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If he is that reliable, and I really like the idea of a veteran who knows what they are doing, it might even be worth a trade--a late round draft pick?

Putting aside the way more important human side of this (the victim, Araiza, the others accused, etc.), this is me talking not as a decent human being, but simply as a fanatical fan of the Buffalo Bills. At the risk of being tied at the TBD stake to be verbally torchered, here goes . . . What is obvious is this is an organizational failure, or at least a serious break in the system. Something went wrong in the process of evaluating this player's fitness for the team. There are people in the organization who are paid good money to do just that. But something broke. It seems undeniable at this point that there was publicly accessible knowledge of the accusation long before the draft. The Bills either missed that--which is inexcusable; or ignored that--which is even worse than missing it; or did know it, evaluated it, and concluded there was not enough there to stop them from drafting him. Moreover, since the draft, and as recently as three weeks ago, they were presented with more information. Someone in the organization--how could Beane and McDermott not be involved at this point? And ownership?--accessed it, and decided there was not enough there to stop them from going ahead with the player involved (evidence by the release of Haack). What I concluded from the events of the past few days, and most certainly from McDermott's press conference last evening, is something was either missed, or was withheld to them? Maybe? Maybe? that is all on the player and his people? In either case, the organization, the systems of the organization, failed the team. Now I concede, it's possible they did know everything and concluded the evidence was false or there was nothing to this and it was worth the risk/reward to go forward with the player. BUT, if that is the case, again, this is a failure of the organization to read the zeitgeist of the day (see the Browns and the public relations disaster that situation has been for them and the NFL). How could they not see what a sh*** show was coming and the potential distraction (disruption? derailment?) this could be to the team--especially for a team with such high potential and expectations. Your job as leaders is to be sure all potential --and this is the key thought -- "controllable" or "preventable" distractions are avoided. It appears there were multiple exit points in the process that could have been, but were not taken. So, what I conclude, is based on the information and the press conference, that their is a system break or communication problem somewhere in the Bills front offices, and that is an organizational failure. I think the emotions and response of McDermott last night clearly shows that. If my theory is right, this is a watershed moment for this team. If there are some internal systems that are broke, or more likely, inadequacies, then those have to be fixed. It takes time to build Trust, but it can be lost in moment. Not to be over dramatic, but this is the moment for the Bills. I do not want to the Bills to be generally categorized with the Cleveland Browns. Is it fixable? Yes. There will be damage, so what happens over the next few days will be telling. As a fan, Please! Please! Please! Buffalo Bills, fix it now and do not let this derail the entire season. . . . . Again, this is simply me as a fan. Forgive me for any form of insensitivity this communicates to the people involved, or to anyone on this board who has ever been affected by similar horrible events. This editorial in no way reflects my heart towards you or the people of these tragic circumstances.

Thanks. I just found it, the audio was so bad it was hard to listen to.

Why do we not have the usual video of the post-game press conference?

He probably is, but why risk having him do it in a meaningless pre-season game? Also, based on one of the Training Camp reports, Josh Allen is probably your most capable back-up punter. Wouldn't that be wild - stupid, but fun for a moment.

Agree. I think they wait until after Tuesday to see cuts from other teams. I've read there is a close battle of two really good guys in Tennessee, and there might be a few other situations like that around the league. No need to rush on this one, a week is enough to get an experienced vet up to speed. No, not ideal, but it can work. The biggest challenge is the nuances of holding for field goals.

Question: Did Brandon Beane do his 3rd quarter interview?

Rich

Who was Barley throwing to ?

My groin hurts just seeing that.

Agree

Call an audible Case.

Defense looks disorganized

He’s been out there.

That is probably intentional, get through this and back to Buffalo as soon as you can.

Barkley MVP of the game so far!!!

Makes us appreciated Steve Tasker 😄

well there you go, what more do you want?

Any help appreciated. I lost my go to site.

All eyes will be on the pre-game warm ups in Carolina tonight.

Might as well, nothing to lose. Seriously, I would guess Bass is the emergency punter? But you don't take a chance on him getting injured, right?

While emotionally I do not want to agree with you, my logical brain says yes. No punter is worth the potential level of distraction this could be--even if he is proven innocent (but that will take time, and time is not his or the Bills ally right now).

So sad. I hope it’s not true for him. But obviously something happened to this young lady. And it seems clearly to have been at Araiza’s house. But I have two big questions: 1) Why no criminal charges? She went to the police the next day, but no charges and no arrests 10 months later. I would guess the evidence is weak, if there is any (the article raises questions about it). 2) How could the Bills not know this when he was drafted? It seems very Anti-process. We know much research goes into the draft process, they had to know. Which gives me hope for him, maybe those in the know have determined there is nothing to it? What did they know, and when? If there is anything to it, he’s gone, if not in jail soon. I, like so many here, was excited to see him play—he made us excited to see a punt. Now I’m sad for all involved. It appears there will be no winners in this situation.

He’s could be in big trouble, as there were no women involved, it could be the whole season.

I hope he does better than the two Buffalo Police Officers.