What's up with Diggs and his mouthpiece?

[Dan Darragh]

He never seems to have it in his mouth. 

 

[WyoAZBillfan]

[Draconator]

I was thinking the same thing. Never used his mouthguard. Yet he flosses on the sideline...

[Dan Darragh]

1 minute ago, Draconator said:

I was thinking the same thing. Never used his mouthguard. Yet he flosses on the sideline...

Yes he does.

[The Frankish Reich]

Nice set of choppers too!

[Jerome007]

I thought it was mandatory. It obviously isn't. 

[Airseven]

1 hour ago, Jerome007 said:

I thought it was mandatory. It obviously isn't. 

 

It's "mandatory."

[RobbRiddick]

He only wears it between plays to stop himself trash talking DBs

[phypon]

I've always questioned the way he ties his shoes.  Seems like he uses the thumb method rather than the double loop method.  Could be slowing him down a bit.

[Brueggs]

I was thinking the same thing.  Being that he never uses it, it seems like it would be a distraction.  Maybe its to get into the psyche of the DBs.

[bmur66]

He should get one like Singletarys

[YoloinOhio]

I hate that it’s yellow and always hanging out. Makes me see mythical flags.

[3rdand12]

3 hours ago, bmur66 said:

He should get one like Singletarys

 

I had to look at that one a few times and kept cracking up

[KDIGGZ]

Not only does it protect your teeth but it helps prevent concussions too. He already bit his tongue once. I can't imagine not using it

[Toyo321]

 

 

He won't use his because it has no Bling!!!

Edited November 16, 2022 by Toyo321

[Dan Darragh]

12 hours ago, Airseven said:

 

It's "mandatory."

Once in high school we did a surprise punt on third down from our own end zone.  It rolled about 70 yards.  Then it got called back because they flagged the kid who kicked it for not having his mouthguard in. 

[BuffaloBillies]

It has always bugged me too. Lots of guys around the league do it too. Would distract me. I do know from my glorious playing days that as the game goes on it's harder and harder to breathe with it in. Since WRs are running so much every play, probably need unobstructed air flow. Maybe it's mandatory in NFL to HAVE a mouthpiece out there, but not mandatory to actually use it?

[DrDawkinstein]

It worries me all the time. It's the main preventative players have against concussions. Every time I see him make a catch over the middle and about to get hit without his mouth guard in I cringe and hold my breath.

[The Wiz]

16 hours ago, Brueggs said:

I was thinking the same thing.  Being that he never uses it, it seems like it would be a distraction.  Maybe its to get into the psyche of the DBs.

That's what I was thinking.   Make it look like he's not in on the play because he doesn't have his mouth guard in so they play softer. 

[zow2]

I don't care if Diggs bites his tongue off after a jarring hit.  Just make the catch...which he almost always does.  

He obviously knows the perils of not having the mouthguard in properly.

[nedboy7]

I think once we fire the coaching staff next week this is one of the first thing that needs to be addressed. 

[ChasBB]

Not sure if it was Diggs or another player, but I recall a guy actually removing mouth piece when approaching line scrimmage instead of not just using it at all - odd.

[Hawaii50]

I think Diggs uses it to hypnotise dbs, also Allen didn't seem to be wearing one last game either.

[Boris12]

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

[EmotionallyUnstable]

On 11/15/2022 at 8:12 PM, YoloinOhio said:

I hate that it’s yellow and always hanging out. Makes me see mythical flags.

Like those deem hideous chiefs cleats some where. Ban them!

21 hours ago, The Wiz said:

That's what I was thinking.   Make it look like he's not in on the play because he doesn't have his mouth guard in so they play softer. 

Every play?! 

[The Wiz]

1 hour ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

Every play?! 

I mean, it wouldn't be much of a psyche out if he didn't do it every play.  Imagine he only wore it correctly when it was a running play.  Would be a pretty big tell what our offense was doing.

[Jerome007]

On 11/15/2022 at 4:42 PM, Airseven said:

 

It's "mandatory."

Well it seems it's mandatory to have it on you, but obviously not to use it as he would gotten flags by now!

[Nextmanup]

On 11/15/2022 at 8:51 PM, KDIGGZ said:

Not only does it protect your teeth but it helps prevent concussions too. He already bit his tongue once. I can't imagine not using it

There was a play in our game last week where Cousins scrambled and then took off trying to make it to the end zone.

 

The replay showed his face up close and he clearly did NOT have any kind of mouthpiece in, and you could see him rolling his tongue inside his mouth and kind of biting on it, like an old bad habit someone would do when they are concentrating or something like that.

He's lucky he didn't bite his tongue off.  Michael Jordan used to do similar stuff all the time, but he didn't play football.

 

These guys should all wear those mouth guards.