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Can't imagine the pain. While the media in Buffalo is clutching their pearls and thinking how they can use this to further their careers (looking at you Jay Skurski), a family and their future are ruined, based on something that may or may not be true. Anyways, on to football.

From a football point of view, it's a bummer to lose Araiza. We're talking somebody who would have Bills fans walking around in a punter's jersey if he stayed. Generational leg. But it is what it is. At the end of the day, we lucked out that of all positions, it was the punter position.

Nice catch. They're messing with us.

The yeti is fake. Santa doesn't exist. And the NFL 100 isn't voted on, it's made up.

The US Department of Justice. It's not a secret. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_crime_family "According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the current boss of the Buffalo crime family is Joseph A. "Big Joe" Todaro Jr., having assumed the role after his father, Joseph E. "Lead Pipe Joe" Todaro Sr., retired"

Let's talk about it.

The difference between me and you is that I don't need to tell everyone I love the women in my life. Stop projecting your deep seated misogyny onto me.

The media is to blame. Even after Beane cut him, they were going after him. The media even sent the females out to ask questions. "Why now?" "Why not cut him in July?" The subtext being "do you hate women?" "Why didn't you immediately believe the accuser?" "Why didn't you immediately assume he was guilty?" Sleazy sleazy sleazy. They're all desperate for a purpose and to APPEAR intrepid. If the media is so ethical and fearless why won't anybody ask the Bills why La Nova Pizza owned by the HEAD OF THE BUFFALO MAFIA CRIME FAMILY is licensed to sell food at the stadium. It's a rhetorical question. It's because they're phonies. Let's listen to Wawrow put his betters on the judgement chair instead.

I'm not convinced Matt is guilty but I was going to side with whatever decision McDermott and Beane would make. They tend to know what the best move is. If they felt he needed to go, then he needed to go.

Bingo. Boom. Winner. We don't need them. They're middlemen. Desperate for self importance.

Thank you. It's a freaking rookie punter. I'm over it. Cut him, keep him on IR, whatever. But let's play football. I'm a fan of football. I'm not responsible for the personal lives of 53 jocks I don't know and whatever skeletons they have in their closet.

Gives them a purpose again. Wawrow is having the best week of his life.

Something about this world where a strong man of God like McDermott needs to listen to trash reporters try to bait him into ruining his career by asking low-ball questions. "What do you have to say to the women!" says the male reporter.

What high school girl goes to a college party and tells the older guys that she's 17? In my day, when you were in High School you lied and said you were a Freshman in college at frat parties.

To play devil's advocate, the LAWYER talks about possible roofies and intoxication. We don't know yet how true that is. Or if there is any evidence for that. Furthermore we don't know if Araiza said he knew he had chlamydia AT THE TIME. Since she did the sting phone call 10 days after. Let's wait for this to play out. I'm particularly waiting on McDermott and Beane.

Everyone I know ever accused of that has been the same type of dudes.

I've been around. It's working class/white trash/hood "it ain't no fun unless we all get some" trash. At least what you're describing. Not saying middle class and upper class doesn't have their own crap.

That's white trash/hood stuff. I've never seen it happen at middle class parties growing up. With young girls it's tricky. She may have been fine hooking up with Ariaza but then it got out of control. Maybe it was the alcohol or maybe she just didn't have the assertiveness to speak up. Or the other common story. She was drunk and she had sex with all of them consensually. The next morning she realized what it meant for her reputation and cried rape. My guess is that it's the former. In which case, Araiza is a scumbag. But I'll hold off on judgement. Look up Cummingham in the NBA about why you NEVER immediately believe an accuser of wealthy athletes before letting the whole story come out. Sociopaths exist and 50% of them are female.

He'll say whatever it takes to get his Pulitzer prize. Just the other day he was trying cause a scandal based on lack of female artists playing on the speaker during practice.

This is tough. He's going to be a great player. That means you need to be sure you're making the right roster move. Let's not lose sight of what actually matters. The truth. If the Bills truly believe this is a money grab, then the right thing to do is stand by him. If they truly believe he did it, or there's shadiness around his story, then the right move is to cut him. McDermott is a man of God. If they stick by Araiza now, then I truly believe they feel he is innocent. We're not the Browns or Dolphins.

Personally, I would lose interest in football if it was played by robots, no matter how life-like. Something about the human spirit. Being born a gifted athlete, having the mental aptitude to make it to the next level. Think of the greats in sports like Jordan and Kobe. It was all about mind over matter. Mind over opponent. Pushing past the limits. Those specific players are more than just jocks. They are GREAT MEN AND WOMEN. The Napoleons, the Alexanders, the Caesars. Masters of their craft. They light some sort of fire inside of us. You feel a sense of awe when you hear their names. What would robots be? Programmed AI? There's no soul. There's no real pain. No joy. No fears or doubts to overcome. No traumas. I would hate it.

I read Barnwell going back to Grantland. He's the same guy who pretended like the Bills didn't exist during the drought. Same vibe. Same "I'm so smart because I know advanced analytics" attitude that led to Allen being written off before he had a chance. Calling it like I see it. You seem to take an attack on Bill Barnwell as an attack on you personally. That's not what I'm doing here. Anyways. Lots of posters are not ready to hear this about analytics guys. Will back out of this thread. I'm barking up the wrong tree on this forum. That's on me. Continue on.

He mentions the 4th and 1. Nothing about the slip. To mention the slip would mention questioning Daboll's play call. That's blasphemous. He mentions Miller, but nothing about the overall improvements to the line.

Reads like a smart guy who watched 2 Bills games last year, looks at a lot of stats, doesn't follow the team at all, but wants everyone to know that he's aware of who Ryan Bates and Spencer Brown are! Must sound very impressive to non-Bills fans. Nothing about the D-line improving? Nothing about Allen slipping on the 4th and 1 against the Titans? I stick by my Barnwell opinion. He's a smug hipster who writes well, sounds smart, but never sees the forest for the trees (or watches games). God forbid he writes a complimentary article about Allen without jamming the word "Daboll" in there somewhere as the real hero.

I always thought he was a great talent, but he may not have his head in the game. Along with the terrible contract and the excellent depth we have, it just doesn't make sense. OBJ makes sense for a 1 year contract and arrives near the trade deadline for a Super Bowl run. He proved last year he can do that. Golladay could backfire.