“You want that guy”: Stefon Diggs through the eyes of his former coaches

[YoloinOhio]

This is posted in the Diggs thread but didn’t want it to get buried since it is 60+ pages. Sub required but I pulled out some excerpts. Enjoy! 
 

The Daboll/Locksley connection was one I hadn’t thought of 

 

I won’t get into all that,” former Vikings receivers coach Darrell Hazell said. “All I’ll say is sometimes his competitiveness is mistaken for other things people don’t see. He is the ultimate competitor. He wants to help his team win however he can do that. Sometimes that’s not perceived the right way. But let me tell you something: There’s not a guy I would rather coach more than that guy because of it. That fire is in him to win football games for his team. Not for himself, but for his team. You want that guy in your locker room. You want that guy on your sideline. And if you don’t have that guy in your locker room, then you’re a little bit concerned.”

His personality, yeah he’s a little flamboyant and he likes to talk,” Hull said. “But with his work ethic, no one on the team ever took that the wrong way or anything like that. Obviously coaching him, you have to know how to reach him and understand how to keep his personality under control where it does not become a distraction. It never really became a distraction or anything like that. As long as you have set guidelines and he understands, he buys in … but he’s always going to be who he is. You can’t change who he is because he’s not going to be the same player if you try to change his personality and make him into somebody that he’s not.”
Added Locksley: “With Stef, the biggest thing I found is that if he trusts you and you have a real relationship with him, you won’t have issues with him. For him, when the trust is broken or if there’s something that came in between it, you start seeing some of the actions that we’ve all witnessed out of him somewhat.”

When Locksley was calling plays at Maryland, he made a point to try to get Diggs somewhere between 10 and 15 touches per game because of how dangerous he was with the ball in his hands. Locksley coached with Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll when the two were at Alabama and knows his former colleague will find a way to maximize Diggs’ talent. Locksley called Diggs a great learner who understands concepts enough to be plugged in at any receiver position in order to get the football.

[CommonCents]

So that had inside knowledge about him, makes me feel even better. I loved Diggs coming out and still do. I’d probably not have liked Kirk Cousins either. 

[DJB]

Bills fans be like

 

Edited March 28, 2020 by DJB

[Hapless Bills Fan]

47 minutes ago, CommonCents said:

So that had inside knowledge about him, makes me feel even better. I loved Diggs coming out and still do. I’d probably not have liked Kirk Cousins either. 

 

I like Kirk Cousins from what I know, but he strikes me as a bit cerebral and insular - he got the Redskins to give him his own office off the locker room, ferpetesake. 

 

 

[Phil The Thrill]

1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:

This is posted in the Diggs thread but didn’t want it to get buried since it is 60+ pages. Sub required but I pulled out some excerpts. Enjoy! 
 

The Daboll/Locksley connection was one I hadn’t thought of 

 

 

 

 

 

I appreciate you positing this again.  I never would have found this on page 69 of that thread.

[YoloinOhio]

1 hour ago, Phil The Thrill said:

I appreciate you positing this again.  I never would have found this on page 69 of that thread.

Cool. It’s a fine line - obviously there is a lot of Diggs content being pumped out right now but don’t want tons of Diggs threads talking about the same thing. I agree certain articles should be highlighted. 

[transplantbillsfan]

This article really deserves to be read. Anyone who has an issue with acquiring Diggs because of his attitude should read this.

[Buffalo Barbarian]

3 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

This is posted in the Diggs thread but didn’t want it to get buried since it is 60+ pages. Sub required but I pulled out some excerpts. Enjoy! 
 

The Daboll/Locksley connection was one I hadn’t thought of 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sounds great but he better not need 15 touches a game to feel appreciated.

 

 

[QB Bills]

46 minutes ago, transplantbillsfan said:

This article really deserves to be read. Anyone who has an issue with acquiring Diggs because of his attitude should read this.

I didn't read the article, but I imagine it mirrors what's been said about all diva wide receivers at some point. "The guy only acts like a dick because he's super competitive". Blah blah blah..

