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As Orioles continue to flail, Ravens set to sail into Buffalo with Super Bowl expectations

Our favorite sports cartoonist Mike Ricigliano has been a recurring cast member for four decades on the local scene. In preparation of another Baltimore vs. Buffalo war, Ricig once again shared his twisted Western New York roots and Orioles heart with Nestor at Koco’s Pub on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. And how he’d draw up another Super Bowl parade…

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Why is Kyle Hamilton so important to Ravens defense and its future?

With the 2025 season about to kickoff, Eric DeCosta and the Baltimore Raves made it very clear about the significance of “safety” Kyle Hamilton for the future of the franchise and the leadership of its defense. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the new $100 million contract and the evolving role and status of the most important chess piece the team has on its emerging defense.

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The Bills Mafia fund for Mark Andrews is over $146,624 and you need to meet one of the kids who made it happen

This will be the best story of “Buffalo” week. Last winter, we met Ryan Patota and Nicholas Howard, who began a Go Fund Me page for juvenile diabetes awareness after Mark Andrews’ infamous drop against the Bills and the online bullying began in the aftermath of a tough playoff loss for the Baltimore Ravens. Nestor welcomes the heroic young Patota back onto the show to tell his special journey in life and why you’ll want to help support this aspiring sports journalist’s efforts for Breakthrough. Watch and be inspired!

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Shuffling off to Buffalo to begin the March to February

The Baltimore Ravens’ players will get the weekend off and away and then it’s “go” time in Owings Mills. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the final cuts, concerns and where to focus as the Buffalo Bills await next Sunday night for a revenge bowl that will wreck someone’s Monday morning to start the season.

Luke Jones and Nestor discuss Lamar Jackson and MVPs and Hall of Fame

Josh Allen looked happy to win his first NFL MVP Award while we all know that Lamar Jackson has his eyes on a bigger prize – even if he deserved his third trophy for the league’s best player. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss “most valuable” and voters and All-Pro Awards and “Honors” TV shows that are dreadful. And the Canton knocks of glory that didn’t come (just yet) for Yanda and Suggs.

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The disrespect of MVP snub will only serve to motivate Lamar – even more

Josh Allen looked happy to win his first NFL MVP Award while we all know that Lamar Jackson has his eyes on a bigger prize – even if he deserved his third trophy for the league’s best player. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss “most valuable” and voters and All-Pro Awards and “Honors” TV shows that are dreadful. And the Canton knocks of glory that didn’t come (just yet) for Yanda and Suggs.

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Now, Ravens fans will watch as Mahomes attempts to win three in a row

It turns out that the “Lamar Jackson vs. Josh Allen” debate for MVP was a tad bit premature. As Luke Jones and Nestor discuss another Mahomes and Kelce Super Bowl in New Orleans, we wonder what it’s going to take for another AFC team (and quarterback) to break through in the Taylor Swift era.

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Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss a week of exhaustive football and the weak aftermath of Ravens exit in Buffalo

In their weekly gathering of mutual Baltimore sports fandom, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss a week of exhaustive football. From his Ohio State Buckeyes pride, to the despair of the drop of Mark Andrews in Buffalo and now realizing the Washington Football Team is sixty minutes away from a Super Bowl – or the Eagles from another one! And a deeper dive here on accountability to the fans by a professional athlete after a bad beat.

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Accountability and the agony of defeat

In their weekly gathering of mutual Baltimore sports fandom, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss a week of exhaustive football. From his Ohio State Buckeyes pride, to the despair of the drop of Mark Andrews in Buffalo and now realizing the Washington Football Team is sixty minutes away from a Super Bowl – or the Eagles from another one! And a deeper dive here on accountability to the fans by a professional athlete after a bad beat.

Canisius students Nick Howard and Ryan Patota
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Meet the Bills Mafia students of Canisius kindness who started the Mark Andrews Go Fund Me For Breakthrough TD1 diabetes research

They didn’t look like mafia to us? After Mark Andrews dropped the ball, many fans lowered the floor with insults and threats toward the Baltimore Ravens tight end on social media. These two Canisius students saw it from their Buffalo campus on Monday morning and started a Go Fund Me page on their Instagram fan page to support Andews’ charity work for Breakthrough TD1, which has now collected well over $100,000 in donations. Meet Ryan Patota and Nick Howard, two of the good ones who make us wanna “shout” for the Bills – and give to the cause.

Greg Cosell of NFL Films takes Nestor through passes and runs of Lamar and Ravens offense with King Henry

Now that season has ended all-too-abruptly, we reach to all of the greatest football minds we know to discuss the Baltimore Ravens’ historic-but-truncated run at a Super Bowl with the unique offense of Todd Monken. Greg Cosell of NFL Films takes Nestor through the passes and runs of Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry with some insights from the eye in the sky and the master of The Matchup.

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Does King Henry have a season or two left in him?

