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This is the exact quote from the article. It also listed that Raccuia was “unapologetically aggressive” in his business dealings: Three people with direct knowledge of the Bills’ stadium negotiations said Hochul grew to despise Raccuia’s tactics and said she contemplated requesting his absence from meetings. One of those sources quoted Hochul as calling Raccuia’s methods “arrogant” and “obnoxious.” Hochul’s press office didn’t respond to a request for comment from The Athletic regarding this story.

https://theathletic.com/4738337/2023/08/05/buffalo-bills-front-office-ron-raccuia/?source=user_shared_article The departure of Ron Raccuia, the public face of the new stadium, took a lot of people by surprise - including Ron himself. Tim Graham spoke with 11 sources within PSE who said that Terry personally fired Raccuia for a number of reasons. He was said to be “obnoxious” and “arrogant” in his business dealing and reportedly turned off NY Gov. Kathy Hochul during negotiations. It seems that Terry simply was not as fond of Ron as Kim had been. After Kim was out of the building due to her health, Ron assumed her responsibilities, and Terry was not pleased with hid communication and other things. Graham also mentioned that PSE is on the hook for overages, and it appears the new stadium could cost nearly 500,000M more than the original estimate Raccuia put together. Again, something he might have not been happy with. According Graham’s sources this was NOT Raccuia’s decision. He had planned to retire to California in 2026 after the new stadium was finished. He allegedly felt “blindsided” by the firing. Also the sale of ADPRO to Legends was said to not be related to this move. I would read the full article for more details: I think there are questions to be raised with PSE. This move kind of reminds me of what happened with the Sabres. Rather than hiring people from outside to fill departures they just promote and shuffle around the staff they already have. Terry has assumed mote responsibility since the firing.

Marv is the man. I saw a recent interview with him and while he’s finally starting to show his age he still has that sharp mind.

Its wild and it shows that the draft can be a crapshoot - not only based on the player’s ability to translate into the NFL but circumstances like injuries etc. I remember that coming out of the draft in 2017 there were analysts who said Howard was a “can’t miss” prospect at TE. His early years showed promise but after a few injuries and the torn ACL he was a shell of himself. ”Can’t miss” prospect in 2017 Career likely over in 2023. The life of an NFL player

His comments were funny he was like “yeah I did a ***** job last season, but a fellow coach isn’t supposed to say that out loud!” Hackett does seem like the good guy that everyone says he is. As an OC…I think he’s ok

I saw some Bengals and Dolphins fans claim that Apple locked down Diggs. He really didn’t, Josh just couldn’t get him the ball. Apple is a bad cornerback and everyone who follows Cincy will tell you he was only playing last season due to injury. There’s a reason he was still unsigned before yesterday. It’s not because he was being selective

I was just trying to relay the reporting of Tim Graham who claims that there were many at OBD and in the locker room that were uneasy with Araiza remaining with the team.

If I recall the conversation from Graham’s podcast, he wasn’t charged because the victim claimed that she was 18 and attended a local college. That statement might have even been recorded at the party. Under CA law it is not a crime if the victim implicitly states they are above the age of consent. This would be the case in NY where the only thing that matters is the true age of the victim regardless of what the other party is led to believe. So if this happened in NY, Araiza is likely behind bars for statutory rape. This is why there allegedly was some uneasiness with keeping him at OBD after all the details came out, along with the other issues outlined in my previous post

I think there were a few factors for releasing Araiza when they did. This has been reported by Tim Graham. #1 Araiza’s camp initially mislead the Bills. Beane alluded to this in the press conference by saying they didn’t have all the information. My guess is that Araiza provided with evidence that he wasn’t involved with the horrific gang rape, but also failed to disclose that he had sex with a 17 year-old. #2 Araiza’s lawyers threw the Bills under the bus on SD by saying they knew all along. According to Graham this infuriated the team. So these factors coupled with the tremendous backlash, bad press, and uneasiness of having him in the building led to his release.

Well played, Beast

Signing a Dalvin Cook comes along with ensuring he gets a number of carries per game. If that means less touches for a Breece Hall or opportunities of Aaron Rodgers to chuck it downfield to Garrett Wilson, count me in. Also the NYJ offensive line is somewhat of a question mark with Beckton and an aging Duane Brown at tackle. Last season Cook’s advanced stats weren’t great behind an inconsistent OL.

I don’t love Payton but hearing hip rip Denver, Hackett and NYJ is hilarious. Peak NFL off-season right here

That was my first impression but I wouldn’t be shocked to see him beat out Morris. Morris did some good things as a receiver at TE but he was a terrible blocker. I wouldn’t put money on it but I think Jace has a chance

This would be an incredible for Buffalo

I really like this move for Buffalo. I became aware of Sternberger in the USFL because he was having such a great year. IMO it’s worth trying him out. Who knows if they sign him, he may have a shot to compete at TE with Quinton Morris who hasn’t shown to be a great blocker

Not being facetious here, but how did he show he had something left in the tank? When he signed with Tampa he caught 2 very short passes in the 2 game he played. Once he signed with Buffalo, the only catch of relevance he made was the nice catch and run against Miami. But he also failed to make a challenging, but not impossible catch versus Cincinnati. I think we were all hoping he’d make an impact last winter, but it never really happened. I think Beasley can still find the soft spots in a defense as good as any slot WR. I do wonder if he still can do it physically. There was questions about it before last season, and nothing I watched changed this

“The Patriot Way” = Tom Brady was an elite QB

The fact that they “parted ways” suggests that it likely wasn’t amicable. This reminds me very much of Russ Brandon’s departure, where it was presented as him stepping down when in reality he was getting the boot. Not saying he left under the same circumstances as Russ - we have no idea - but it seems like PSE wanted him gone. Ronny was the lead on a very important project that really has just gotten started. I don’t think he voluntarily leaves w/o another position lined up.

No one should be surprised. Everyone who knew what they were talking about always said that DHop to Buffalo was a ping shot unless he significantly lowered his demands. Even Beane said so at his press conference. I think it was Hopkins camp and some fans posing as insiders who fans the flames and ended up greatly misrepresenting the situation

I 100% get the logic with the back-to-back DE’s in 2021. At the time, the Bills had two age DE’s on the final years of their contract. Epinesa had kind of a “meh” rookie season. The idea was bring the DE’s along slowly which would groom them for a starting role in 2022. I think the hope was that atleast 2/3 DE’s would develope enough to give them a good. pass rush - but it was clear that wasn’t going to be the case. I think that Rosseau has proved to be a solid competent starting DE - though he hasn’t shown dominant pass rush skills consistently. Big year for him. Epinesa appears to be a decent rotational DE who can play special teams. Not really what you want from a 2nd round pick. Boogie can’t even get on the field, so I don’t have high expectations for him. The approach of drafting DE’s wasn’t a bad one - but 2/3 selections were

Exactly… also the Bills are NOT getting rid of Morse.

Yes… unfortunately it seemed his condition was going downhill over the past few weeks.

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I’ve wondered that too. I read that Nick was identified as a “single father.” I’m guessing he’s not together with Eddie‘s mom and that she doesn’t want to be on camera? As far as family visits, based on how many videos were films at the hospital, I get the impression he was there so often that it sadly was not an uncommon situation. I believe they might be out of town as well. This is just my speculation based on following his dad’s Twitter and a few articles. His bravery was just out of this f’n world. Never let his diagnosis get him down and you could see him fight the whole way through

100% no It’s strange how much you can be impacted by someone you’ve never met. I just feel gutted for Eddie.