 

Truth is, Diggs has been a head case on more than one occasion recently. If the Bills can control that, then I'm sure we'll all consider this a great trade. If he continues to B word and moan, giving up a first round pick for him won't be looked upon so fondly.

 

Having said that, he's a great talent and depending on Allen's progression, could catapult the offense into making the Bills a legit contender. 

Edited March 28, 2020 by QB Bills

[Mr. K]

9 minutes ago, QB Bills said:

I didn't read the article, but I imagine it mirrors what's been said about all diva wide receivers at some point. "The guy only acts like a dick because he's super competitive". Blah blah blah..

 

Truth is, Diggs has been a head case on more than one occasion recently. If the Bills can control that, then I'm sure we'll all consider this a great trade. If he continues to B word and moan, giving up a first round pick for him won't be looked upon so fondly.

 

Having said that, he's a great talent and depending on Allen's progression, could catapult the offense into making the Bills a legit contender. 

High risk high reward though. I think this year is worth taking a shot at a guy. That being said if it fails, I'd give McBeane another shot at it.

[folz]

22 minutes ago, transplantbillsfan said:

This article really deserves to be read. Anyone who has an issue with acquiring Diggs because of his attitude should read this.

 

Exactly. These coaches seem to back up what I heard at some point as to the reason why Diggs had some issues in Minnesota. It wasn't because he was a prima dona receiver, wanting the ball more to pad his own stats and get on highlight reels to stroke his own ego or get more money. It wasn't because he didn't work hard or do all of the right things. It wasn't because he had another great receiver on the other side stealing targets from him (Diggs and Thielen are tight, like brothers). What I had heard was that his relationship with Cousins soured because Diggs felt that when they got into crunch time, 3rd and 4th quarters, the game on the line, he felt Cousins would fold under the pressure and that frustrated Diggs because he is such a competitor and just wants to win all of the time (but that's what makes all of the great ones great---think of a Tom Brady or a Michael Jordan, their will to win and get better is insatiable and they won't accept less from their teammates. You may not be as good as them, but you better be at least trying as hard as they are).

 

People who worry he'll act the same way with Josh, should stop worrying. First, because Josh is so humble and so damn likable, I do not see any ego clashing between the two or personality issues. I think Josh will win him over like Josh has with everyone else (look at Josh and Shady when he was here, LeSean was seen as a bit of a prima dona, and was definitely a big name in the league...he loved Josh). And it doesn't hurt that John Brown is also a super humble guy. Secondly, because as Diggs said himself, Josh is a baller and a dog. Whatever Josh's flaws might still be, the kid is an ultimate competitor and is always trying to win. Yes, he might do something crazy, like lateralling the ball in a playoff game or hurdling a defender, but it's because he wants to will his team to victory. He'll put his body in harm's way to win. He might not be successful every time, but he never folds or quits (didn't he have the most 4th quarter comebacks of QBs last year?). I think Diggs will love that about him, so he won't be complaining (as some have surmised) if the balls aren't pinpoint accurate, etc. As long as Josh is fighting to the end, Diggs will be good. And lastly, the coach and culture. One of the quotes above was, "With Stef, the biggest thing I found is that if he trusts you and you have a real relationship with him, you won’t have issues with him." McD is all about trust, respect, and building real, family-type relationships. And so is Josh. I think Diggs is going to love it in Buffalo and the team will embrace him to the point that if any issues were ever to arise, they will talk them out and move on. 

 

I'm not worried at all about Diggs in that sense. Plus the media blows everything out of proportion. Remember before the draft, how Josh was being treated like a horrible, racist person because of some old tweet. I think we can all see how far off base that was about Josh. I think Diggs and the Bills are a perfect marriage.

 

[babulator]

3 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

I like Kirk Cousins from what I know, but he strikes me as a bit cerebral and insular - he got the Redskins to give him his own office off the locker room, ferpetesake. 

 

That's insane if true and would never happen with Coach McD. It makes perfect sense why he's perceived the way he is. Could you imagine Brady or Manning stepping out of their own office in or off the locker room. Good lord. 

