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Araiza and two former college teammates are accused of a rape that allegedly occurred last year.

"We were recently made aware of a civil complaint involving Matt from October 2021," the Bills said in a statement Thursday. The rookie punter, whose moniker is "Punt God," recorded an 82-yard punt that traveled more than 75 yards in the air in Week 1 of the preseason. "It's a shakedown because he's now with the Buffalo Bills," Armstrong said.

There's one last chance for players to earn a spot on the 53-man roster. Chris Brown shares his list of players to keep tabs on for Friday's game in ...

The former wide receiver has noticeably advanced his game at the tight end position. Staying assignment sound and making a play or two on the ball will only reinforce his spot on the roster. The defensive staff is making an effort to justify a roster spot for him.

The Bills roster is so solid that several of the players they cut next week will end up signing with other teams. Here are five who could be moving on.

Cook, Devin Singletary, and Zack Moss are going to be the three primary backs, and Taiwan Jones will probably be kept because he’s a key special teams player. Beane, looking to add a pass catching back, pivoted to Johnson, but when he also selected James Cook in the second round of the draft a month later, that essentially doomed Johnson. The Bills have been experimenting at the safety position by giving reps to a pair of cornerbacks, Cam Lewis and Nick McCloud. Bryant is the sixth man in line, and he has to go through waivers. If he’s available, he has a good chance to sign elsewhere because teams are always looking for pass rushers. He’s had a roundabout journey in the NFL since entering the league with Seattle as an undrafted free agent in 2016. He is caught up in a numbers game after the Bills’ offseason free agent additions of DaQuan Jones, Tim Settle and Jordan Phillips, who joined holdover Ed Oliver. Morris has improved as a blocker which is impressive because at 6-foot-2 and 243 pounds he’s undersized for the position. If he’s cut, he will warrant attention from outside the organization and you can almost be guaranteed that Giants GM Joe Schoen will sign him immediately. That’s why I think he will make the team, as well as locker room favorite Tommy Sweeney behind starter Dawson Knox, though I also think Beane could be working to find a trade partner which would at least save the Bills his $1.9 base salary. “I do know that Brandon Beane’s got a tough job ahead of him,” Allen said after learning he and most of the starters will not play in the preseason finale Friday night at Carolina. But the flip side of that coin is that picking those final few players has become increasingly difficult because competition is so keen.

In the civil lawsuit, filed Thursday in San Diego County Superior Court, Araiza and several of his football teammates are accused of gang-raping a 17-year-old ...

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If the Bills beat the Panthers, it will be their 11th-straight preseason victory.

[Denver Broncos on Saturday](https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/news/best-league-buffalo-josh-allen-zack-moss-russell-wilson-preseason-denver-broncos-review-final-preseason-duke-johnson), cruising to a [ 42-15](https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/news/buffalo-live-updates-game-log-denver-broncos-preseason-sean-mcdermott-afc) win. “You feel the burst, whether it’s in the return game or when he’s carrying the ball on offense or catching the ball out of the backfield.” Quarterback [Josh Allen](https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/news/buffalo-rumors-update-stefon-diggs-highlight-training-camp-preview-josh-allen) hit all three of his pass attempts for 45 yards with a 28-yard touchdown to Gabriel Davis. [many roster hopefuls try to earn their spot](https://www.si.com/nfl/seahawks/news/seahawks-release-joel-iyiegbuniwe-waive-4-undrafted-rookies-to-reach-80-man-limit) before Tuesday, Aug. If the Bills beat the Panthers, it will be their 11th-straight preseason victory. The 2022-23

“They didn't do an investigation,'' Dan Gilleon, an attorney representing the woman listed in the lawsuit as Jane Doe, told USA TODAY Sports on Friday. “I mean, ...

The next day she alerted the San Diego Police Department and underwent a rape exam at a children's hospital, according to the lawsuit. The woman said Araiza, who was 21 at the time, gave her a drink she believes "not only contained alcohol, but other intoxicating substances" despite her saying she was in high school, according to the lawsuit. The woman also said she was raped by two other football players, Zavier Leonard, a redshirt freshman offensive lineman at San Diego State, and Pa’a Ewaliko, who was a freshman defensive lineman and no longer is listed on the roster. “I’m very impressed by the way they’ve treated Matt and by the way they’ve treated me,’’ Armstrong told USA TODAY Sports. “And they never, ever even talked to them about it during last season.’’ "She said she would get back to me and she never did. In a statement Thursday, the Bills said they "were recently made aware of a civil complaint involving Matt from October 2021. “I have given them some information and they’ve conducted their own investigation with their own investigators as well. The woman said she went in and out of consciousness during the sexual assault, according to the lawsuit. And then I followed up with an email to her saying, ‘Hey, two weeks ago you told me you’d get back to me. “I mean, you can’t investigate when you don’t even ask the primary witness what happened. “I had one conversation with (D'Angelo),’’ Gilleon said.

Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza is at the center of a troubling lawsuit that was filed this Thursday.

But he was forthcoming with the Bills, but I don't think it was until after he was drafted because he didn't know that this was ever going to go anywhere until the L.A. He was named the starting punter earlier this week, defeating Matt Haack for the job. The lawsuit states that he then brought her inside a room where at least three other men repeatedly raped her.

Baker Mayfield, Carolina Panthers face Buffalo Bills 2022 NFL preseason game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte NC. Which players have most to lose, ...

Bills punter Matt Araiza, who was accused in a lawsuit Thursday of gang raping a 17-year-old girl last year, did not play in Buffalo's preseason finale vs.

Because the alleged rape happened before Araiza was drafted, he would not be subject to the league's personal conduct policy. According to the lawsuit, Araiza, who was 21 at the time, had sex with the then-high school senior, who was under the age of consent in California, outside at an off-campus party held at his residence in the early hours of Oct. The Bills released a statement Thursday night stating that they "were recently made aware of a civil complaint involving Matt from October 2021. [Los Angeles Times reported](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-06-03/sdsu-san-diego-state-football-players-claim-rape-girl) that rape allegations against five Aztecs football players had not been investigated by San Diego State. According to the lawsuit, she was repeatedly raped for about an hour and a half until the party was shut down. Backup quarterback [Matt Barkley](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15948/matt-barkley) filled in as the Bills' punter during Friday's game.

The Buffalo Bills rookie punter and two of his college teammates were accused of the rape of a 17-year-old high school student in a lawsuit filed in San ...

Gilleon, the lawyer for the accuser, emailed Kathryn D’Angelo, the assistant general counsel for the Bills, on July 31 to inform the team that his client was accusing Araiza of rape, according to a screenshot that was reviewed by The New York Times. The Bills did not respond to The New York Times’s request for details on their investigation. The Bills may cut Araiza or any other player for conduct it deems detrimental to the team. Armstrong claimed that investigators who spoke to witnesses said the teenager was not drunk and that she had told them she was a college student. According to the lawsuit, Araiza threw the teenager onto the bed face first and “the men took turns having sex with her from behind” while she went in and out of consciousness. “There is no timeline for how long it will take,” the public affairs officer said Friday in an email. According to the suit, detectives from the Sex Crimes Unit set up a tape-recorded phone call between the victim and Araiza, during which he confirmed having had sex with her and told her she should get tested for sexually transmitted diseases, before changing his tone when she asked more pointed questions. “We ignored the bush-league offer and filed a case,” Gilleon wrote Friday in his post. He also said that Araiza is only being named in the case because he has joined an N.F.L. The Buffalo Bills rookie punter, Matt Araiza, was accused, along with two teammates at San Diego State, of the rape of a 17 year-old girl at a party off campus in October. She was under the age of consent, which is 18 in California. A lawyer for Zavier Leonard, another of the accused men, declined to comment when reached by The New York Times.

The fact that Bills punter Matt Araiza admitted to having sex with a minor is problematic according to a prominent attorney.

“This Policy is issued pursuant to the Commissioner’s authority under the Constitution and Bylaws, Collective Bargaining Agreement and NFL Player Contract to define, address and sanction conduct detrimental to the league and professional football. Based on what she has read in the lawsuit, “I think it’s enough for them to charge him with a crime,” Simpson Tuegel said. We can assume that the Bills are standing behind Araiza at this time because he has not formally been charged with a crime. “As a criminal defense lawyer or as a lawyer who now represents victims and has for years, I would say that is an admission and a problematic statement for him. The university complied with the San Diego police department’s request to not open its own investigation and pass along the information to assist in the SDPD’s investigation, which it did. But if it’s true I hope he gets the repercussions he deserves and (the) girl gets justice.” And in statement released during Friday night's preseason game at Carolina - which he did not play in - Araiza said: “The facts of the incident are not what they are portrayed in the lawsuit or in the press. Due to the serious nature of the complaint, we conducted a thorough examination of this matter. In the call to Araiza, he acknowledged having sex with her and said she should be tested for sexually transmitted diseases. “His admission was the thing that, when I started reading about this case, that just jumped out,” Dallas-based attorney Michelle Simpson Tuegel told the Democrat and Chronicle on Friday afternoon. “That initial acknowledgement, that is not legal,” Simpson Tuegel said. And we all eagerly await to hear what he has to say.

The Panthers' preseason finale versus the Buffalo Bills has been delayed due to inclement weather in the Charlotte area.

Lightning was detected within the eight-mile radius around Bank of America Stadium, forcing those in attendance to enter a shelter-in-place protocol, which included clearing both the field and the seating bowl. [Baker Mayfield](/players/baker-mayfield/) the team's starting quarterback to begin the season. The

The Buffalo Bills preseason had gone smoothly through two games. Buffalo defeated the Indianapolis Colts with a comeback and game-winning field goal.

