The Giants knew about Josh Brown's domestic violence arrest when they re-signed him

Giants owner John Mara knew of allegations against Josh Brown and his arrest when they re-signed him. Mara stood by the team's decision to re-sign Brown during a Wednesday media scrum. He went so far as to make it sound like the situation with Brown was different because "you very rarely have a Ray Rice video."

News about Brown's domestic violence arrest in 2015 and the related incident report in which Brown's wife said he had been violent with her more than 20 times broke six days ago. This is the first time the Giants have acknowledged the matter.

The NFL's handling of the Brown situation is just as suspect. He got a one-game suspension, despite the league's domestic violence conduct policy that calls for a minimum of six games upon the first offense.

One game.

The league justified its decision saying that they didn't have enough information "to corroborate prior findings." Brown's wife declined to be interviewed by the league. Regardless, the league's one-game suspension doesn't square with its policy in the face of Brown's arrest.

So far, the Giants are publicly standing by Brown. However, they signed Randy Bullock in the wake of Brown's suspension, ostensibly as his Week 1 replacement. Bullock has a one-year salary of $760,000, but because he's a vested veteran, his full salary will be guaranteed if he's on the roster in Week 1. It's enough to make you wonder if the team isn't prepared to cut Brown even though Mara said they would only do so for "football reasons."

"I'm a father, I'm a husband, and my stance on personal conduct stays the way it is. Stays consistent, and it stays strong," Giants coach Ben McAdoo said in the wake of Brown's suspension.

He added: "But I think it's important for an organization and the locker room to take it on a case by case basis."

So despite donations, a multitude of hirings and a yearlong campaign to convince the public that the league would not tolerate domestic violence from its employees, the NFL is right back to where it started before the Rice incident, like McAdoo said, handling it on a case-by-case basis instead of sticking with their rhetoric about not tolerating it.

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