[Hapless Bills Fan]

53 minutes ago, QB Bills said:

I didn't read the article, but I imagine it mirrors what's been said about all diva wide receivers at some point. "The guy only acts like a dick because he's super competitive". Blah blah blah..

 

It almost seems endemic in the top WR to be a bit of a "head case" or "Diva".

 

8 minutes ago, babulator said:

 

That's insane if true and would never happen with Coach McD. It makes perfect sense why he's perceived the way he is. Could you imagine Brady or Manning stepping out of their own office in or off the locker room. Good lord. 

 

Oh, it's true

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2017/09/06/kirk-cousins-has-a-nook-at-redskins-park-and-he-loves-it-so-much/

[Phil The Thrill]

1 minute ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

It almost seems endemic in the top WR to be a bit of a "head case".

WR’s are divas....always have been

[Beast]

1 hour ago, Phil The Thrill said:

WR’s are divas....always have been

We had two Hall of Famers that weren’t. Reed and Lofton.

[Phil The Thrill]

1 minute ago, Binghamton Beast said:

We had two Hall of Famers that weren’t. Reed and Lofton.

Lofton had a checkered past.  We’ll leave it at that.

[Beast]

2 minutes ago, Phil The Thrill said:

Lofton had a checkered past.  We’ll leave it at that.

Yeah, OK. If you say so.

[Phil The Thrill]

5 minutes ago, Binghamton Beast said:

Yeah, OK. If you say so.

Um... check “Personal Life” section.  He was older, wiser (and probably humbled) by the time he came to Buffalo.  But he had his off the field moments early in his career

[Beast]

10 minutes ago, Phil The Thrill said:

Um... check “Personal Life” section.  He was older, wiser (and probably humbled) by the time he came to Buffalo.  But he had his off the field moments early in his career

How about concerning football? If you can bring up an incident where Lofton put himself in front of his team I’d be shocked.

[Chandler#81]

4 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

Cool. It’s a fine line - obviously there is a lot of Diggs content being pumped out right now but don’t want tons of Diggs threads talking about the same thing. I agree certain articles should be highlighted. 

Neither do we.??

[2003Contenders]

31 minutes ago, Phil The Thrill said:

Lofton had a checkered past.  We’ll leave it at that.

Yep. And I love Andre but he could be a bit of a diva at times too.

[Chandler#81]

57 minutes ago, Phil The Thrill said:

Lofton had a checkered past.  We’ll leave it at that.

Does it need be said then, trouble-maker?

[Hapless Bills Fan]

56 minutes ago, Binghamton Beast said:

We had two Hall of Famers that weren’t. Reed and Lofton.

 

Lofton for reals had a past.
 

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/19/sports/pro-football-the-decline-and-return-of-james-lofton.html

 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-12-19-8604040767-story.html

There was talk at the time that there had been other incidents which were hushed up

 

 

[Mr. WEO]

2 hours ago, folz said:

 

 

 

I'm not worried at all about Diggs in that sense. Plus the media blows everything out of proportion. Remember before the draft, how Josh was being treated like a horrible, racist person because of some old tweet. I think we can all see how far off base that was about Josh. I think Diggs and the Bills are a perfect marriage.

 

 

 

What did they blow out of proportion?  The guy made his thoughts clear, blew off practices and meetings for which he paid $200,000, he tantrumed on the sideline to his OC during an early season game, he threw his helmet at the sideline after no targets in the 1st half of a playoff game.

 

What were you referring to?

 

 

[ndirish1978]

3 hours ago, QB Bills said:

I didn't read the article, but I imagine it mirrors what's been said about all diva wide receivers at some point. "The guy only acts like a dick because he's super competitive". Blah blah blah..

 

Truth is, Diggs has been a head case on more than one occasion recently. If the Bills can control that, then I'm sure we'll all consider this a great trade. If he continues to B word and moan, giving up a first round pick for him won't be looked upon so fondly.

 

Having said that, he's a great talent and depending on Allen's progression, could catapult the offense into making the Bills a legit contender. 

 

If you didn't read it then don't comment.

