The Rockpile Report is a Buffalo Bills podcast hosted by Buffalo Bills season ticket holder Drew Gier & produced by former radio production assistant Chris Krueger
NFL MiniCamps are kicking off around the NFL & every fanbase feels good about their team. But without reasonable expectations, many of them will be left disappointed. That's the theme of this show as we take a deep look at the Bills 2021 Rookie Class & try to establish "reasonable" expectations as we enter the 2021 Camp & Presason: Reading the "tea leaves" of recent rookie pass rushers to forecast Basham & Rosseau's production given the makeup of the roster Looking at the mountain in front of Marquez Stevenson as both a WR & KR Figuring out how our ultra-athletic OL-men slot in & more!
69 min
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Rockpile Report - 304 - Loose Hang & Schedule T...
Rockpile Report - 301 - AFC East Round Up - NFL...
Alice Cooper said it best: School (and the AFC East RoundUp) is out for summer!
In this podcast we're joined by both old & new faces from around the AFC East as we all get ready to hit the summer doldrums of football! With our guests help we look at:
🔸 How each fanbase feels they've addressed it's needs this offseason
🔸 Current roster vs their 2020 precamp roster
🔸What makes them feel like things will be different for their teams in 2021 & more!
89 min
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Rockpile Report - 300 - Milestone Celebration
We've made it to our 300th podcast!
In this show we celebrate the last 100 episodes of the podcast - ~1 whole year of content!
We touch on the future for the WNY's fans, some of our favorite moments from the last 100 podcasts, and what might be Chris's finest achievement ever as producer!
98 min
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Rockpile Report - 299 - Mocking the Mock Drafts...
Tired: Complaining About Mock Drafting
Wired: Scoring Mock Drafts so We Can Make Fun of The Practice
From #DraftSZN to #AccountabilitySZN, we say goodbye to this chapter of the 2021 NFL offseason with maybe the pettiest show we've ever recorded & Talking Buffalo host Pat Moran is along for the ride!
We take mock drafts that Bills content creators have submitted over the last month, score them & break down the results - interesting trends, takeaways about the practice & what we can learn, shocking "Winners/Losers" and more!
58 min
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Rockpile Report - 298 - Bills Schedule Release
Hey Naysayers & Nerds - IT'S A SCHEDULE CELEBRATION! This week we take a look at the NFL & Bills 2021 schedule on the eve of it's release, amid a half dozen drinks!
We look at the layout of it from both a podcasting & season ticket holder standpoint, look at games that'll probably turn out to be busts & find storylines we're interested in following at this point in the offseason!
Then we look at the competitive layout of the Bills schedule - including some rough stretches and portions that could play out in BUF's favor, break down our favorite/least favorite home games, discuss tailgating & more!
WARNING: This might be the smartest you'll EVER hear Drew sound on a podcast!
RAS creator Kent Lee Platte joins us for an indepth look at the Bills 2021 draft class through an analytics lens!
We look at the dynamic athletic profiles of our rookie crop & how RAS study tells a story about their NFL upside & development! Meanwhile, Drew has done some deep analysis of his own & we look at how his findings should have fans excited that for Brandon Beane the best may be yet to come!
Drew, Nate & Draft Recap - where else would you rather be than right here, right now?!
In this show we break down the 2021 NFL Draft as only the Rockpile Report can.
We discuss the philosophy of the early round picks - our reactions, the stories behind the selections & the fits for our team - and how they all weave a narrative that Bills fans can't be upset about.
We also discuss Nates food hipsterism, the things this draft revealed to us about our front office & so much more!
93 min
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Rockpile Report - 295 - Pre Draft AFC East Roun...
Draft week is finally here & to celebrate we bring back one of our oldest guests - Dolphins team employee Travis Wingfield!
Our panel of guests joins us for a look around the divisiom at how each team is set up for the 2021 Draft, dream/nightmare scenarios & more!