{"id":58056,"date":"2022-08-27T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sean-mcdermott-bills-have-a-lot-of-work-to-do-to-figure-matt-araiza-situation-out\/"},"modified":"2022-08-27T14:16:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T14:16:00","slug":"sean-mcdermott-bills-have-a-lot-of-work-to-do-to-figure-matt-araiza-situation-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sean-mcdermott-bills-have-a-lot-of-work-to-do-to-figure-matt-araiza-situation-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean McDermott: Bills have a lot of work to do to figure Matt Araiza situation out"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bills coach Sean McDermott says he doesn’t know what his team is going to do with rookie punter Matt Araiza, after a rape accusation against him last year became public this week.<\/p>\n

The Bills benched Araiza for Friday night’s preseason finale, and McDermott said afterward that he doesn’t know what the team will do with Araiza going forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a situation that is extremely serious,\u201d McDermott said. \u201cIt’s just hard to go through, and it’s not a situation that I or we take lightly whatsoever. It’s very serious, I understand the sensitivity of the situation, and it’s clear we have work to do to continue to figure this thing out, and we’re going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked when the Bills found out that Araiza had been accused of rape, McDermott refused to answer. Asked whether he expects Araiza to be on the 53-man roster, McDermott again refused to answer.<\/p>\n

Asked why Araiza didn’t play in Friday’s preseason game, McDermott said, \u201cIt was my decision, and at the end of the day I didn’t think it was right.\u201d<\/p>\n

McDermott said he has been working hard at finding the right solution, and indicated that his focus on the Araiza situation has taken his focus away from the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a game,\u201d McDermott said. \u201cThere are other things that are more important.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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