[QB Bills]

8 minutes ago, ndirish1978 said:

 

If you didn't read it then don't comment.

But I already did. You actually read my comment and replied to it too.

 

This rule of yours should have been declared at the outset so the rest of us plebs could have known how to best act. 

[Beast]

37 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Lofton for reals had a past.
 

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/19/sports/pro-football-the-decline-and-return-of-james-lofton.html

 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-12-19-8604040767-story.html

There was talk at the time that there had been other incidents which were hushed up

 

 

So, he was charged and acquitted of a crime. He was cut because it was a different day and he played in a tiny community. 

 

I’m not sure how that equals “Diva”, though we may have a different idea as to what that term means?

Lofton always seemed to me like a complete team player.
 

[JOE IN HAMPTON ROADS]

Maybe the Diggs rumors came from the same place as Allen's ill-advised tweets?

 

I see a pattern ... 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

8 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

 

sounds great but he better not need 15 touches a game to feel appreciated.

 

 

As a fan I would appreciate him getting 15 touches per game 

[MJS]

11 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

I like Kirk Cousins from what I know, but he strikes me as a bit cerebral and insular - he got the Redskins to give him his own office off the locker room, ferpetesake. 

 

Wow, I didn't know that.

39 minutes ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

As a fan I would appreciate him getting 15 touches per game 

Yes, and variety is key. A tap pass or two, a couple screens, a couple deep passes, and the rest in the short to intermediate range. Don't just have him run deep every play.

[Buffalo Barbarian]

3 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

As a fan I would appreciate him getting 15 touches per game 

 

Teams would lock him down which would open other guys up, who hopefully capitalize, but does he grow frustrated with a lack of production and then blame Allen or offense for his failure??

 

 

[folz]

6 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

What did they blow out of proportion?  The guy made his thoughts clear, blew off practices and meetings for which he paid $200,000, he tantrumed on the sideline to his OC during an early season game, he threw his helmet at the sideline after no targets in the 1st half of a playoff game.

 

What were you referring to?

 

 

 

I'm not saying they misrepresented what he did at the time that it happened. It was more about them representing him as a prima dona, diva, me first player at the time of the trade. Every article I read threw in a caveat like "if the Bills can keep him happy" "if Diggs doesn't act up, play the diva, not buy in, get frustrated with Josh Allen's inaccuracies," etc., etc.

 

Was he frustrated and did he want out of Minnesota? Yes. Did he maybe handle the situation poorly last September? Yes. But I just believe the frustrations came from wanting to win, not because he is a selfish, prima dona receiver who is always acting up. He was not alone in his frustrations. At the time, in the same game that Diggs got frustrated and then followed it up by missing those meetings/practices (a 16-6 loss to the Bears in week 4), Thielen was also visibly upset on the field and later called Cousins out in the media. And three of the four Diggs incidents you mentioned all happened during and after this game (over a 4-day period). And then, even though everyone knew he wasn't happy in Minnesota, he was a quiet and good soldier the rest of the season (until throwing his helmet in the playoff game---but is that so unforgivable?) and he produced for them all year. In his 5 years in the league, he didn't have any other issues, was a hard worker, a good locker room and team guy. I just don't think that it is any type of chronic diva behavior that he will bring to the Bills.

 

So, what happened last year? Was it just a me-first receiver wanting the ball more because he's a diva? Or was it something bigger?

 

Well, in 2018, Diggs and Thielen averaged 9.3 and 9.56 targets a game, respectively, and had 1,021 and 1,373 yards on the season. Then... 

 

           "Zimmer overhauled Minnesota’s offense this year (2019) to focus on the running game, bringing in zone-blocking wizard Gary Kubiak as an adviser

            and installing a game plan that calls for passing as infrequently as possible. They are executing that plan. The Vikings are attempting the fewest

            passes per game in the league (24.75), are the only squad that has thrown fewer than 100 passes in four games, and are one of two teams with

            more run attempts than pass attempts. On the passes Cousins is throwing, he isn’t providing much value. He’s 32nd of 33 qualifying quarterbacks

            in ESPN’s total quarterback rating, essentially tied with the Jets’ Luke Falk."

https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2019/10/3/20897444/minnesota-vikings-stefon-diggs-trade-rumors-kirk-cousins-adam-thielen

 

Also from that article,

 

         "Cousins is the least aggressive quarterback in the league with just 8.1 percent of his passes going into tight windows (defined as a defender being

          within 1 yard of the receiver when the ball arrives)...So not only are the Vikings not passing often, but Cousins isn’t trusting Thielen and Diggs to come

          down with the ball like the offense did with Keenum and Shurmur."