The teams took the field at 7:21 and will have a 10-minute warmup. That set up the Bills' most exciting play so far: a punt by Matt Barkley. Carolina's offense took the field for the first time since naming Baker Mayfield its starting quarterback. Carolina takes over at the Bills' 27-yard line. Case Keenum was picked off by safety Jeremy Chinn on the Bills' first play of the possession. The Bills had recently released incumbent punter Matt Haack, giving Araiza the starting job.

Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza has released a statement on the lawsuit he was cited in via his legal representatives. Sending a message to NFL insiders, ...

Araiza was at the stadium, but Araiza was one of three men named Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza has released a statement on the lawsuit he was cited in via his legal representatives.

Carolina Panthers play Buffalo Bills in 2022 NFL preseason game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte NC. Game updates, score updates, injury news, ...

McCaffrey, as in 2021, did not play a single snap in any of the three preseason games as Carolina tries to keep him healthy. Buffalo kicked off to the Panthers at 7:37 p.m., with Mayfield trotting out with the Carolina offense for the first series. He got one first down on a screen to Hubbard — being heavily used since Christian McCaffrey didn’t play — and then had a nice scramble in which he knocked over a Bills defender at the end of the play while trying to get to the sideline. Mayfield then came on for his fourth and final series of the night, early in the second quarter. The extra point gave Carolina a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter. The extra point gave Carolina an early 7-0 lead with 6:05 left in the first quarter. Backup quarterback Sam Darnold took over for Carolina’s final series of the first half, running a two-minute drill that began with 1:35 on the clock. After forcing two quick punts, on Buffalo’s third series a tipped ball led to an interception by Carolina safety Jeremy Chinn early in the second quarter. A healthy dose of Raheem Blackshear early in the drive helped the Bills move to near midfield, but the drive stalled after a nine-yard sack by Marquan McCall on fourth down. The first was on an 8-yard pass out in the left flat to Giovanni Ricci. Mayfield threw two first-half touchdown passes on four drives in his home debut before retiring for the night late in the second quarter. The Carolina Panthers’ final preseason game against the Buffalo Bills, scheduled for a 7 p.m.

Buffalo Bills QB Matt Barkley is punter and punts vs. Carolina Panthers in preseason without Matt Araiza.

Buffalo might have preferred to not toss Barkley out there, but on a 4th and 10, the Bills were left will little choice. A day prior, Araiza was named in In a pinch, the Bills turned things over the Barkley.

Buffalo Bills rookie punter Matt Araiza, who on Thursday was accused in a lawsuit of taking part in the gang rape of a minor during an off-campus party at ...

"We were recently made aware of a civil complaint involving Matt from October 2021," the Bills said in a statement on Thursday, obtained by NFL Network's Mike Giardi. Araiza was accused along with two other football players: Zavier Leonard, currently on the San Diego State roster; and Nowlin "Pa'a" Ewaliko, who is not listed on the team's current roster. Araiza traveled with the team to Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday and was in attendance pregame on Friday.

Araiza — dubbed "Punt God" for his Aztec achievements — hasn't been charged criminally, but the civil suit in San Diego Superior Court apparently has given ...

In a statement Thursday, the Bills said: “We were recently made aware of a civil complaint involving Matt from October 2021. [ESPN reported](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34465207/sources-matt-araiza-punt-buffalo-bills-preseason-finale-vs-carolina-panthers) that Araiza released a statement during the game in which he said: “The facts of the incident are not what they are portrayed in the lawsuit or in the press. “Buffalo backup quarterback Matt Barkley punted for the team on Friday.”

The Bills head coach spoke about the team's punter following Friday's preseason finale in Carolina.

And that's what I keep coming back to in my mind and my heart is find out the truth to the best of my ability and do the right thing." "I just want to get to that answer as soon as we can," he said. Find the truth and do the right thing. It's clear we have work to do to continue to figure this thing out here, and we're going to do that." "That's what I'm after is doing the right thing." "I would say there's been some (new information) and I'm not going to deny that.

The Buffalo Bills had their 10-game preseason winning streak snapped Friday night with a 21-0 loss at the Carolina Panthers. The Bills conclude the ...

The Buffalo Bills had their 10-game preseason winning streak snapped Friday night with a 21-0 loss at the Carolina Panthers. - The Bills outrushed the Panthers 81-50. - 5 different players on the Bills recorded a tackle for a loss.

Takeaways and observations from the Buffalo Bills' preseason loss against the Carolina Panthers including QB Matt Barkley and P Matt Araiza.

