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5 min readHour 1 - Buffalo Stampede
The Buffalo Bills opened their new $2.1 billion stadium in Orchard Park with a 41-31 win over the Detroit Lions on Thursday night, but Ben Maller argues the real story isn't the Bills' victory—it's what the loss reveals about both teams. Josh Allen threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more, giving him nine total touchdowns through two weeks, but Maller insists the Lions' postgame drama and the Bills' hidden defensive problems tell a more honest story about where these teams actually stand.
Dan Campbell's postgame problem
After the game, Lions coach Dan Campbell stood at the podium and called out his team's lack of discipline. Detroit committed 10 penalties, several of them back-breaking, wiping out opportunities to change field position and momentum. Campbell presented himself as "the human sponge," trying to soak up the outrage while suggesting the problems are fixable if they just clean things up.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (04:22) **Buffalo Stampede: The Thesis** - Ben Maller opens the show with the central argument: the Bills’ 41-31 win over the Lions was a route, and the real story is the collapse of Detroit’s contender status.
- 2 (10:15) **Dan Campbell’s Post-Game Gripe** - Maller argues that Campbell’s complaints about the Lions’ lack of discipline (10 penalties) accomplish nothing because he is the ringmaster, not an outside consultant.
- 3 (14:53) **Too Soon to Eliminate the Lions?** - Maller declares it is absolutely not too soon, arguing that after two games, the Lions have produced a “lemon” with no recall available.
- 4 (18:35) **The House That Josh Allen Built?** - Maller rejects the media label, arguing that taxpayers ($850 million of public money) built the stadium, not Josh Allen.
- 5 (33:31) **Caller Reactions and Tangents** - Maller takes calls and reads listener messages, riffing on topics from the Bills’ new stadium to the Yankees’ playoff celebrations.
- 6 (45:38) **The “Who Am I?” Game** - Maller plays a trivia segment where listeners guess a player Justin Jefferson can surpass for second-most receiving yards under age 28 (trailing only Randy Moss).
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Show Notes
Ben Maller talks about coach Dan Campbell calling out the Lions discipline after they were boat raced by the Buffalo Bills on TNF, if it's too soon to eliminate the Lions from contender status in the NFC, the NFL media dubbing the Bill's new stadium as "The House that Josh Allen Built", and more!
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