 

         "Minnesota’s run-focused game plan is curious considering the team gave Cousins an unprecedented fully guaranteed three-year, $84 million contract

          and signed Diggs, Thielen, and tight end Kyle Rudolph to healthy extensions in the past 18 months. Minnesota is one of 11 teams that spends over 10

          percent of its salary cap on receivers and is spending the second-highest percentage of its cap at quarterback in 2019. The Vikings’ front-office plan

          and their on-field strategy are akin to two halves of a brain that cannot speak to each other. Making matters worse is that Cousins has failed to deliver

         in the handful of moments he’s been asked to."

 

          Referring to that Bears game: "Midway through the third quarter of Sunday’s game, Diggs and receiver Adam Thielen had fewer combined targets than

          fullback C.J. Ham."

 

         “Everybody’s frustrated right now,” Zimmer said this week when asked about Diggs and Thielen. “When you lose and you don’t play well enough to win,

          everybody’s  frustrated. Wasn’t just those two guys.”

 

To me, it was an entire team philosophy issue and not just with Diggs. It wasn't Stefon just saying I want more balls so I can be on more highlights. Diggs and Thielen were the strength of that team and they weren't using them at all and in the process losing to the Bears 16-6. He wasn't saying give me the ball, he was saying we need to use our passing game to win. And it was the one and only time in his career that he did something like that. It wasn't consistent behavior.

 

I'll end this extremely long post with a quote from a different article that is a really good read on the topic and very fair (as far as looking at both sides of the issue).

 

         "Diggs had never been given any type of lazy label like “diva,” nor had he been a “culture” problem until Week 4’s 16-6 loss to the Bears in which the

         offense was abysmal and the Vikings lost to Chase Daniel. Losing that game was peak frustration, even though he’s put up impressive numbers that

          day (seven catches for 108 yards)."

 

         "Now Diggs will have to deal with the diva label and the notion that he’s bad for his new team’s culture. Labels are lazy. "

 

https://www.skornorth.com/vikings-2/2020/03/what-happened-between-the-vikings-and-stefon-diggs/

 

[Mr. WEO]

5 hours ago, folz said:

 

I'm not saying they misrepresented what he did at the time that it happened. It was more about them representing him as a prima dona, diva, me first player at the time of the trade. Every article I read threw in a caveat like "if the Bills can keep him happy" "if Diggs doesn't act up, play the diva, not buy in, get frustrated with Josh Allen's inaccuracies," etc., etc.

 

Was he frustrated and did he want out of Minnesota? Yes. Did he maybe handle the situation poorly last September? Yes. But I just believe the frustrations came from wanting to win, not because he is a selfish, prima dona receiver who is always acting up. He was not alone in his frustrations. At the time, in the same game that Diggs got frustrated and then followed it up by missing those meetings/practices (a 16-6 loss to the Bears in week 4), Thielen was also visibly upset on the field and later called Cousins out in the media. And three of the four Diggs incidents you mentioned all happened during and after this game (over a 4-day period). And then, even though everyone knew he wasn't happy in Minnesota, he was a quiet and good soldier the rest of the season (until throwing his helmet in the playoff game---but is that so unforgivable?) and he produced for them all year. In his 5 years in the league, he didn't have any other issues, was a hard worker, a good locker room and team guy. I just don't think that it is any type of chronic diva behavior that he will bring to the Bills.

 

So, what happened last year? Was it just a me-first receiver wanting the ball more because he's a diva? Or was it something bigger?

