ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — To protect the embarrassed, The Athletic has chosen not to name names.



A headshot recently was shown around the Bills’ locker room along with a question: Do you know who this man is?



Players sputtered at the portrait of a smiling fortysomething with black, wispy hair and a goatee. Some winced in shame. They cocked their heads and guessed, but answers came with question marks at the end.



Equipment guy?



Not really.



Sales?



No.



An offensive lineman identified him immediately as a team employee but stomped his feet while trying to summon a name. Another O-lineman wondered if the man in the picture was the Bills’ assistant general manager.



Nope.



One offensive starter knew him from “in the building.” When asked what the man did, the free agent-to-be groaned, “This is going to come back to haunt me, isn’t it?”



“I know him!”...