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He clearly has an axe to grind with McBeane. If they dragged Araiza out onto the field and shot him during the press conference, this guy would complain they didn’t draw and quarter him.

Take the fall for what? Because the Bills didn’t have a binder labeled “Open in case 6th round pick gets implicated in a gang rape case and you don’t know the facts just allegations” ?? Some of you are nuts. McBeane handled this about as good as they could. The nitpicking here is incredible. You are like the mob in the Holy Grail “SHE’S A WITCH! BURN HER!!”

One thing that hasn’t been mentioned - I bet McD met with the vet leaders of the team to get the temperature of the locker room. I suspect there wasn’t any pressure to stick by a rookie punter which helped with the decision to cut him.

What should he have said that would make you think he came off better? I’m not saying you are in this group, but there are a bunch of posters on here who wouldn’t be satisfied if Beane and McDermot dragged Araiza on to the field house and cut his nuts off before hanging him.

Did you watch the press conference or do you not have WI-FI on Mount Virtue? Beane clearly said when he read the allegations in the 11 page suit that there were allegations in there that if even one was true, it was a non starter. That says to me that he was aware of the “boulders” whatever the hell that means but the details were left out. He clearly got more detailed information from the actual suit than he had before. Read between the lines. He’s not saying Araiza lied to them he’s saying there was new information that he didn’t’ have on July 30th. Beane and McDermott have done nothing but be straight up and more open/honest than most GM/Coach combos in the league. I think they deserve the benefit of the doubt and handled this situation as best they could despite all the holy warriors on here saying they should have cast Araiza aside the second the victims lawyer contacted them in July or the second the suit was filed.

Beane clearly didn’t know the allegations that were in the civil lawsuit. I think that was the deciding factor. He said if even one of those things was true it was a non-starter for the Bills. That implies that there were allegations in the suit the Bills we’re not aware of, and as he said, Araizas story didn’t change from July to now. The best thing about this thread is it identified the maybe 10 posters I’d want in in a foxhole with me because the number of moral purists on here who’d throw people under the bus on an allegation alone is astounding. I think the Bills made the right call for the organization. I think Beane and McDermot are honest no BS guys who handled this about as well as they could. I also think Matt Araiza is not going to have any criminal charges placed. If I were him I wouldn’t settle if he feels he’s 100% innocent. He will be in the NFL with some other team next year if not sooner.

She’s just a twitter fan, part of BillsMafiaBabes or something like that. She has zero inside sources. Not saying it’s not true but that’s like taking and random dude/dudette’s opinion on twitter and calling it fact

They can’t suspend him without a reason. They can’t put him on the PS without going through waivers first. What difference is the PS to the active roster? He’s still part of the team. For the record I think he’s gone. I hope he lied to McBean because that would justify cutting ties at this point. Unsubstantiated allegations shouldn’t cost a guy his reputation and career when it seems he’s being used as a pawn to raise the profile of the case.

Except they couldn’t put him on the squad without going through waivers. Why bother, either stick with him or cut him

I love all you guys saying Bills have to do X, Pegula has to Y, Beane must do Z What are you going to do? Stop following the team? Haha yeah right They will get to it on their own timeline not yours

It’s a big if, but if after the facts are known Araiza’s only involvement is consensual sex with a 17 yo who misrepresented her age, he’s not getting charged with a thing and not getting cut

You can’t seriously believe lawyers won’t lie for their client, and this guy seems like a bottom feeding ambulance chaser. Probably because no one else would take the case and he’s looking to cash in. Not saying she wasn’t assaulted, just that her lawyer absolutely would lie.

This thread is going down in TBD history. I’m in! I’ll wait until we get more facts before I draw any conclusions but the fact that the Bills knew about these allegations and still cut Haack says a lot because I trust them. If the allegations are true, I hope this woman gets the justice she deserves from the men who committed the crimes. If Matt isn’t one of them, there aren’t enough crows in the world for the majority of this thread to eat.

Because Hodgins is a dime a dozen often hurt WR who had a nice preseason game. There are dozens of these guys who will get cut and you don't need to use a pick to get one. I think we over value our fringe players and yeah I expect a few will get snatched up but I don't think anyone is trading for them.

This place is hilarious. No one is trading for a RB we picked up off the scrap heap or an UDFA RB who is destined for the practice squad. Crowder is not getting traded Moss is not getting traded Lawson is not getting traded No one is trading for pre season hero Mike Love No one is trading for OJ Howard and his guaranteed salary Other GMs know we have some tough decisions coming up. We are going to lose guys to other teams because we are stacked. Lewis, McCloud, Hodgins, Bryant all come to mind. It's a good problem to have.

You guys are hilarious. Seriously, the pre season over thinking here gets out of control Elam will 100% start opposite Dane, and when Trey comes back he will be CB#2 sooner rather than later.

What exactly gives you that “hint of arrogance”? The little I’ve seen on him he comes across as a humble mature professional. Just curious.

This place is in mid season form with all the BACKUP QB angst. Hahaha my god it’s preseason game 1 with a west coast guy learning the EP system. Relax, have a beer, Keenum will be fine. I’m more concerned with who’s going to be our 4th RB and if Da’Rick will finally fulfill his potential

After all the moves teams that were “right up against the cap” made this offseason, I think the cap is just creative accounting. Beane has structured almost every contract in a way that can convert salary to bonus and make room when he needs. Yeah it’s kicking the can down the road a bit but the cap is going to go up every year assuming there’s not another pandemic, so as long as they don’t go too nuts we’ll be able to sign every player they want. Conveniently, Beane also gets to use the salary cap as an so excuse instead of saying “we didn’t sign player X because we didn’t think he was worth that much” we get the old “we have the cap to consider and we couldn’t make a deal that works for both parties”.

I think we tend to read way to much into what happens in pre season games when the coaches are evaluating these guys every day. Yes it’s great to perform on the field and young guys can make a statement but the coaches already know 98% of the team. Take Keenum for example. Yeah he sucked but there is zero chance Barkley is the #2. The coaches already know what they are getting in him and will give him the entire pre season to get comfortable in the offense. Same thing with Crowder, he’s making the team based on his previous body of work and they will give him time to acclimate. Moss was always a lock, no one is trading for a 3rd string running back. Beneford is a lock and he was before this game. Bernard and Shakir were always locks. Tenuta will go PS. Blackshear will go PS

Love Steve but he needs to get out of the booth if this seasons first game is an indication of where his head is at. I’m a seasoned viewer of professional football and I found myself time and again getting confused with the word salad, misidentifications, and downright nutty analysis (the phantom Elam pick play, the whole Colts TO fiasco). Instead of just watching the game I’m spending too much time questioning my own eyes because Tasker is seeing things that just aren’t there.

Monkey pox. Wear a glove

I’m a doc. Everyone is different when it comes to recovery from any injury. I think Week 1 is a pipe dream unless Tre has had a remarkable recovery and they are comfortable giving him a few reps to start to come back. This staff is appropriately conservative when it comes to recovery from injuries so I’m not concerned at all they will rush him back too quick.

All you guys saying you’d be fine Josh and most of the offensive starters not playing a down in the pre season will be the first guys blowing up the game and post game threads when the offense looks like a rust bucket the first game against the Rams. Give me a friggin break, they all need some real preseason game reps especially considering we are playing the SB champs game one.

Please give an example of Josh using the n word as if he were in regular conversation. From my understanding he was stupidly quoting rap lyrics as a teenager, was appropriately called out on it, then took responsibility and apologized.