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Woodman
05-24-2023, 10:33 AM
Matt Araiza, the punter who was drafted last year but never played as a rookie after he was accused of rape, has earned his first NFL tryout since the Bills cut him.
Araiza is working out for the Jets today, his agent told Adam Schefter of ESPN.
Woodman
05-24-2023, 10:36 AM
At San Diego State, Araiza won the Ray Guy Award as the best punter in the country and set a new NCAA record by averaging 51.2 yards per punt. The Bills drafted him and declared him their starting punter early in the 2022 preseason.
But shortly after earning the punting job, news surfaced that while he was at San Diego State, Araiza was accused of raping a 17-year-old girl. In the uproar that ensued, the Bills cut Araiza.
This month, prosecutors said they will not charge Araiza, saying that evidence showed he was not present during an alleged gang rape of the girl, that Araiza’s sex with the girl was consensual, and that Araiza believed that she was 18 so no charges of sex with a minor could be pursued. The girl and her attorney stand by her accusation and are pursuing a civil case against him.
Woodman
05-24-2023, 12:48 PM
Wouldn't that be interesting. :jetsuck:
Canadian'eh!
05-24-2023, 12:52 PM
I hope he gets a job somewhere. Would prefer not the East, but kid deserves a shot.
Woodman
05-24-2023, 03:56 PM
He'll get one someplace.
TacklingDummy
05-24-2023, 05:09 PM
Should have never of been cut.
JoeMama
05-24-2023, 09:21 PM
Matt Araiza when the false accusation dropped.

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Bill Cody
05-24-2023, 10:59 PM
Damn does it have to be the Jets? Be our luck Punt God does something amazing for the f’n Jets against the Bills instead of what should have been the other way around
Historian
05-25-2023, 04:51 AM
He will probably be their punter for the next 20 years.

See: Anderson, Gary, Syracuse 1982.
Night Train
05-25-2023, 05:11 AM
I hope he punts a lot. That means his team sucks.

Sam Martin was good for us last year and keld the ball well for Bass on kicks.

Punter...LOL...some here just live to cry about something.
YardRat
05-25-2023, 06:09 AM
Should have never of been cut.

Should have never been drafted by Buffalo to begin with.
Goobylal
05-25-2023, 06:29 AM
Should have never been drafted by Buffalo to begin with.

LOL! Why?
Novacane
05-25-2023, 07:11 AM
LOL! Why?

He's been trying to give Opi a run for his money for awhile now. ***** about anything and everything.