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And it hasn’t changed… and it’s very unlikely to change. Personally, I’d be saying WTF is up with Diggs if he was suddenly cheerful and forthcoming and NOT cryptic.

They had been together for a long time before his star blew up… people change… I’m probably biased and media persona is obviously carefully crafted to avoid showing the warts, but if I had to guess Allen is probably pretty close personality-wise to how he’s always been the way people gush about him… she, on the other hand, probably wasn’t your “typical social influencer” when they first met, which was certainly vibe she was rockin’ at the end.

No offense, but I find the “this is what I wanted a person to say in the moment” comments, when someone didn’t say anything technically wrong or inflammatory, disingenuous. By virtue of my profession, I’ve had to give numerous interviews to media and have engaged in numerous public speaking engagements with cameras filming live. I’ve had to do it upwards of 20 times, so it’s not new to me, but it’s not core piece of my chosen profession. I don’t enjoy it. I’m uncomfortable and counting down the minutes. And I can say unequivocally, not once has something come out exactly as I would have liked it to in the moment. Hell, half the time I don’t even remember saying what I said when it see it broadcast afterwards…and I have never been in a situation where it has been hostile or critical of me. Diggs has a habit of saying things this way… he’s done it his whole career in front of the camera… there’s probably a reason why he avoids interviews… people need to get over Diggs being Diggs.

Did you watch the whole interview, or are you basing it on that 19s? There’s a lot more to what he said. I find Diggs will take his time and answer a question genuinely if it’s an engaging question, kind of like Shady used to do, but will ramble in circles meaninglessly at the tired, inane stuff. Personally, I think he enjoys the chaos that essentially saying nothing in those moments creates. Cuz at the end of the day what did he really say that created this… essentially, that he has no control in it, which given his contract, is the absolute truth.

So, it’s been reported many times that Diggs was one of the last out of the locker room after the KC game, but that he just didn’t talk to reporters, which has become his norm. Also, this 19s clip completely misses the context of his initial response, which was paraphrasing “you’ve all (the media) already asked me these questions and my responses have always been the same”, and that the people in the locker room know how he feels and know his intentions. He takes accountability for his dropped passes, saying there are many plays he’d like back, and also “if I touched, I dropped it,” indicating he holds himself to a standard he didn’t feel he was meeting. Instead the focus of the tweet is a response to a question that is quite stupid in light of his contract situation and, to the best of my knowledge, nothing other than fan chatter about him possibly not being a Bill. Certainly nothing he, himself, has indicated to date. I’ve been as critical of Diggs’s play as anyone, and I question whether he still has elite WR1 ability, but the constant character assassination on the guy is as tired as the “same ol’ same ol’” questions he gets asked that continue to fuel this narrative.

I couldn’t find the actual interview, but this article has excerpts. To me it kinda seems like he was hinting his ex was a bit of a distraction last season, and his current relationship is helping to ground him. https://heavy.com/sports/buffalo-bills/josh-allen-girlfriend-hailee-steinfeld-dion-dawkins-comments/amp/

I hope WR is a top priority and if MHJ for some reason drops a few spots, Beane inquires what the cost of moving up would be. Barring that, I hope he has tiers of targets, and as the last is left on the board, he inquires what the cost of moving up would be. Regardless of the holes on DL and elsewhere right now, you know he’ll have bodies in place come draft day. I don’t think they can ignore the WR room for another first round, if for no other reason than it’s a premium position that the 5th year option makes a world of difference for.

Certainly beats a relationship meltdown the night before a playoff game… you know, if rumors are true… and Dawkins backhanded compliment to Allen’s headspace this season would suggest there was some fire accompanying that smoke.

Yeah, well Booger McFarland didn't find that so funny... I couldn't find a picture of Bucky Brooks's hands with his funky, repeatedly-dislocated pinky fingers.

🤔 I mean, I suppose it could have been a milk mustache on Michael Irvin’s face… 🤷‍♂️

I prefer to think of it as we're getting a 3rd for gaining Terrell Bernard.

Sam Martin was kicking just fine prior to pulling his hamstring chasing down the blocked FG against the Steelers. And we did recently draft a punter and a kicker... they drafted Bass in the 6th round in 2020, and he was fine until he went off the rails this season, and they drafted Araiza in the 6th round in 2022, which didn't turn out so well. Soooo... he's glaring at it from sometime before December 31, 1992?

This story seems familiar. Can't you picture Saleh with "a handful of receipts" sitting in a chair face to face with the leaker, dropping f-bombs, with the VP of Communications for the Jets sitting directly behind him...

Players used to at least get a free trip to Hawaii out of it... who wants to go to Orlando.

Guess they just add that to the 8.5M Doug Pederson stole this season... Waddaya gonna do.

It is if you do it in a nasally voice and draw out all of the vooooooooweeeeeeels.

I suspect he will probably be brought up to speed calling the defense with the understanding that, at least initially, situationally McDermott will take the wheel.

I would like to see the Bills trade a tackling dummy to NE for Jones... even up, with the understanding that his value to the team is to let the DL kick him in the junk, nothing more, nothing less.

4 words… Damar Hamlin fake punt.

Not surprised. Given an offseason he may do well. I was hoping for someone more “out of the box” that made me think this season lit more of a fire under McDermott’s ass… oh well. 🤷‍♂️

I may be biased because he looks like Dexter, but I don’t mind Greg Olsen.

Was rooting for the Lions… until I realized I was jealous of their coaching. Seems like a lifetime ago the world was mocking them for the kneecap biting thing.

I don't think he's a terrible coach. I also don't think he's an upper echelon coach. I think he could win a SB with a stacked team and good luck on the injury front. I don't think he's an innovator that is going to scheme away deficiencies. I was disagreeing with a post about Belichick, Saban, and Reid not having signature coaching moments, if you will, and making the analogy that if there was ever a time for McDermott to show he could be that coach, it was with a defensively undermanned team against KC. Who knows, maybe he was saving it for after the Bills scored...