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Josh Allen reportedly ‘snapped’ at Stefon Diggs after loss to Jets | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC
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Simms tried to tell him (Florio) that I'm sure Allen did confront Diggs because that stuff happens in locker rooms all the time (Chris has been in one as a player so he would know) and Florio just wouldn't budge on his "theories" that this separation is all because Allen never spoke up, throwing a hissy fit to get his point across. Man Florio is so stubborn. Happy Chris never backs down from any of it.
Yep, it's nice to see Chris being proven right.
Yuppp whne he called florio a baby😂. Simms was right and florio was being a baby. Happy florio can see the full picture that diggs is a diva
"Simms tried to tell her (Florio)..." Fixed it for ya buddy
IF Florio was less of a "hissy sissy" and had actually played a contact sport at some point in life (even high school), he would have known the truth of which Simms spoke :)
Florio is obnoxious
I love Diggs, I gave him a pass for his behavior during the Bengals playoff game. However, he dropped that great Allen pass vs KC and his reaction to the dropped pass was over for me. I wish Diggs the best, he is a great player but it was best for Bills and Diggs to move on. Looking forward to the Draft.
Took Allen like 4 years to target the guy in a game winning moment in the playoffs (when allegedly Diggs was brought in to "get them over the hump"), no wonder he dropped it, probly so shocked it was actually there for once.
but hey, I'm a Pats fan so i want the bills to suck.
@@peterjacoby8019Diggs was targeted 8 times in the KC playoff game (3 for 21) 160 times throughout the year. There should be no complaints about targets.
@@peterjacoby8019 The last part might be correct but the conclusion isn't. You should have said "but hey, I'm a Pats fan so i want to spill nonsense about the bills".
@@peterjacoby8019 what a mis informed statement.
You’re mad at him because he didn’t pout enough? He didn’t seem upset enough for you? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds?
Bills fans are less concerned than the national media…we were sick of Diggs long before the trade
Oh yes Vikings fans told you guys:D
Preach!
@@opvikes7599yes-fair enough. You guys did warn us. We should have listened…
@@chetjablonski1993 It is a damn shame he's such a diva. Talented but a head ache. Good luck Texans.
But you can’t win without Diggs.
If it's true i'm happy he finally stood up for himself
It is true…Florio explained why it’s coming out now
@@corylongville1492 I would have been hands on with diggs.
Tbf, the game in question (week 1) Allen absolutely shit the bed.
Standing up to someone after 3 interceptions & 2 fumbles is not the time to make a point 😂. It’s okay to be called out if you play bad? Or are you pro participation medal?
@@thakingofdetroit That he did. That was as bad as a game that he has played.
I never realized Stef had such gentle feelings.
Have you seen some of his outfits?
@@cabalogia I have. They’re pretty terrible
@@PhyuckYu619 Yep, for a coat with leather pants
I never realized how much Allen needs to be pampered after he plays lousy losing a game they should have won. I can't believe he isn't held accountable. No wonder the Bills bow out early in the playoffs every year. That's what happens when you behave like losers.
I feel like Simms patience with Florio is thinning. He wants to talk football, not these constant conspiracies and what ifs. Look at his face during the first few minutes when Florio is just trashing the Bills beat writer, he wants to be elsewhere.
When Florio puts his lawyer hat on and speculates, it puts Simms in a bad position. Simms is connected to staff and players, which gets info for this show. He can't be trashing reps, based on assumptions. In an earlier show, Florio speculated incorrectly that Allen wasn't pushing back against Diggs, and it crossed a line with Simms, who claimed Florio couldn't know and was probably incorrect. I sometimes think Florio agitates for entertainment value, but he needs Chris more than Chris needs him.
💯 Simms is starting to carry this show… Florio should stick to jokes about his cheap toupee 😆
100% Florio is also impossible to convince of anything otherwise once he has his reasoning in place for his latest conspiracy.
