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Doubt the Bengals pay him more than vet minimum. Anything more than that and Bengals are simply paying the Bills instead of Howard.

The glass half full take is they must really like Morris if they were willing to give up on Howard this quickly and eat his guarantees.

Beasley was a good player but he needs to lay off Bruce. Beasley ain’t even a stain on Bruce’s jock strap.

Why would somebody’s employer ever talk to the plaintiff’s lawyer in a civil suit? It’s an employer’s job to pressure the police department to do it’s job against its own employee? Unless her lawyer sent the Bills an advance copy of the civil suit he just filed, I’m having a hard time seeing what the Bills were supposed to do here other than what they did.

They clearly should’ve kept Haack and put Araiza on the commissioner’s exempt list until this is sorted out due to the seriousness of the accusations. They can still sign a punter and put Araiza on exempt list but I’m sure McDermott is pissed that they’re starting over with a new punter/holder when Haack was on the roster 5 days ago.

And he’s a friggin punter on top of it. The Bills seemed more concerned about his ability to hold kicks. I’m sure McDermott is seething that they just cut Haack for this guy and now Haack is already on the Colts. Makes him and the organization look like a JV outfit.

I actually think the call could help him. Can’t imagine many gang rapists take phone calls from their victims, much less admit to having sex and then tell their victim she should get tested for STD’s.

Araiza has already been convicted in court of public opinion. He’s toxic to the NFL until the criminal and civil cases are resolved. Cleveland destroyed whatever goodwill NFL still had left on Watson. No NFL team will touch a punter accused of these things. Look at how fast this story took off.

They already have. Guilty or not, he’s the sacrificial lamb for NFL’s Deshaun Watson fiasco. He’s nothing right now but an entitled white boy punter who gang raped a minor. On a side note, I can’t believe the Bills put themselves in this position.

If these are all lies, Araiza needs to publicly come out and explain what did or didn’t happen like immediately. Gang rape and minor and NFL player. The story is taking on a life if it’s own. He needs to defend himself in media immediately.

Thanks Cleveland. This is what happens when one of your football brethren hands out the largest guaranteed contract to a sick perverted dude. Every team loses the benefit of the doubt and every player is more likely to be found guilty in court of public opinion.

Bills must’ve really been done with Haack. Or they are confident there’s no merit to the lawsuit.

I don’t know. Running Backs get dinged up all the time. They can have fumbling issues. I think Blackshear would be active more than you think. To me, Running Backs are like relief pitchers. You go with the hot hand and move on to the next one when they aren’t productive. That’s why I like keeping 4. Jones is a RB in name only. Might as well list him as a specialist like the long snapper.

You’re probably right, but there’s also a chance that the Bills already know what Jones can do and since he’d probably retire if he got cut, why risk injury to the 12 year vet. He’s guaranteed $650k even if he gets cut. I’m not reading anything into him not playing in preseason other than the Bills are giving younger players every opportunity to take his spot.

Long story short, our Left Tackle was terrible until the end of the season due to a bad case of covid and one of our best players decided being the poster-boy for the anti-vax movement was more important than his day job.

Crowder. Shakir is too good to keep off the field. Crowder is 5th WR at best. Crowder would probably start on a lot of teams.

I understand this point of view and even agree with a lot of it, but all those ST-only guys didn’t prevent a 70 yard punt return in KC game and didn’t stop the coaches from being scared to kick it short in those 13 seconds. There’s also the point of view that it’s better to kick the ball in the end zone on every punt/kick. And to take the ball at the 25 on every return and give the ball to our offense. Jones is the ST-only guy I take the most issue with especially with Gilliam on roster. I prefer carrying 4 RB’s that can play RB. RB is a position where you go with the hot hand. Guys get knicked up and can also go through slumps fumbling the ball. Keep Blackshear and have a 4 headed monster so our franchise QB doesn’t have to run as much especially early in the season.

Haha. I was thinking same thing. The human equivalent of the cone around a dog’s head.

Shakir is looking like a steal. Excited to see what he does this season. Will be hard to keep him off the field. I’d try to trade Crowder.

For the Bills… McGahee and Watkins. These guys were supposed to be transcendent talents, Even before the knee injury, I think McGahee’s speed was mostly hype. And Watkins wasn’t particularly big and couldn’t go up and get the ball in the air.

Should be right up there with the Horshack vs. Screech fight.

Fortune favors the brave. Just ask crypto expert Matt Damon.

Good for Bruce. Not cool by Boselli. You wanna use my coattails to get in the HOF without my permission, I’ll list a bunch of guys who were better than you or just as deserving of getting in.

I think with a new majority public financed stadium and NFL franchise valuations skyrocketing, the Pegulas have no excuses in terms of paying players. I bet their $1.4b investment is worth at least $3b today with a new stadium on horizon and Broncos selling for $4.5b.

He absolutely should’ve apologized, settled out of court and agreed to therapy. But the problem is if there 66 women in 17 months according to NY Times, you’re probably talking at least 100 women he’d eventually have to buy off.