We can’t help ourselves. To those who aren’t on a #warpath for #BetterDays, I apologize. Inevitably, the Buffalo Sabres dominate the first 15 minutes of this podcast. This team is simply too much fun.

Eventually, yes, we get into everything Buffalo Bills and NFL Draft with Jay Skurski of The Buffalo News. You can read his work here. Always enjoy lobbing questions back ‘n forth with Jay. This episode, we try to figure out which direction GM Brandon Beane and head coach Joe Brady will go in Round 1 of the draft — Edge? Nose? Linebacker? Wideout?

Per usual, the conversation shifts toward the man central to everything in Orchard Park: quarterback Josh Allen. I examined Allen’s relationship with Brady in Part II of our series this week and go a little deeper here as well.

There’s plenty of Brady talk and Beane talk as we make sense of a 2026 Bills team facing very real and clear expectations: It’s the Super Bowl.

Appreciate everyone who joined this broadcast on Substack Live. You can catch future live recordings by downloading the Substack app and turning notifications on:

Be sure to subscribe to get everything in full, including Bob McGinn’s 42nd annual draft series. He talked to scouts around the country to give you the unfiltered look at this year’s prospects. Links here.

ICYMI, here’s my two-parter on Joe Brady:

Part I: ‘I’ll set my jaw’

Part II: ‘They’ve got to play us’

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How will the Buffalo Bills attack this 2026 NFL Draft? A chat with Jay Skurski...