He’s not running out of it. He’s such a Josh Allen fanboy that any slight criticism is attacking Chris by heart
lol it’s the off season bud there isn’t football to talk about. It’s drama season
Diggs is pretty blessed though going from Cousins to Allen to now Stroud. He’s never had to play with a bad QB. If he can’t get along with Stroud he can’t get along with any QB.
if DIggs wasn't happy in Buffalo as the unquestioned #1 guy getting around 160 targets per year, then how in the world is he gonna be "happy" watching Nico Collins and Tank Dell make plays left and right? His targets aren't going UP in Houston, if anything they will be noticeably DOWN
it will probably be no time before Diggs is throwing tantrums in Houston, shaking his head while Tank Dell takes one downfield, throwing his arms up because he thought he was open but Collins got the ball instead, going to the sidelines and yelling at teammates/coaches etc..... it's wildly exhausting to be around people like that
@@mattcarberry368you’re probably right. I think the Texans are hoping that Diggs was upset with Allen’s turnovers, so they’re hoping he won’t be as upset with Stroud who doesn’t turn the ball over as much.
Low key Diggs is really just following Case Keenum around lol
. Josh scored 50 TD last year. If Diggs wasn't dropping every other pass how many more TD does Allen have?
@@mattcarberry368 Diggs wasn't happy in Buffalo because it doesn't have any legit stripper bars.
Can the Texans get a Hard Knock this year that would be amazing!!!!
You can’t, you made the playoffs last year.
Diggs is being exposed as being a huge pos and horrible teammate lol, it its no suprise he constantly stirred up unnecessary drama like a jealous schoolgirl
he made josh allen lmao
I havent seen a single teammate say anything negative about Diggs.Only bs reports being put out by the team via their buddies in the media
@@jaysonsmith7264 not true at all
@@BrockLeeCSGOwhat did Allen do before diggs
@@jaysonsmith7264 Josh got him All Pro and Pro Bowls, Minnesota didn't. They were good for each other but Diggs in the end was the POS. More people side with Allen than Diggs, believe me.
Josh Allen melted down that game with 3 picks. Zero intangibles.
And a fumble
Yep, Allen just doesn't have "it" when it matters most it seems
lol, a regular season game against the jets is not a moment that matters the most
@@monitawhite4932
It matters for seeding purposes. You have to win the games you are supposed to win. And that wasn’t the only game like that. He played like trash against the Giants, Patriots, Bengals and against the Broncos he was even worse than he was in the Jets game.
He played just as poorly against Miami in the wildcard in 2022 but was saved by the defense… only to choke again the following week against the Bengals.
Same thing in 2020 when the defense saved him in the divisional round against the Ravens… only for him to crap the bed again in the afc championship.
Dude has literally been coasting on the glory of that “21 playoff run against NE that ending in the infamous 13 seconds game against KC. He was virtually perfect those two games. But he’s been average to downright trash in most of the other playoff games he’s been in.
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Im sure steff was like why the hell are you throwing the ball to other team
Not that I demanded the ball which cause Allen to feel like he had to force him the ball to keep him happy resulting in 8 of Allen's ints this year that's a third of them all digg fault
Diggs blamed Allen even when Allen threw it on the dime, he dropped balls all year and still blamed Josh. I’m glad his dramatic ass gone!
This is a topic Chris knows a lot about because he will never get an interview with anyone associated with the Eagles!!!!
who cares
Josh allen isnt having it because diggs acts like his life is over and doesnt stay composed durning games.
So many INTs on jump balls to Diggs last year. He used to snatch those balls
It’s not ok to be emotional?
@@jprovorse4159 No it's fine to be emotional it's not fine to act irrational and a dickhead to everyone on the team. Like it's their fault your losing and show extreme unsportsman like conduct, then make shitty kryptic tweets to try and get back at people. Constant micro aggressions, etc. dude was a diva and a tool. And it's something Josh doesn't need on his plate while he has a million other things to worry about.
@@jprovorse4159 time and place for everything, how about act like a adult.
Better than crying under a towel after you blow a game you should have won.
What losing to Zach Wilson does to a MF’er
I wonder what it was like last year after they lost to Mac Jones. Mac f'ing Jones!
This is such a lose lose. If he had reported it, he would have gotten crap for publishing it, and now he's getting crap because Florio thinks his explanation is suspect. Honestly, it sounds like he's having an ounce of journalistic integrity, not writing something he doesn't have the full context of. How many spam bots on X are out there putting out crap stories and blowing stuff up out of proportion, and now this guy is saying he didn't want to write it because he didn't have all the info. Good for him.
Florio is full of it because he knows he wouldn't report on any behind the scene drama on Football Night in America. Florio was silent when people were hammering NBC for making that playoff game a peacock exclusive.
Bulls--t
josh is soft lmao... get this boy some charmin commercials
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Yes, that emoji basically sums up a typical bills season! 👴
@@mike7146 You sayin' Josh is a clown too? I guess you're probably right.
