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I think Rivera shot himself in the foot on that front.

Owen looked awful against Carolina. Maybe.

You don’t remember DC in the 80’s, do you?

The Bills themselves have used the "family" descriptor to differentiate themselves, to make themselves a more attractive destination for players. You'd like to believe that, but at the end of the day management caved to the media mob to protect their product in lieu of action with prudence while the facts are yet to be known. In doing so they abdicate this superiority of "moral high ground" that seems to be part of the Bills branding. The business of the NFL is winning, which means circling the wagons for the Von Millers of the world and not so much for a replaceable cog. I get it. It just means everything I've listened to and bought into the last 5 years about the Bills' "culture" and "process" means something other than what I was led to believe. What I won't swallow is the claim by Beane that this move came for the sake of that "culture."

I would hope that if he's totally exonerated and the Bills approached him to resume his role as punter, that he'd tell them to ***** right off the foot of Ferry. Beane's own statement on the team feed affirmed that for the Bills, "culture is more important than winning." Ok. So I'm going to assume that means, to do the right thing even if it lessens your chance to win. Or even, the whole "Bills are a family" thing. How would a family react to a member accused of something awful, which he claimed he didn't do? Would you toss him on the street? No, you'd find out what really happened, and if he did what he was accused of then deal with it appropriately. If the guy is accused of something where "you can't put together all the facts" (according to Beane) and has been entirely consistent with he's told you (according to Beane) and you know of nothing disproving that (inferred by Beane) then you're doing it solely for the reason of winning. That's fine by me, only don't tell me about how "culture is more important than winning" while you're doing it. The goal of the team should be to win, that's what your job as GM depends on. Just say that. "The media won't leave us alone, and our goal of winning a Super Bowl is diminished by the extra attention." That, I can believe. Hopefully the sleazebag lawyer throwing Beane immediately under the bus after acceding his demands is educational on some level.

It's his nature.

Beane and McDermott did the expedient thing, which gets the media off Beane and McDermott's backs. It certainly is the best thing for them.

There two well-established, well-moderated threads for discussing this subject. Yours is what's known as a LAMP: "Look At My Post!"

The mob turned on the Punt God. Is Barabbas still unsigned?

Congratulations on a LAMP.

You may be surprised how long it lingers. Unintended consequences.

Either it was the right thing to support him against an allegation without compelling evidence, or it was the right thing to dismiss him for an allegation with compelling evidence. One of those is the case. Considering that actual Law Enforcement has not found enough evidence to believe any of the civil allegations are chargeable since freaking October, I'm dubious about the latter. Right now, who knows what the evidence of the matter is? There is apparently the one 11-page allegation. One source. This argument that "if he clears his name once we find out what happens, then we will welcome him back" is risible. The Bills should hope and hard as they can that this is not the case, because otherwise management has just served notice to 53 players that the organization does not have their back if someone spuriously accuses them of x-y-z. The "season is too important" "distraction" canard is for knaves who either won't do the right thing or just don't know what it is.

You mean like last year? That's the thing they were trying to fix, thought they fixed, and have unfixed.

A victory for emotion over reason. Would rather have seen a balanced approach from the team, league, and society. Welcome to 2022 I guess.. I wonder how the rest of the NFL feels about anyone with an ax to grind and a sleazy lawyer being able to turn the outcomes of games, seasons, careers, with well timed Twitter ambushes. Is it too much to wonder, with the amount of wagering that is constantly being promoted, that where the sums are great and the margins are thin that anything becomes fair game?

A victory for emotion over reason. Woo hoo.

Sifting through all this mess, one should be trying to evaluate the information and a big factor of that is in sourcing the information. Almost everything being hammered in the media seems to be coming from this lawyer who, in terms of apparent ethical conduct, seems several sigmas off the bar norm. Like Michael Avenatti/Saul Goodman territory. I haven't heard anyone in the media ask what, to me, the most obvious question: October? (Checks watch) This is August of the next year, right? Hearsay is hearsay, believe what you want, but like your mom should have told you, "consider the source."

There's a lot of non-sequitur takes on this board but this one's a contender for the crown. Are you Tim Graham? Many sports reporters are women, as you know. How can they continue to cover the Bills if they don't cut the punter?

That's the only thing we really can say with certainty at this point. And that many people will continue to make conclusions and demand actions based on incomplete information of unknowable provenance.

You shouldn't have gone somewhere she was wearing that dress.

Oh, quite a while. After all, the nature of the evidence is irrelevant; it's the seriousness of the charge that matters.

Pinball first down for Blackshear.

Horse tackle collars?

I think outright cut is bad because he’s fully guaranteed this year for about 3m?. Trading rids salary but 1.5m bonus will need to be spread over next 2 years.

Lewis down, looks like just got a hit in the solar plexus and lost his wind.

Wow. OJ Howard is out there now. 4th string?