Doc Brown

I would be shocked if Hodgins or Blacksheare get claimed. They’re jag’s to everyone but Bills fans.

I'm a little concerned given how many they kept in the secondary. Their may have been a setback as he was visible doing rehab to the beat reporters to start camp and then you didn't hear much since. On the other hand, they may want to make sure that he's 100% ready to go when he does come back given the investment they have in him.

Let's leave Dolphins fans out of this. I don't know one Bills fans that is calling for Beane to be fired.

I think Shakir made the WR decision (and maybe the Blackshear decision - punt returner) pretty easy as he was able to be effective outside in the preseason and secure his spot as the punt returner. Hodgins had to prove he could be an effective gunner to overtake Kumerow. He didn't. They made the right call and hopefully can put him on the practice squad and activate him if Diggs or Davis gets hurt. Blackshear was still the #4 RB despite flashing in preseason so there wasn't a spot for him. Maybe develop him on the practice squad as his blocking needs to improve. He'll have the inside track to split carries with Moss or Singletary next year if one of them gets released. If some team snatches him. Oh well. Sweeney is the correct answer here. I thought Howard and Morris were the better blockers and pass catchers. He provides no special teams value. It's not good when the main argument is he's well liked in the locker room. So are orange slices at halftime (do they still do that?) but I'm not giving them a roster spot.

The same reason the Pats keep Matthew Slater. Special teams aces. You saw our coverage against the Broncos without Jones, Neal, Matakavech, and Kumerow. It was pitiful.

I don't understand sarcasm but I do wonder what steps they're taking internally to beef up their vetting process. They're lucky it happened with a rookie 6th round punter.

I wonder in general how many calls teams get each year from lawyers warning them of potential accusations against players. How common is it? How seriously do they take it knowing they have employees making millions of dollars? Should the Bills beef up their legal staff so something like this doesn't happen in the future? One other question I have is how thorough was Beane/McDermott in asking Araiza about the lawyer's phone call? Did they ask him why he didn't bring it up in the pre draft interview as I assume it's part of the vetting process before they draft a guy? They have to alter their procedures to make sure something like this doesn't happen again.

That's the benefit of being "Jane Doe." Ashley Solsis reported death threats against her after her Watson accusations. Can you please explain Antonio Brown for me?

Money

Belichick pry made the whole team vote for Mac Jones.

He'd be a huge upgrade from Bojo and Haack. I'd offer a late round pick for him or Howard if they're desperate at TE.

Think they'll notice if we sign Araiza to the practice squad?

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/05/inside-the-top-100-voting-process/ “All players are given the opportunity to vote through ballots we send to all 32 teams around Thanksgiving,” NFL Network spokesman Alex Riethmiller told PFT via email. “For convenience sake, we try to time it with Pro Bowl balloting, so they can do them together. In addition to ballots collected that way, we also give ballots to many of the players that we interview for our shows. This year, in total, we received 481 votes.”

He had a better 2020 regular season and the votes are conducted before the playoffs.

Their coaching staff witnessed him against our defense last year.

If he didn't understand what was coming he would've played Araiza Friday night. This could've been a lot worse.

Not to make light of the situation but reflecting on things..... If you told me to guess a month ago what Matt on the roster would be exclusively punting in our final preseason game. Barkley wouldn't have been my guess.

A reality nonetheless though.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/08/26/did-the-bills-know-about-the-allegations-against-matt-araiza-when-drafting-him/ The league should want them to cut him, if the Bills (or the league) think that the allegations are credible and more likely than not accurate. If this had happened after Araiza had been drafted, he’d likely be headed for paid leave while the criminal process continues — instead of 13 days from making his official debut on NBC in the first regular-season game of the year. Given that it transpired six months before he entered the NFL, the only way to keep him off the field is to remove him from the team.

This has been discussed at length already but the NFL couldn't do that because the incident happened before he was drafted.

I didn't see this press conference but yesterday's reporters at the McDermott press conference did a great job.

He looked so uncomfortable he may have been hoping for "13 seconds" questions.

Which is why I was advocating for them to cut him yesterday so they wouldn't be put in this position. The Bills BOTCHED this big time.

Glad you brought up a piece of legislation passed through Congress and not through an executive order. Again, PPP loans were only offered because the government shut down the country and in the legislation there were conditions laid out that if met would lead to loan forgiveness. A lot different than choosing to take out a student loan. I didn't vote for Trump and never will. There's a lot of swing voters (not MAGA cult people) who look at this student debt forgiveness and realize what it is. A regressive transfer of wealth and a slap in the face to those who sacrificed to pay off their student loans who now feel like suckers. It's even worse in that it's a one time payment that does nothing to address the underlying problem.