Well, yall didn’t know at the time what happened, but you actually assumed Josh wasn’t a leader because he doesn’t do it in front of the cameras so you assumed he wasn’t leading. Let’s be clear.
Good on Josh.
Diggs lost that game vs KC in the playoffs.
His drop of the best deep pass I have ever seen is inexcusable. And it wasn't his only drop. And it's not the 1st game he dropped passes.
A WR who drops passes is a WR on the streets.
I agree. Any receiver that drops balls isn't a top receiver. Especially a receiver that drops a ball in a playoff game. Let him pitch and moan he can miss me with that nonsense. Because the best- they don't drop balls in a playoff game.
@@freddiesims1006 This last years playoffs was pathetic WR wise. They all sucked. In a passing era, how is it the playoff WR were awful?
Rice is KC best WR. Enough said.
Aijuk is the Niners WR. Mr. 1 TD in 9 playoff games thinks that makes him a top 5 WR!, And he drops passes as often as Diggs.
Diggs was Buffalo #1.
I saw WR after WR team after team drop easy passes. Game changing passes. Detroit dropped pass on 4th down changed momentum in that game.
It's just that one Josh Allen stratosphere pass that Diggs dropped really stood out. As a Niner fan that ball got to Diggs in the same time it takes our QB to throw 15 yards. It had the same air time.
I called it too regarding the Super Bowl champion. Whoever wins that KC Buffalo game will win the Super Bowl.
No way am I betting against Josh or PM in the playoffs after that game a few years ago.
I wish Josh had the same support as PM. Then we'd see who is the best.
@@DS94everXev Josh is a once in a lifetime talent. Hes a great guy and an even better teammate. Niggs is a punk and always has been a punk. The media doesnt like Allen because of his paint job.
@@DS94everXev I agree. I’m no fan of PM either. I just don’t know what all the fuss is about Diggs. The quarterback should be allowed to throw the ball to “whomever” he wants to. If Diggs screams for the ball then I think he should be held accountable when he drops a ball. Nevertheless,I think Diggs best days are behind him…
@@user-wk7ql5bg6p The entire world thought that game was over with 13 seconds left. No timeouts. If you're telling me you knew it wasn't and you aren't a KC fan then I know you're lying.
That was easily a top 3 playoff game in history.
What choke game vs Cinci? You mean against the other QB who has shown he can beat PM? Losing to that guy is a choke huh.
If I had it my way KC would have to play both the Bills and Cincinnati in the playoffs every year. That is if they can get by the 1st one.
The NFL was massively cheated this last playoffs not having Joe Burrow play in them
He beat the living hell out of my Niners.
What a shame the 3 weren't in together.
You think Diggs was going to win that last game THIS year vs KC? He could have. He dropped it! Best deep pass in my lifetime and the guy dropped it.
I said cut him after that drop. I was wrong. Some loser team gave up a pick to get him.
Joke on TX.
I'm real interested what the Bills look like this season.
They are good. The DB had been playing because of injuries. 2 tight end sets they were already using in the 2nd half of the season. They need the edge on defense. And speed on at WR. The draft can take care of it!
No playoffs. Josh back to being borderline bust.
@markgolden6265 Wake up, buddy. You all can't beat the Chiefs or the Ravens on paper, let alone on the field
@@aaronbutler9373 you sure ?
@@dropkicckmurphy99They still have the team. It’s not going to take much to beat up NE and Jacoby, a washed up Rodgers, and a soft Tua! AFC East champs again!
Flip the coin, Diggs was being a leader to try and get the best play out of the QB position? Maybe.
Mike no way you can draw a comparison of The Cheetah leaving the Chiefs to Diggs leaving the Bills
“It’s one effin’ game”… That’s LOSER talk. Now it makes sense. Diggs had an issue with Josh because Josh doesn’t care about winning as much as Diggs does.
This is what I've been saying about Diggs being the team Captain as well
Josh cares if they win!!!
Absolutely, Josh apparently expects everyone on the team to tell him that it's alright and everything will be ok. It's not surprising, most other fans around the league have realized that Allen is a loser by now.
Kudos to that reporter who didn’t report that immediately. Giving guys some leniency right after a game in the locker room should happen way more often.
Florio really wears on me, not as much as Skip Bayless, but he’s getting close. Happy to hear Josh took a stand.
