Cottrell
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Dan Fates
It's all over our socials.
Jenna Cottrell
Yes. You've probably seen it on Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, whatever. Well, you were there. Why don't you explore?
Dan Fates
Yeah. Josh was doing his annual lap around the field after the last day of practice. He goes, went all the way over here, came all the way.
Mike Catalana
You guys have taken over the pointing. I'm not the pointing guy anymore.
Dan Fates
And he goes through the tunnel over there and then stops at the end, almost to the other field. And there's a kid there with Special Olympics. His name is Nate Forrestel, I believe. Forestler, I think it's Forestell. Okay. And he's giving him a handshake. He had an interaction with Josh earlier at training camp, talking about their golf game. They both are sponsored by Encore. So he's a golf influencer. He has got 50,000 followers. And Josh says, hey, I got a question for you. I've got two tickets to the Ryder Cup. Would you want them? And the reaction is, as we talked to Nate afterwards, he said, I screamed like a little 6 year old kid.
Mike Catalana
He's a 25 year old man.
Dan Fates
Yes.
Mike Catalana
With cerebral palsy. And he is sharp as a tack. Awesome to talk to. And he was joking about Josh. He goes, we're friends, he said. We finish each other's sentences. And then he's like, nah, I'm just kidding. It was great.
Dan Fates
He comes up to me and it's like, hi. Like, it was kind of the action of like, what do you want? And then he asked the question. His mom was there and she was so sweet. And she goes, I had an idea they wanted him to come back, but I had no clue what the surprise was. Just one of those really cool. Some things are bigger than sports. Josh gets it, like we've said. But just a special moment that going to the Rider Cup.
Mike Catalana
Dude's going to the Ryder cup.
Jenna Cottrell
Of sporting events.
Dan Fates
Absolutely.
Mike Catalana
And when, when he was asked, what's he going to like the most about going to the Rider Cup?
Dan Fates
Everything.
Mike Catalana
Yeah, all of it. All of it. That's great. Congrats to him.
Jenna Cottrell
There was also another sweet moment. And this is what we love about camp is you get to see the players interacting with, with their family, other kids, like all the fans out there. It was really cool. After practice today, Landon Jackson over there. Yeah, Landon Jackson point too much, I would say. He has alopecia. And he met a young girl, Emerson, who's a Bills fan. He had met her before. Got to see her, want to take her out to camp. Her family was there. They just had that very sweet hug. He signed her jersey. She had a Landon Jackson jersey on. So just moments like that that make camp so, so special. So much fun and you really see the family environment. It's just awesome.
Mike Catalana
Yeah, it was great. Great.
Jenna Cottrell
Yeah, yeah. Very cool.
Dan Fates
All right, so you have a, you have a phone list of, of people.
Jenna Cottrell
Yes.
Dan Fates
To do things.
Jenna Cottrell
Let me look at the phone and just see what. So, yeah, we had so many people.
Dan Fates
So many people come up to us. There were a lot of people that said were saying, oh, by the way, was right.
Mike Catalana
No, I didn't hear any of that. But people did yell like comment subscribe. Which I think is awesome.
Jenna Cottrell
So Megan, Nigel, Roberta, Brooks. Brooks is really cute little, I believe, five month old baby Oliver.
Dan Fates
Get her to subscribe.
Jenna Cottrell
Yeah, it's a boy.
Mike Catalana
Get him to subscribe.
Jenna Cottrell
Oliver, Brett, Paula, Zach, Glenn, Dave, Josh, you all, thank you so much. Just really cool, really cool environment. It's so much fun for us. We get to showcase Rochester too. Like it's, it's so much fun.
Dan Fates
Awesome.
Jenna Cottrell
Great.
Mike Catalana
Yeah, it was great. We enjoyed it. We enjoyed having you be with us during this.
Dan Fates
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Jenna Cottrell
Yeah, daily recaps.
Dan Fates
People from all over the country coming in, they're like, these are where I get my daily recap. It's, it's very cool.
Jenna Cottrell
Yeah. Love to see it hit 39k. Hopefully it's 40 next.
Dan Fates
40.
Mike Catalana
That's the next.
Jenna Cottrell
And then 50 and then we've talked about it. To the moon.
Mike Catalana
To the moon.
Jenna Cottrell
Buffalo plus. To the moon. All right. For Mike Catalana and Dan Fates, I am Jenna Cottrell. Please be sure to like, comment, subscribe and share. We'll catch you next time here on the Buffalo plus channel, presented by Connors and Ferris. Do the Zoolander.
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Date: August 7, 2025
Hosts: Mike Catalana, Jenna Cottrell, Dan Fetes
This episode marks the Buffalo Plus team’s final daily recap from Buffalo Bills training camp at St. John Fisher University. With over 40 years of combined experience covering the Bills, Mike, Jenna, and Dan discuss their five key takeaways from the weeks at camp. The conversation covers standout performances, injury woes, depth chart questions, memorable player-fan moments, and what remains unsolved as preseason looms—a must-listen for Bills fans wanting an insider look at where the team stands heading into the season.
[02:07 – 03:34]
[03:34 – 06:34]
[06:37 – 09:17]
[10:25 – 13:42]
[14:30 – 18:56]
[18:39 – 19:13]
[19:14 – 22:36]
“They sent a message to the entire team… It’s Trey and Milano, and they’re out there fired up, making plays.”
– Mike Catalana [02:45]
“It has been disappointment and inconsistencies... but at least I have the thought they may have some dudes on the defensive line for the first time in a while.”
– Dan Fetes [03:34]
“He was like a wild stallion... he understands now what is asked of him… that mentality has changed as a player...”
– Sean McDermott on Ed Oliver, relayed by Dan [05:41]
“Cole’s now missed six practices… and that sets you behind. It’s daunting.”
– Dan Fetes [07:40]
“We had fun. I don't think the coaches had fun at this camp. This was a tough, tough few weeks with the injuries.”
– Mike Catalana [12:56]
“If he could play some teams, I want to see him...I joked with him, maybe we can play the clip… He said, 'I'm good with that. Get me out there to play.'”
– Mike Catalana on Tyrell Shavers [15:01, 15:26]
“I screamed like a little 6-year-old kid.”
– Nate Forestell on getting Ryder Cup tickets from Josh Allen, relayed by Dan [20:20]
The episode is a mix of candid Bills analysis, inside jokes, and community warmth. The trio maintains an engaging, conversational vibe, balancing optimism with measured concern—matching the mood of a team coming off a grueling, eventful camp.
Buffalo Plus leaves camp with both optimism—thanks to veteran leadership and emerging rookies—and note of caution, given the mounting injuries and uncertainty at several key spots. The coming preseason will be pivotal in resolving depth questions and setting the final roster. Player-fan interactions and team camaraderie added heart to a challenging camp, with Josh Allen and others delivering moments “bigger than sports.”
Buffalo Plus, to the moon!