Still, even with his touchdown against the Denver Broncos last week (also very late in the game), Howard hasn’t shown much as a playmaker. [The Athletic](https://twitter.com/JoeBuscaglia/status/1563315605733724160), Epenesa did not play any snaps against the Panthers. [First rounder](https://billswire.usatoday.com/2022/04/28/buffalo-bills-trade-pick-23-baltimore-ravens-2022-nfl-draft-kaiir-elam/) Kaiir Elam included. The likelihood the Bills can slide him on their practice squad seems to have vanished this summer. [Second-round](https://billswire.usatoday.com/2022/04/29/2022-nfl-draft-buffalo-bills-select-georgia-james-cook-second-round/) running back James Cook had three carries and four total touches. Shakir has a steady set of hands there and has gotten some good yardage all preseason long, which continued against the Panthers.

This was so bizarre that the Bills lost a preseason game for the first time in a dozen outings.

... with coach Sean McDermott issuing the statement of the night. Carolina led at halftime, 14-0, and then Darnold took over, his 1-yard run to score a touchdown meaning the Panthers took a 21-0 lead. OK, we're being a bit snarky there, but in our defense - after a ..... Kaiir Elam can start. Isaiah Hodgins can play. So bizarre that the Bills lost a preseason game for the first time in a dozen outings.

Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott was grilled by the media on Friday after their loss to the Carolina Panthers regarding the gang rape allegations ...

"I just felt like that was the right thing to do," McDermott said. "It's not easy to hear about some of the things that I've heard about over the last several hours say, and I haven't slept a lot to be honest with you because this is a game but there are other things that are more important than this." And when asked if this situation had dampened spirits, McDermott bluntly replied with: "Where do you want to start?" And that's why I have more work to do on this." "My heart and thoughts and prayers go out to the people involved," McDermott said. [After their 21-0 loss to the Carolina Panthers on Friday](https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/news/buffalo-preseason-notebook-week-3-carolina-panthers-kaiir-elam-matt-barkley-matt-araiza) in which Araiza did not play, head coach Sean McDermott was grilled by the media about the rookie's situation.

The attorney for the alleged victim said Friday the NFL team has not contacted him for details despite saying it had conducted a 'thorough investigation'

began his clown show, I realized it was useless to try to reason with him and withdrew the offer to speak with a civil defense attorney before filing the lawsuit.” The school said it did not investigate at the request of San Diego police in October. He also said he told Araiza six weeks ago, when he was retained, to tell Bills officials about the allegations. The Bills appear to be following the same approach they took four years ago when running back LeSean McCoy was accused of having his former girlfriend beaten during a break-in at a home he owned outside Atlanta. The Bills informed the NFL of the incident once they were made aware of it, a person familiar with the situation told the Associated Press. Executives from three other teams said they had no knowledge of the allegations against Araiza before the draft and only learned of the incident Thursday. While he said Araiza would travel back with the team, McDermott declined to answer a question on Araiza’s status on the roster. It was unclear if he informed the NFL of the allegations before the draft. She says she’ll get back to me, and then she never did,” said Gilleon, who posted and then deleted a screenshot on social media of the email he says he sent to D’Angelo. McDermott said he was surprised and shocked by some of the revelations that have come out over the past day, and repeatedly stressed the team has work to do. A person familiar with the case told the AP the Bills were not aware of the allegations against Araiza in April. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not commented publicly about the allegations.

The Buffalo Bills were not made aware that punter Matt Araiza was going to release a statement regarding the lawsuit that mentioned his name.

Backup quarterback Matt Barkley held [punting duties](https://billswire.usatoday.com/2022/08/26/matt-araiza-buffalo-bills-carolina-panthers-game-lawsuit-not-play/). The coach also called Araiza not suiting up his decision, calling it the “right thing to do.” I’m not going to comment on that.” “I’m aware of that statement since the game. I look forward to quickly setting the record straight.” Araiza made the trip but

Buffalo Bills stock report following 21-0 preseason loss vs. Carolina Panthers including QB Matt Barkley, P Matt Araiza, WR Isaiah Hodgins.

(AP Photo/Joshua Bessex) Howard (8). Spector should have grabbed an interception against the Panthers, but he was in the right spot so kudos for that. Or release someone else and keep him on the 53-man roster? He didn’t look good again, but he still played solid last week against the Broncos when the starting offense was with him. He punted for the Bills. Howard excels as a run blocker but playing late in a final preseason game isn’t a great sign. Howard again was playing late into the second half. He faced a slew of questions relating to Araiza following the game and boy was that something. Hard to imagine how McDermott would have pulled that off–And the team took some bad penalties on fourth down to boot. Regardless of the allegations being made against Araiza and the lawsuit in general, nothing went in his favor on Friday. Lawson was more expected to do so, but Basham has made some splash plays this preseason and it was not clear if it’d be him or AJ Epenesa getting some preferred treatment.