Who got fleeced? The bills have diggs off their books in 25 - which required a deal like this - they got a 2nd in return...what did Keenan Allen go for? Amari Cooper? Diggs is 31 years old, and all of his advanced metrics are declining - he just doesn't separate they way he could 2, 3 years ago. He's certainly not worth what they decided to pay him - and the success the bills had down the stretch without diggs essentially showed them they do not need him. The drop on the most important play of the game was the icing on the cake.
31 million dead cap. Who got fleeced??🤣🤣🤡
As a bills fan I couldn’t be happier. It’s time for Josh to be the real alpha and make it HIS team.
yell at Mike ditka like that back in the day.
Exactly 💯
Dumb move, best reciever they have ever had. Even Andre
Good luck. Unless it’s Patrick Mahomes that becomes QB of the Bills you aren’t going very far with a WR group of Khalil Shakir, Curtis Samuel, and whatever late round WR they add
@@MrCaleb. kincad
The Access Media not reporting all the facts and story due to being scared of losing their access? I'm shocked Mike is shocked. Its been happening and getting worse for decades across the spectrum of sports, entertainment, and especially politics.
Florio's screeching makes me want to watch anything else where he isn't pontificating and bloviating. Chris Simms facial expressions at 2:50 are the same as mine. Turd sandwich time for NFL on NBC.
honestly, majority of Bills fans arent all that distraught. it was time to move on. we loved Diggs, gave us 4 great years, wasnt going to last forever. wish him the best. moving on. Texans didnt fleece us. 2nd for a 30 year old receiver who didnt want to be there anymore, a guy the team and fans learned they could win without? more than fair value.
Not to mention it is likely a one year rental then they have to either give him a new expensive deal or let him go. Getting 2nd was a good deal for bills
You might want to say the same thing about Allen. It's time to move on.
@stickman1742 idiotic. Hes brought them to playoffs pretty much every year and a few plays away from deep playoff runs. Last year that perfect play fell right out of the crybaby diggs hands. Not to mention if you get rid of Allen who is supposed to replace him? He's a top 5 qb in his prime
Allen should've snapped at himself for throwing all those Interceptions
And his stupid fumbles.
Chiefs trading Tyreek Hill away out of nowhere it was bigger deal than Bills trading Diggs
As a Jets fan, I'm glad Diggs has dug his way outta the AFC East!
Josh is much more important to the team than Stefon - Always has been, Always will be - Stefon couldn't handle that. Go Bills
“Didn’t do much, after week 6.” “He had 21 in the playoff game.” Yeah, he’s a top 50 receiver.
Houston essentially made Diggs a one-year rental player. Gave him $3 million or so more up front and ripped up the rest of the contract. Get the most out of him this year and out the door he goes. Texans know whats up.
Josh had enough of the whining and crying from Diggs. This is the best thing for the Bills. Got rid of a cancer.
Problem is the Bills aren't the Chiefs, we don't have a genius offensive coach with a great system where it's more about the system then the players, and I love Allen but they have Mahomes and Kelce so that's a major difference....
they are blaming diggs for allen choking again.
Diggs disappears in the playoffs, Allen doesn't. Go back and look at Allen's career post season numbers compared to Diggs and then come back tell us you are sorry for saying this BS.
@@ramram349 sorry for what? you are literally trying to blame a wr for your choker qb.....
@@terrancehall9762 By you calling Allen a choker you either don't know much about football or don't watch football. Probably both.
@@ramram349 you sound like a pressed Bills fan or someone incapable of dealing in facts. Or both.
@@terrancehall9762so Allen played his best football last season after the OC got fired and Diggs fell off the face of the earth and still had the most targets in the NFL. So idk what you're trying to get at but it's clear you have a lack of football knowledge in this. They had a 4% chance to go to the playoffs when they were 6-6. You want to attribute that to Diggs balling out or Josh choking? Neither happened. Want to know what Diggs did for the Bills in the playoffs wearing a Bills uniform? 1 TD. That's it, all those playoff games and just 1 TD. You defend Diggs all you want and hate on Allen all you want but clearly Diggs never showed up in a playoff game period.
I am glad more of the story is getting out because the Bill’s GM was so tight lipped at the conference to the point they are saying a whole lot of nothings even with the stuff Digs made public already . I respect GM’s and coaches that are direct. How hard is it to say Diggs was causing a distraction. As far as that Jets game Josh needed to hear it. Digs spoke for all of us fans. The Bills gave that game away more than the Jets won. If Josh doesn’t throw the ball and the Bills run it the whole game, they win. Either way I am hoping the Bills bounce back this season with a chip on their shoulder and something to prove. This season will change Josh’s legacy one way or another. He will either regress or pick up the slack like Mahomes losing Tyreek Hill. I can’t wait to see.
