Lothar

One of my favorite places on earth. I still remember the first time I visited, I was driving from RIT to California to drop off a car for a friend the week after I completed grad school. My girlfriend at the time and I camped out and hiked at national parks across the country on that trip. That early fall day at Glacier we took a boat across a lake with a bunch of other visitors and we wandered off up the bank to the top of a nearby hill. By the time we came down, the boat had left and it was getting dark and we'd just walked past fresh grizzly tracks. We high tailed it around the lake - maybe 2.5 miles in all - running through the woods making as much noise as we could. No sign of a bear but the rangers did put up warnings the day we got back about bears getting close to hikers on the area. Eventful trip. Great memories.

It's only fitting. I bought one of the mystery box mini helmets at training camp today and got one signed by Marv. Pretty cool timing.

I have not heard much about newly acquired safety Darrick Forrest through the first few days of camp. His athleticism and potential haven't stood out yet? Any reports I may have missed?

I didn't win any either. I even scheduled my first solo trip back to Rochester in 5 years to coincide with camp, thinking I wouldn't have a problem getting just 1 ticket the first week in August. Silly me.

I think Hoecht is in the 270 pound range now - after watching him say so during his Cover 1 interview.

6-8 catches a week? That would break franchise records. This kind of unrealistic approach will lead to constant disappointment.

Really well done, guys. Listened to the whole 2 hours while on a long walk and both of you sounded as knowledgeable and entertaining as you seem on this board. I was surprised UCLA DT Josh Farmer didn't enter your discussions for any of the Round 2 picks, especially for Buffalo. It feels like he's a Bills' favorite.

He'll also be just a year younger than Greg Rousseau is right now. I love the player but that injury combined with the age thing would make me go Amos if both are available.

That's a tough comp because it's all relative. I think back then most of the players were at least 15-20% lighter at most positions than they are now.

Even if the Bills decide he's worth a 5th round flyer, you know teams like KC don't apply the same rigorous rules as Beane would. There's no way he makes it past Round 3 unless there's a LOT more under the surface.

I think many of you are being too harsh on the coaches for that specific game. When you lose (arguably) your best defensive player of an already statistically tepid defense, there's only so much you can do. I thought the D, given their state, did a good enough job in allowing the Bills offense to go win the game. They tried playing more man, caused a couple critical takeaways but simply didn't have the horses. It wasn't ideal but in these playoff matchups of best on best, I'd 100% be happy with giving Josh and the offense the ball to go tie or win the game. Every time.

I don't see how we can take a legit RB prospect this year unless we plan to trade Cook. We are not carrying Cook, Davis, Johnson, draft pick and Gilliam on a 53 man roster.

I'd say it's primarily his injuries. It's like McDermott says, "the best ability is availability". Especially if Babich and McD planned to change the scheme to utilize Bosa and Heucht as movable chess pieces. We could have had Rousseau and Sweat for under 40 mil per - 2 players in their prime for 3 or 4 years feels like a better swing than this. But I will gladly accept being wrong on this take.

I hope I'm proven wrong - and I'm usually pretty optimistic with Beane's signings - but I'm not convinced he's a fit for this team.

Up to 15.6 million? 12 million guaranteed? Yikes!