New York Daily News

Blue turns Brown into Gould

- Disturbing details emerge from police documents Wednesday about Josh Brown’s abuse of wife, and John Mara (opposite page) admits he was aware before he re-signed kicker.

A source confirmed that former Bears kicker Robbie Gould was on his way to London to replace disgraced wife beater Josh Brown in the kicking game.

Gould made his NFL debut in 2005 and has spent his entire 11year career in Chicago. PAT LEONARD/NEWS & GETTY Last season he made 85 percent of his field goals and missed just one extra point. — Staff report

It is easy to write checks to domestic violence prevention groups and it is easy to broadcast public service announceme­nts condemning assaults against women.

But as the NFL and the Giants are learning, it’s a lot harder to persuade domestic violence victims that the league and its teams are interested in their safety and well-being.

Josh Brown’s ex-wife Molly Brown feared the NFL and the Giants would rally around the Big Blue kicker and “look to vilify her in the media” after Brown was arrested on domestic violence allegation­s in May 2015, according to the explosive documents released by the King County, Wash., Sheriff's Office Wednesday.

“Molly believed the team would look for ways to sweep this whole thing under the rug and say that she was making everything up,” according to a report prepared by Detective Robin L. Ostrum.

“Molly was very upfront that in her experience, the NFL says that they have a no-tolerance policy on domestic violence but the reality is that they do more crisis management and look to cover

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