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    Re: Araiza signed

    Quote Originally Posted by YardRat View Post
    Shouldn't have drafted him to begin with, waste of a draft pick with or without the baggage.
    The draft is full of waste. Close to 90% of 6th rounders don't make the team. The idea that you should never draft a punter is wrong.

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    Epic Fail by Bills not so sign Punt God. They trotted Martin out there against Chiefs and he couldn't punt. Should of IR'd him and signed Punt God back then. what a fail. The curse of the PUNT GOD is alive and well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by daryls61 View Post
    Epic Fail by Bills not so sign Punt God. They trotted Martin out there against Chiefs and he couldn't punt. Should of IR'd him and signed Punt God back then. what a fail. The curse of the PUNT GOD is alive and well.
    It was an insane choice ...........


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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodman View Post
    It was an insane choice ...........
    I wanted Araiza to work out for the Bill's like everyone else, but he was a project when we drafted him. Could punt it in the lake but he didn't have much else and never took a regular season snap in the league. I would have been mortified seeing him on his first active roster in a Bill's playoff game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sahlensguy View Post
    I wanted Araiza to work out for the Bill's like everyone else, but he was a project when we drafted him. Could punt it in the lake but he didn't have much else and never took a regular season snap in the league. I would have been mortified seeing him on his first active roster in a Bill's playoff game.
    We'll find out soon enough if he's any good.

    I'm sure the Chiefs liked what they saw when he auditioned for them.

    Playoff I get it ....... but he had to be a better choice than the injured Martin.

    Martin IMO should have been IR'D he was still injured.

    Araiza was our starter until the accusations were made ..... he won the job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by daryls61 View Post
    Epic Fail by Bills not so sign Punt God. They trotted Martin out there against Chiefs and he couldn't punt. Should of IR'd him and signed Punt God back then. what a fail. The curse of the PUNT GOD is alive and well.
    I'll bet anything Araiza didn't want to return because the Bills, right or wrong, didn't have his back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goobylal View Post
    I'll bet anything Araiza didn't want to return because the Bills, right or wrong, didn't have his back.
    I'm sure if we had made the offer he would have taken the employment.

    I'm sure he was pissed however.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sahlensguy View Post
    I wanted Araiza to work out for the Bill's like everyone else, but he was a project when we drafted him. Could punt it in the lake but he didn't have much else and never took a regular season snap in the league. I would have been mortified seeing him on his first active roster in a Bill's playoff game.
    I wouldn't have been worried

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Cody View Post
    I wouldn't have been worried
    Hey, maybe he would have picked up that 1st down on the fake. We'll never know...

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    Quote Originally Posted by sahlensguy View Post
    Hey, maybe he would have picked up that 1st down on the fake. We'll never know...
    ugh

    You had to bring that play up

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodman View Post
    I'd be looking for both positions to see change.

    The placekicker is obvious.

    Punter pulls a hammy running 15 yards ...... no thanks we need a better athlete.
    You Araiza a good point

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Cody View Post
    You Araiza a good point
    There was no good araizan for the Bills to not at least approach the kid after he was cleared.

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    A few of us had the wait and see before we convicted Punt God.

    Others (the usual left) had him convicted and wanted him gone.

    How convenient the threads are gone from back then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TacklingDummy View Post
    A few of us had the wait and see before we convicted Punt God.

    Others (the usual left) had him convicted and wanted him gone.

    How convenient the threads are gone from back then.
    The Bills couldn't take the heat ...... too bad really.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodman View Post
    I'm sure if we had made the offer he would have taken the employment.

    I'm sure he was pissed however.
    If the Bills had been the only suitor, sure. But it wouldn't surprise me that there were several teams interested, and the Chefs were the obvious choice.
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    Punt the least of any punter in the league. Stand on the sideline and watch Mahomes knock the team that presumed you guilty out of the playoffs again. Get a super bowl ring. If there were other teams interested. picking KC was an easy choice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Novacane View Post
    Punt the least of any punter in the league. Stand on the sideline and watch Mahomes knock the team that presumed you guilty out of the playoffs again. Get a super bowl ring. If there were other teams interested. picking KC was an easy choice.
    Yeah I can see that view. But to me if I was a guy that could punt the ball 80 yards I'd want to sign with the worst team in the league so I could do what I do a LOT. The fun of sports is PLAYING not watching.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TacklingDummy View Post
    A few of us had the wait and see before we convicted Punt God.

    Others (the usual left) had him convicted and wanted him gone.

    How convenient the threads are gone from back then.
    It almost didn't matter what anyone believed or didn't believe I don't think. The Bills were in a tough spot. You had to take the accusation seriously. But the problem was no one knew what the facts were and it took like a year for Araiza to get exonerated. Exactly what were the Bills supposed to do? Carry an extra punter on the roster?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Cody View Post
    It almost didn't matter what anyone believed or didn't believe I don't think. The Bills were in a tough spot. You had to take the accusation seriously. But the problem was no one knew what the facts were and it took like a year for Araiza to get exonerated. Exactly what were the Bills supposed to do? Carry an extra punter on the roster?
    They wouldn't have been in any spot if they had passed on him, like a couple of other teams had.

    We could have had, and the guy I wanted, Stonehouse with the same pick or as an UDFA. No headaches, which the team should have been aware of going in.

    Beane ****ed up, plain and simple.
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    Quote Originally Posted by YardRat View Post
    They wouldn't have been in any spot if they had passed on him, like a couple of other teams had.

    We could have had, and the guy I wanted, Stonehouse with the same pick or as an UDFA. No headaches, which the team should have been aware of going in.

    Beane ****ed up, plain and simple.
    ok

    Burn him at the stake he wasted a 6th rounder. It will never happen again. Except probably this year.

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