The praise for the offense of the Baltimore Ravens is universal but they’re still not playing football into late January. Pro Football Hall of Fame voter and Houston legend John McClain joins Nestor to discuss “next year” for Lamar and C.J. Stroud in chasing Super Bowl rings and why Derrick Henry is still the key to the short-term future and the local possibilities of another purple parade.

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Greg Cosell: “There’s no problem with Lamar Jackson and nothing wrong with Ravens offense”

Now that season has ended all-too-abruptly, we reach to all of the greatest football minds we know to discuss the Baltimore Ravens’ historic-but-truncated run at a Super Bowl with the unique offense of Todd Monken. Greg Cosell of NFL Films takes Nestor through the passes and runs of Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry with some insights from the eye in the sky and the master of The Matchup.

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Cleaning out the lockers in Owings Mills for another offseason of discontent

On Monday morning, the Baltimore Ravens closed up the season with the traditional locker room cleanup and Luke Jones was on the scene to report to Nestor about the aftermath of a lost opportunity for the franchise and Lamar Jackson to win a Super Bowl. Where does Eric DeCosta go from here?

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Mistakes and drops ice a frigid exit in Buffalo

It’s always a long offseason when you drop a tough playoff game but this one might be different. Luke Jones and Nestor Aparicio discuss the Baltimore Ravens’ disappointing loss to the Buffalo Bills, highlighting key moments such as Lamar Jackson’s two turnovers in the first half and Mark Andrews’ crucial drop in the fourth quarter.

Luke Jones and Nestor lament a dropped Andrews pass and a lost season for Ravens in Buffalo

A promising season went awry on Sunday night when Mark Andrews dropped a two-point conversion in Buffalo. The Baltimore Ravens will have a long offseason of changes and pondering what might’ve been in the aftermath of a massive disappointment. Luke Jones and Nestor lament a dropped Andrews pass – and a lost season for Ravens after losing 27-25 to the Bills on a wintry night.

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Dear Mark Andrews: Dropping the ball in Buffalo – and then all accountability – is unacceptable

It’s a refrain Nestor Aparicio has written and spoken about for three decades about Baltimore sports teams and winning and losing. “I learn a whole lot more about people when they lose than when they win. Everyone’s a helluva winner.” Today, a friendly note to Mark Andrews in the agony of defeat in wintry Buffalo.

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The lost season and the Buffalo loss

A promising season went awry on Sunday night when Mark Andrews dropped a two-point conversion in Buffalo. The Baltimore Ravens will have a long offseason of changes and pondering what might’ve been in the aftermath of a massive disappointment. Luke Jones and Nestor lament a dropped Andrews pass – and a lost season for Ravens after losing 27-25 to the Bills on a wintry night.

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Two-time Super Bowl champion Brandon Stokley: “It’s really hard to do…”

Always a pleasant and informative visit with our pal and Ravens Super Bowl XXXV legend Brandon Stokley, who does sports radio in Denver these days and opines on topics like Lamar Jackson or Josh Allen for NFL Most Valuable Player. And even though he’s now just a fan with two Super Bowl rings – and one we don’t talk about in Baltimore – the “other” Manning brother says this game in Buffalo is why everyone loves football.

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#ColumnNes: Here’s how I see Ravens beating Bills on Sunday night in Buffalo

In lieu of a written #ColumnNes, Nestor Aparicio thought his three minute synopsis when asked by two Buffalo Bills fans about how Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry could run the Baltimore Ravens to an AFC Divisional Playoff victory on Sunday night in Orchard Park would suffice. Let ol’ Nasty break the game down for you with some historical perspective about what we’re seeing with the “Revolution” of the purple offense.

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The frigid road to Buffalo and an epic battle: Ravens at Bills

The Buffalo Bills opened the week as a 1-point favorite at home against the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Divisional Playoff game but will be home underdogs when this kicks off with temperatures at game time are expected to be in the teens. All the money is on the Ravens. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Ravens’ historic running attack going on road to Buffalo after beating the Bills soundly in Baltimore in Week 4.

Hearing the Bills fans side of a lifetime of suffering from Ricig and Mike Billoni as Buffalo preps for Lamar at Josh

The first time Nestor Aparicio attended an NFL game in Buffalo with Mike Ricigliano in the late 1980s, he met then-Buffalo Bisons baseball general manager Mike Billoni at the Anchor Bar for wings and pizza and heard the enthusiasm for Jim Kelly and The K Gun offense. All these years later, the Bills still haven’t given their hometown a Super Bowl parade but these Buffalonians are sure that Josh Allen is going to be the one that delivers. First up: King Henry and Lamar on Sunday night in Orchard Park.

John Wawrow of Buffalo Associated Press gives Nestor a Bills primer before Ravens come for battle

In an offseason of change and what felt like attrition, the Buffalo Bills were expected to be a diminished team but quarterback Josh Allen has raised his game toward an MVP crown and a home matchup with Lamar Jackson on Sunday night in the AFC Divisional Playoff. John Wawrow of the Associated Press in Buffalo gives Nestor a complete Bills primer before the Ravens come for battle in Western New York.

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