I love how you are completely putting this on Diggs. Keep speculating and you’re gonna look as dumb as when you said Lamar wasn’t a player.
4:00..........Exactly; dont seem like this is the 1st time this has happnen. lol!!!
The argument he had during the Bengals game was he felt that he's not elite. if he were Brady he could have taken over that game and won. what he said to him here was, "it's the jet's, you can't even take the jets minus their QB?"
This is the only time in the history of football that one player snapped at another.
Love both of these donkeys, but they didn’t get primarily dragged for saying there were problems with Diggs/Allen, they got dragged for predicting they would miss the playoffs due to the Jenga issues. And then the season actually happened and they came in as the 2 seed overall, despite their entire defense getting injured.
Like, how does that playoff game go for the Chiefs and Mahomes legend if the chiefs are missing Snead, Jones and McDuffie. Cuz those were the type of guys the bills lost to pretty random injuries throughout the year.
The media is so dramatic. Yelling at a person that it's just one game is not snapping to a point of dysfunction. The media will make a nothing into something and the people fall for it.
I am not distraught about the departure of Diggs, I was surprised with how it was done.
There is no way a team was going to trade a #1 draft pick for a 31 year old reciever. I think buffalo got a steal with a 2nd rounder
Diggs is pretty close in age to Davante and Tyreek Hill when they were traded, they got multiple 1st rd picks + extra compensation for both.
Buffalo has to pick a different scheme. What theyve been doing hasnt worked. They're able to run the ball well and then completely give up on it and expect Allen to run the show. Allen isn't that type of QB. He NEEDS to not be the center piece for every game.
Diggs is like most diva WR and probably not a good teammate. The real problem is the HC. He should of been gone after that 13 second playoff defensive debacle and get a offensive coach who can work with Allen. Dabol leaving was not good for them. The best thing to do is get rid of McDermitt and get Ben Johnson from the Lions or someone like that.
Didn’t Allen throw 3 picks that game or am I tripping, how can he snap on anyone?😂
This is Buffalo and Allen is their god. They've never won anything so having the media praise their qb is the best they've ever had. Some cities don't understand winning because their teams have never done it.
I think that in he didn't reported the 1st time. He shouldn't have reported after the trade. Reported later, much later in another way. I'm just saying...
Diggs being bad is one way to look at it. Allen being soft and not wanting accountability for his turnovers and actually working to address them is another way. I just picture a sensitive Ryan Leaf 'snapping' at a reporter after a bad game. If Allen's coaches and teammates were coddling him it might be difficult to hear the truth from Diggs especially if it is something like 'you can't be giving away games like that.' I 100% think Allen's coaches have coddled him since the AFC Championship game loss and that is why he's regressed so much and the reason nothing changes with regard to fumbles and interceptions....especially the fumbles. They're ridiculously bad. Ludicrous mode bad.
In a couple of days Mike Florio flipped from “I guarantee you that never happened….” to “I like knowing that the QB is taking charge of the relationship….” (so much for the value of his guarantee). It just reinforces somebody who grew up in a non-athletic plastic bubble wishing they knew what really happens day to day inside a locker room between young athletes. I know it isn’t popular to hear this but EVERY beat reporter for EVERY team in EVERY sport is not there to be a Florio. There are innumerable personality conflicts between players and coaches that you’ll never hear about because it is assumed to be off the record. Player access coincides with trust - you also don’t hear too much about the strip club, late night parties, and baby momma stories either - reveal too much to the public and you’ll never get access again.
Spot-on reality. Well said. And Florio must know this; the galling thing though is his sanctimonious "little man tough guy" faux integrity schtick trying to convince everyone that he wouldn't be doing the same exact thing if he were a beat reporter for a team. He absolutely would conform to the behavior of those he criticizes, or he'd be out of a job and having to earn a real paycheck in court as a lawyer ;)
Everyone: they only got a second round pick
Me: holy shit they got a second round pick
Same lol. Texans got fleeced.
@@williamhermann6635imagine. u bills fans are either clueless as hell or coping hard
@jaysonsmith7264 right. These dudes in denial about their boy allen and the always underachieving Bill's. Diggs didn't even get targets down the stretch. No worries, stroud is a better thrower so we will see what Diggs has left for sure.
