Diggs' Drama

[BuffaloBillyG]

33 minutes ago, HOUSE said:

Diggs is ranked #15 in receptions, a guy that knows something should be playing elsewhere 

Sure he's #15 in receptions, but he's currently leading the league in expectant baby mommas.

[SoonerBillsFan]

46 minutes ago, streetkings01 said:

I know we’re supposed to hate how Diggs forced his way out of Buffalo, but looking at this season, you have to wonder if he saw this coming. The Super Bowl window feels like it’s closing, and outside of relying on Josh Allen to keep it open, there hasn’t been much done to support him.

 

Injuries are part of it, but the bigger issue is balance — the offense can’t find rhythm in the passing game, the defense can’t stop the run, and the depth just isn’t holding up. It’s been a frustrating year all around.

Yes.

[streetkings01]

20 minutes ago, PatsFanNH said:

You have an MVP and Elite QB you never rebuild with those you restock.. there is zero reason the Bills need to rebuild with Allen ever.  Indy didn’t with Manning, Steelers didn’t with Big Ben, Heck the chiefs haven’t with Mahomes.. 

Those team were put together a lot better than the Bills currently are.

 

Indy kept offensive weapons around Manning. Steelers consistently kept offensive talent around Big Ben and the same for Mahomes…..Chiefs have drafted recievers early the past few seasons.

[MJS]

33 minutes ago, PatsFanNH said:

They said the same thing about the Pats WR room for years.. can’t get separation, don’t run good routes etc.. in the beginning of the year they were still harping on how weak our WR room was.. so what changed? Yes Maye playing at an elite level, but IMO it’s the OC running plays to get people open. I don’t get to see a lot of Bills games but from what I hear here that’s the biggest issue is there is no separation by your receivers.. is it an OC thing? Because I’d think with Cook PA should be deadly for the bills! 

Josh isn't playing particularly well right now. That's a big problem. But I think the offensive coordinator is a big part of the problem as well.

[LarryMadman]

Diggs is for sure an ass and a very feisty competative dude that wants to win really bad. I don't think he's as dumb as people think and seen no Super Bowl going forward with this coach and GM therefor forced his way out, I think he was right about his vision going forward and so far has been proven right.  My opinion of course.

[Mark Vader]

47 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

Nope. Guy is a complete narcissist and head case.

 

He will start throwing tantrums if New England starts to struggle

We want that to happen, don't we?

[Billz4ever]

53 minutes ago, streetkings01 said:

I know we’re supposed to hate how Diggs forced his way out of Buffalo, but looking at this season, you have to wonder if he saw this coming. The Super Bowl window feels like it’s closing, and outside of relying on Josh Allen to keep it open, there hasn’t been much done to support him.

 

Injuries are part of it, but the bigger issue is balance — the offense can’t find rhythm in the passing game, the defense can’t stop the run, and the depth just isn’t holding up. It’s been a frustrating year all around.

 

Saw this coming?  The Bills were in the AFCCG the year after he left, lol.

[CirclnWagons]

Diggs is a phenomenal athlete but didn’t seem to be a good fit in the bills locker room. Even with josh forcing awkward throws through coverage to him, he still wasn’t satisfied with his targets. Having said that, Brady couldn’t scheme Jerry Rice open so maybe that why Beane refuses to bring anyone else in. You had Jim come in and make the K-gun offense famous and now you have Beane and Brady making the coverage sack offense famous 

[zow2]

Josh with the blank stare on the sidelines may have something to do with his lack of chemistry with the receivers especially Keon.   Josh does not appear to be a confrontational guy so maybe it just eats him up inside.  When Diggs was on the "outs" that final season, Josh had the same blank look at times.  I feel like Diggs' intensity and being a vocal guy may have thrown Josh off his game a bit.  Now we see it again this year.

[BuffaloBillyG]

18 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said:

3 one hundred yard games in 9 playoff games with the Bills.  Diggs loved yelling at people on the sidelines for what he thought they should be doing, meanwhile he wasnt doing what he should've been doing.  Clean your own house before you tell someone how dirty theirs is.    My lasting memory of Diggs is him dodging the media when he was dropping passes and not showing up against KC.     Being loud doesnt make you a leader.   

Well how the blue hell is he supposed to catch passes if he's got to do cheerleading duties and let everyone else know what they are doing wrong. He's just one person. There's only so much those pink rocks can do to give someone enough energy.

16 minutes ago, Livinginthepast said:

Diggs has a huge ego but trading him was a mistake because they brought nobody in to fill the void. In the end we are a lesser team with him not being here and his type of passion seems to be lacking in the current squad. I think 100% of Bills fans would take a SB with a sometimes divisive dick in the locker room than losing to the Chiefs with a team of nice guys. In addition as much of pain in the ass that he might be, he hardly is at the level of a Ray Lewis, Kareem Hunt or Tyreek who are at a different level of off the field infamy.