 

Well, in 2018, Diggs and Thielen averaged 9.3 and 9.56 targets a game, respectively, and had 1,021 and 1,373 yards on the season. Then... 

 

           "Zimmer overhauled Minnesota’s offense this year (2019) to focus on the running game, bringing in zone-blocking wizard Gary Kubiak as an adviser

            and installing a game plan that calls for passing as infrequently as possible. They are executing that plan. The Vikings are attempting the fewest

            passes per game in the league (24.75), are the only squad that has thrown fewer than 100 passes in four games, and are one of two teams with

            more run attempts than pass attempts. On the passes Cousins is throwing, he isn’t providing much value. He’s 32nd of 33 qualifying quarterbacks

            in ESPN’s total quarterback rating, essentially tied with the Jets’ Luke Falk."

https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2019/10/3/20897444/minnesota-vikings-stefon-diggs-trade-rumors-kirk-cousins-adam-thielen

 

Also from that article,

 

         "Cousins is the least aggressive quarterback in the league with just 8.1 percent of his passes going into tight windows (defined as a defender being

          within 1 yard of the receiver when the ball arrives)...So not only are the Vikings not passing often, but Cousins isn’t trusting Thielen and Diggs to come

          down with the ball like the offense did with Keenum and Shurmur."

 

         "Minnesota’s run-focused game plan is curious considering the team gave Cousins an unprecedented fully guaranteed three-year, $84 million contract

          and signed Diggs, Thielen, and tight end Kyle Rudolph to healthy extensions in the past 18 months. Minnesota is one of 11 teams that spends over 10

          percent of its salary cap on receivers and is spending the second-highest percentage of its cap at quarterback in 2019. The Vikings’ front-office plan

          and their on-field strategy are akin to two halves of a brain that cannot speak to each other. Making matters worse is that Cousins has failed to deliver

         in the handful of moments he’s been asked to."

 

          Referring to that Bears game: "Midway through the third quarter of Sunday’s game, Diggs and receiver Adam Thielen had fewer combined targets than

          fullback C.J. Ham."

 

         “Everybody’s frustrated right now,” Zimmer said this week when asked about Diggs and Thielen. “When you lose and you don’t play well enough to win,

          everybody’s  frustrated. Wasn’t just those two guys.”

 

To me, it was an entire team philosophy issue and not just with Diggs. It wasn't Stefon just saying I want more balls so I can be on more highlights. Diggs and Thielen were the strength of that team and they weren't using them at all and in the process losing to the Bears 16-6. He wasn't saying give me the ball, he was saying we need to use our passing game to win. And it was the one and only time in his career that he did something like that. It wasn't consistent behavior.

 

I'll end this extremely long post with a quote from a different article that is a really good read on the topic and very fair (as far as looking at both sides of the issue).

 

         "Diggs had never been given any type of lazy label like “diva,” nor had he been a “culture” problem until Week 4’s 16-6 loss to the Bears in which the

         offense was abysmal and the Vikings lost to Chase Daniel. Losing that game was peak frustration, even though he’s put up impressive numbers that

          day (seven catches for 108 yards)."

 

         "Now Diggs will have to deal with the diva label and the notion that he’s bad for his new team’s culture. Labels are lazy. "

 

https://www.skornorth.com/vikings-2/2020/03/what-happened-between-the-vikings-and-stefon-diggs/

 

 

 

Look, every player wants to win.  The problems with Cousins's performance in the beginning of the season are well documented.

 

But, as frustrated as all of the Vikings were, how many skipped meetings and practices because of their "frustration"?  How many were fined $200,000 for their "desire to win"?  How many Bills acted out this way at any point in the season when the offense regularly struggled to score points (same scenario as in Minny)?

 

Diggs acted out when things were bad in the beginning of the season when Vikes were struggling.....and at the end of the season during a playoff game (which they won).

 

So, yes, it is yet to be seen "if the Bills can keep him happy"---it says so in the quotes by others in the article YOLO posted at the top of the thread.  How many other Bills players does the coaching staff have to be sure they "earn" their trust?  Did the Bills have to earn the trust of Cole Beasely?  Brown? 