Right !! Come back to all this ... josh/bills - bashing. The window's shut. They're toast!? 😂😃😆 ... come November!! 🤜🤛
@@minuano08 what are they handing out in November? I thought they usually won their S B in September? 😂
Bills using Diggs go scapegoat Allen's meltdown in that Playoff game. Thats why no one holds it against him for some reason
Update: it was one fucking game
Diggs is gonna f up the chemistry in Houston. Not worth it.
Imagine you are a bills fan today realizing the pick you traded to the Vikings was used to draft Justin Jefferson
Feel like this is the Fox News of pro football talk
All Vikings fans who are steeped in reality aren’t the least bit surprised that Diggs is moving on to a new team!
If I'm a Bills fan I'd be concern with him saying "its only one game" ...Imagine Tom Brady saying its only one game after a loss
It was only 1 game?
Apples and oranges:
1) Even though he has six seasons under his belt, Josh Allen is still "somewhat" young compared to an older, established "field general" Brady -- and in Brady's comparable earlier days, I don't recall the Patriots having many (if any?) brutal losses to a division rival that shouldn't have happened due to lousy play. Indeed, in 99% of the Brady years, I don't ever remember Belichick's Patriots teams ever LOSING a game DUE TO LOUSY play -- if the Patriots lost, it was because the opponent played really well. Added to that reality is the fact that today's NFL is much more kumbaya and everybody hugs everybody -- including at the coaching level -- than was the sutuation in Brady's locker room. Brady would never even think of such a response because BELICHICK would NEVER have tolerated such soft thinking !!! It's hardly a news flash that McDermott is more "touchy-feely" of a coach and "player-oriented" that Belichich ever was or is.
2) The setting and context are also a completely different dynamic. Don't forget that Josh Allen has never yet led the Bills to an NFL title (unlike Brady in NE), and the team's seasons have always ended in disappointment -- perhaps none as much as the last game the team played prior to the Jets season opener last year ("13 seconds" in KC was certainly a bitterly disappointing missed golden opportunity -- a would-be huge road "comeback" that we essentially had won but for a special teams blunder and "prevent defense" collapse that nonetheless offered promise and hope for "next year;" but the brutal loss to Cincinnati absolutely gutted this team because -- despite all their injuries, all the collateral challenges prior to and during the season [e.g., East Side gun slaughter, massive snow storm, fans shoveling out players, home game relocation to Detroit, missing Christmas stranded in Chicago, Damar Hamlin DYING on the filed 2x, etc.], the Bills were still playing at home, NOT facing dreaded KC yet [who they should have beaten the previous year], and were the FAVORITE to win the game). That Cincinnati game made the team genuinely doubt themselves, resulted in Les Frazier's departure as DC, and the true end of Diggs-Allen close friendship (as we now clearly know). Since the Jets game was the very next game following that Cncinnati gutting -- coupled with Diggs' meltdown and public humiliation Diggs bestowed upon Josh Allen ON NATIONAL TV, you have to recognize that an underperforming Allen would be ultra defensive to any negative "salt" that Diggs in particular would rub into the wound. Brady NEVER had to deal with even a shred of disrespect or criticism FROM a TEAMMATE (at worst, Brady was "effing Johnny Foxboro" to Belichick in team meetigs and at practice according to Giselle :)) . And since it was within the privacy of the locker room, Josh Allen probably just snapped and blurted out the first thing that came to his mind (indeed, perhaps his teammates consoling him had themselves been saying "it's just one game in a long season, we'll get 'em in the rematch" and that thought process was on his brain (???) and perhaps that's why he snapped "it's one effing game" as the "wittiest" comeback he could muster in the moment instead of perhaps something more personal and direct that he couldn't ever "take back" as easily if he had let it fly (e.g., something like "eff YOU; get the eff away from me")
As competitive as Josh Allen is, and as ruthlessly hard on himself as he is, I SERIOUSLY doubt that deep-down he TRULY believed "no big deal, it's only one game." Rather, in truth, I suspect that when he snapped at Diggs he was really ALSO venting anger and disgust he had at himself and how hard he was taking it internally -- his words "at" Diggs were simply transference and trying to convince himself instead of indicative of nonchalence. Just my opinion.
