John Mara on Wednesday publicly defended the Giants’ decision to re-sign kicker Josh Brown this offseason even though the team was aware he had been charged with an incident of domestic violence in May 2015 and that Brown’s now former wife had told police of 20 previous allegations of abuse.
“It’s very easy to say a guy has been accused, get rid of him, terminate him,” the co-owner of the team said in his first remarks since Brown’s situation became public last week with a one-game suspension by the NFL for violating the personal conduct policy. “But when you’re sitting at the top of an organization and responsible for a lot of people, you’d better make more informed decisions that that.