Giants
owner: No decision yet on Josh Brown's future
. Giants owner
John Mara appeared on WFAN on Thursday afternoon to discuss the team's decision
not to bring kicker Josh Brown to
London, following the release of additional documents regarding Brown's May
2015 domestic violence arrest in which he admits to physically, verbally and
emotionally abusing his then-wife.
"I
can't answer now what the future holds. We need to gather more information and
make a decision when we can," Mara said.
He added
that the team was "obviously disturbed" by all the information that
has come out on Brown.
Mara said
the Giants were
comfortable with their initial decision to abide by the one-game suspension
levied by the NFL following a 10-month investigation this past year.
"However,
given what has happened over the last day or two and what we've been able to
review, we feel the best course of action for Josh and for our football team is
to make him inactive this week," Mara said. "As I said, we haven't
made a decision yet on his future, but I think the NFL will also have something
to say about that."
Mara added:
"One of the possibilities is he ends up on the Commissioner's Exempt List.
But I'm not speculating right now, and I really shouldn't do that. I want to
gather more information. This has all come down really in the last 24 hours,
we're getting ready to leave for London, so it's been a difficult process for
us. But based on the information that we did have, making Josh inactive was the
best thing to do"
A source
informed of the situation told NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport that the NFL is
indeed considering to place Brown on the Commissioner's Exempt List.
Mara
mentioned that the large majority of the new evidence comes from "journal
entries that he made were part of his therapy to try to rehabilitate himself.
What he wrote down was brutally honest but nonetheless very disturbing".
Mara said he
did not feel "hoodwinked" by Brown, who self-reported his issues to
the club over the summer.
The kicker,
who the Giants re-signed
to a two-year deal in April, practiced with the team on Thursday but will not
travel to London.
"In
light of the news reports regarding the documents released by the State of
Washington yesterday, we think it makes sense to review this newly disclosed
information and to revisit this issue following our trip to London," the
team said in a statement.
"The Giants do
not condone or excuse any form of domestic violence. Josh has acknowledged that
he has issues in his life and has been working on these issues through therapy
and counseling for a long period of time. We remain supportive of Josh and his efforts."
With Brown
out of the lineup, the Giants agreed
to a deal with kicker Robbie Gould on
Thursday and the former Bears kicker
accompanied the team on it's flight to London, a source informed of the
situation told NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport.
"From
what I've learned over the last few years is that you don't necessarily have
all the information and not everyone cooperates," Mara said Thursday,
noting that the Giants were
not able to obtain the recently released documents until the media did this
week. "You have to make decisions based on the information you have in
front of you. ... However, given what has happened over the last day or two,
with what we've been able to review, we feel the best course for Josh and for
our football team is to make him inactive this week.
"As I
say, we haven't made a decision yet on his future. But I think the NFL will
have something to say about that."
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