I really feel that Diggs left them little choice but to trade him. That wasn't the mistake part. I think they actually did well getting back what they did for him. The mistake was the plan to replace him. To compound the issue even more, the Bills let Davis walk at the same time losing their too 2 WRs. And I don't blame them for that because of what the Jags offered him. Of course, Allen went on to win an MVP, but the team results were about the same. 

 

They tried the everybody eats approach and to their credit it worked for a bit. And it CAN work as a situational gameplan...not a weekly one IMO. But it's far past the time to bring in some real talent at the WR position and stop doing things so difficult.

[Billsfed1]

I’d take Hollins over Diggs right now.  What we lack at the moment is a team player.  A guy that puts the team before himself.

 

Hollins was exceptional at running very convincing clear out routes that the defense bought and it opened guys underneath.  We don’t have that right now but there is potential for Shavers/Davis to step into that role.

 

One other notable (perhaps unrelated bit) Josh said in a presser that Hamler was his most favorite teammate ever, a guy that didn’t even make the team (but probably should have).  

 

What did Hamler do to make such an impression in such a short amount of time?

[Paup 1995MVP]

31 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:

Diggs is ...

 

A very good WR

A player who wants to win

A player who lets his emotions get to him

 

Diggs > Sanders, Palmer and Moore put together ... Coleman doesn't seem to GAF.

 

While he was here I think he had issues with Brady, McDermott and at times Josh.

 

He played great for us and would still be our #1 WR, I'd root him on if he wasn't a patriot.

I think he realized what most of us have sadly come to realize.  That McDermott is a marginal coach.  And Beane was lousy bringing in the pieces needed to be a championship team.  
 

And probably realized that Josh while an extraordinary talent, was never getting the team to the Super Bowl with the rest of the organization being so mediocre.  

[Simon]

51 minutes ago, uticaclub said:

In “No Show In The Snow,” he was the only one running up and down the sidelines, shouting and yelling,

 

Ahh yes, a sure sign of an awesome player and leader. 

Perhaps he should have spent more time running up and down the actual field and he may have contributed more than 30 yrds receiving.

[Gunsgoodtime]

25 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Sure he's #15 in receptions, but he's currently leading the league in expectant baby mommas.

Good thing Travis Henry retired

[The Firebaugh Kid]

I highly doubt he was clairvoyant enough to predict that buffalo might struggle with injuries in 2025. 

[Buffalo Boy]

57 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

Nope. Guy is a complete narcissist and head case.

 

He will start throwing tantrums if New England starts to struggle

Two things can be true at the same time:

He was whatever pejorative epithet you want so throw at him

And

He was a great receiver. 
He may very well have gotten the measure of McD early and come to realize McD didn’t have “It”

Put him on this team now and he is our best receiver.

[Psautcsk]

12 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:

We want that to happen, don't we?

How much will Diggs be in Josh's head next time they 

play?

1 minute ago, Buffalo Boy said:

Two things can be true at the same time:

He was whatever pejorative epithet you want so throw at him

And

He was a great receiver. 
He may very well have gotten the measure of McD early and come to realize McD didn’t have “It”

Put him on this team now and he is our best receiver.

Mack Hollins would be our best receiver as well right now.

[Psautcsk]

16 minutes ago, Billsfed1 said:

I’d take Hollins over Diggs right now.  What we lack at the moment is a team player.  A guy that puts the team before himself.

 

Hollins was exceptional at running very convincing clear out routes that the defense bought and it opened guys underneath.  We don’t have that right now but there is potential for Shavers/Davis to step into that role.

 

One other notable (perhaps unrelated bit) Josh said in a presser that Hamler was his most favorite teammate ever, a guy that didn’t even make the team (but probably should have).  

 

What did Hamler do to make such an impression in such a short amount of time?

He was fast.

[PonyBoy]

53 minutes ago, streetkings01 said:

No I think he seen how the team was regressing. Remember he was frustrated in the offseason going into 2023 and we were at one point 6-6 during that season. Last season was supposed to be a minor reset year but we overachieved honestly…..right now we’re looking like a team facing a rebuild.

 

I honestly don't think he was or is that smart.

[boyst]

1 hour ago, BillsFan130 said:

Nope. Guy is a complete narcissist and head case.

 

He will start throwing tantrums if New England starts to struggle

I'd take a narcissist winner over a jolly happy dancing clown any day. 

 

You will throw a tantrum when his teammates let him down. At the same time he's going to push everyone around him. He's going to be a fire under everyone's ass and hold them accountable 

 

There isn't anybody on this team to do that 

 

Yeah we saw him getting Josh's face and argue but we also saw him there to talk him up, praise him, encourage him when he fell down too. 

 

The hate on Stefan Diggs has an NFL player is ridiculous. As a person yeah, it could make some sense to ridicule him but he's an NFL player in our world and that's all he is because we don't know him.