 

All people commenting on Diggs, even i support, suggest he needs some sort of special handling....because his actions have made it clear he does.  He created all of this.  The press is simply reporting the obvious.

[Hebert19]

I think he will bond with allen very well because they are both alpha dogs that will do anything to win.  Cousins will check down when they need 10 yards and that's what diggs will appreciate the most about allen...he will run for 10 yards.  Throw it past the sticks and will do whatever it takes to win.  I'm excited to see these 2 fire up the O this year.  

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

8 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

 

Teams would lock him down which would open other guys up, who hopefully capitalize, but does he grow frustrated with a lack of production and then blame Allen or offense for his failure??

 

 

Watch him play. He’s not going to be locked down very easily. He is super versatile can separate anywhere on the route tree.
 

he can beat you deep, Make contested deep catches, win slants, generate RAC from bubbles,  jet sweeps.

 

he is one of if not the most complete wr in the game right now imo. 

11 hours ago, MJS said:

 

Wow, I didn't know that.

Yes, and variety is key. A tap pass or two, a couple screens, a couple deep passes, and the rest in the short to intermediate range. Don't just have him run deep every play.

he can do it all. 

[Alphadawg7]

21 hours ago, QB Bills said:

I didn't read the article, but I imagine it mirrors what's been said about all diva wide receivers at some point. "The guy only acts like a dick because he's super competitive". Blah blah blah..

 

Truth is, Diggs has been a head case on more than one occasion recently. If the Bills can control that, then I'm sure we'll all consider this a great trade. If he continues to B word and moan, giving up a first round pick for him won't be looked upon so fondly.

 

Having said that, he's a great talent and depending on Allen's progression, could catapult the offense into making the Bills a legit contender. 

☝️☝️☝️ This is such a gross exaggeration of the “issues” with Diggs.  Where do you guys come up with such an extreme description of “issues”?  I mean he went out and played to a high level all year.  He carried the offense when Theilen got hurt for a chunk of the season.  He had been no where near the level of a “problem” some posters here keep making him out to be.

 

What I fear is going to happen, is that every word, gesture, etc this guy does as a Bill is going to be so grossly over scrutinized so some people can point at him and say “See, told you he’s a problem and it was dumb to trade a first for him”.  
 

Diggs is a stud.  He’s gonna be a stud here.  This is a great trade for both him and us.  We needed badly a player with the same level of fire and competitiveness that Josh has.  These two are going to be great together.  

[Logic]

17 hours ago, QB Bills said:

But I already did. You actually read my comment and replied to it too.

 

This rule of yours should have been declared at the outset so the rest of us plebs could have known how to best act. 

 

Completely ignoring the substance of a post, then insisting on injecting your sage wisdom on the subject anyway.

 

Very “2020 American” of you.

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

On 3/28/2020 at 10:36 AM, YoloinOhio said:

“You want that guy”

 

 

[ColoradoBills]

I didn't lose any sleep of the "Ed Oliver is problem child" comments and I'm not losing any sleep over Diggs.

 

I'll leave this in McDermott's hands.

[MJS]

9 hours ago, Alphadawg7 said:

☝️☝️☝️ This is such a gross exaggeration of the “issues” with Diggs.  Where do you guys come up with such an extreme description of “issues”?  I mean he went out and played to a high level all year.  He carried the offense when Theilen got hurt for a chunk of the season.  He had been no where near the level of a “problem” some posters here keep making him out to be.

 

What I fear is going to happen, is that every word, gesture, etc this guy does as a Bill is going to be so grossly over scrutinized so some people can point at him and say “See, told you he’s a problem and it was dumb to trade a first for him”.  
 

Diggs is a stud.  He’s gonna be a stud here.  This is a great trade for both him and us.  We needed badly a player with the same level of fire and competitiveness that Josh has.  These two are going to be great together.  

Yeah, Diggs basically did nothing besides miss a couple practices and NOT deny to the media that he asked for a trade. He's like a freakin angel compared to many other diva WR's (all of whom fans have been clamoring to trade for).