PITTSBURGH -- The hunting and snowmobiling is great fun, but Ben Roethlisberger doesn't visit Ellicottville, New York, for an annual offseason "buddies" trip simply for sport.
He goes for the campfires. He goes for Jim Kelly. And he goes for the quarterback stories you can't get in a scouting report.
"When you’re up and around each other for four or five days and you’re sitting around a fire, you talk about everything," Roethlisberger said.
As the Pittsburgh Steelers make their first appearance in Buffalo since 2010, Roethlisberger has been texting with Kelly this week about how they might catch up in person before Sunday's game.