I mean, yeah Digg's antics were not the right thing to do. But, when a QB yells at his teammate then he's competitive and a leader. When a WR does the same thing, then he's a cancer and a diva.
Whoa lets not pretend Diggs didnt have it coming. He had been up Allen's ass for over a year by the time this incident happened. But people gotta simp for the diva receivers. Never fails.
@@williamhermann6635you have no idea what Diggs has done for Allen. Where did Josh go after his girlfriend kicked him out of their house after he cheated on her? Casa Diggs.
@@RobertAWilsonur just talking. the media loves josh allen. they try so hard to make him the mvp
@@RobertAWilson😂😂😂😂😂
It isn't the same thing. It's so far from being the same thing, I'm baffled at the comment. Has nothing to do with position. Diggs, and his brother were poking at Allen for well over a year at that point, and Diggs social media cryptic BS, and childish antics, finally made Josh lose his cool. Let's also not forget this is the second franchise Diggs has done this to; I bet he makes trouble for his one year stop off in Houston too.
If it were just as simple as WRs get treated differently, then why are players like Tyreek Hill, Justin Jefferson, Jamarr Chase, and Cooper Kupp not "divas"? And why are Quarterbacks like Baker Mayfield (at times) considered toxic?
And I'm sure there weren't any other incidents following that...that the reporter didn't think to report
as a vikings fan I am very happy with the Stefon diggs trade that netted us Justin jefferson and got rid of crybaby
Josh Allen deserved criticism after that Jets game. He deserved criticism for the way he played in the first Patriots game, the Giants game, the Bengals game and the Broncos game too…
For all of Allen’s flashes of brilliance he still has 3-6 games a season where he’s the worst player on the field for either team.
Coddling him hasn’t motivated him to raise his floor.
General consensus in Buffalo is more a wonder of why Beane extended Diggs past his age 31 season with so much back loaded money. His contract (like Dawson Knox and Von’s) was more an albatross around the team’s neck. Fans are not as bent over this as you might think
There's a huge difference between Diggs's contract extension and Knox's. One is a legit teammate, and one is not.
Watch Dawson crawl out of obscurity this season, along with the other pieces to be exchanged come game day, making Diggs's loss nothing but a blessing.
Bills kryptonite really was a zach wilson-led jets. 😂
This isn’t the first time this has happened to Diggs. Of course he was in Minni and wanted out because he didn’t like Cousins. Minni was really good to him and sent him to a great situation in Buffalo. Oh and by the way Cousins then helped rookie JJ become the best receiver in the NFL. Now again Diggs wears out his welcome, again he is unhappy at a winning team with a top QB, and again his team is really good to him and sends him to another great situation in Houston. It’s obvious HE is the problem.
lol if you weren’t going to report it then, why report it now? Just exposing his reporting as subdued for the teams interest , why trust anything this guy writes now?
Would he have reported if Diggs had cursed at Allen?
Unless something drastic changes in Buffalo there will be more Josh Allen games like he had against the Jets in wk 1
Chris Simms’ first 60 seconds every time he follows Mike Florio: “And you’re right. We’ve all been there. I hear you there. I think you’re right in that assessment. There’s definitely some credence to it…”
Can we please stop? Just state an original opinion Simms. And get into without the bull****.
If this is true, Good for Josh! No one has ever stood up to Diggs' prima donna attitude, About time a real man stood up to him.
Well. I'm glad we got this out of the way.
Seriously, what is up with Jets TE Zack Kuntz? He runs just as fast as Brock Bowman, killed the rest of the combine, has one year of NFL camp body experience, and is 4 inches taller. What did I miss? He should be in the TE mix, no?
Could have "leaked" it to a national reporter that isn't a Bills beat person.
As an diehard fan oaged 39, who has not missed an snap in over 20 years, the notion that Diggs made Allen better is laughable. Seriously. He was an great blanket in 2020 and 2021. I've known deep down he wasn't truly elite though. We lied to ourselves. It became apparent year after year in the playoffs. He is average after the catch.. lots of his big time plays only happened because Allen extended the play with his legs..Diggs was great at finding the open spaces. But outside of that. He's regressed. Meanwhile Allen is Allen. Allen gets better in the playoffs. Diggs gets worse
Allen throwing to Samuel DONT SLEEP ON IT STILL GOT COOK WHO IS A WR OUT THE BACKFIELD TWO KILLER TE SHAKIR WHO IS ELUSIVE AS CAN BE AND ALLEN WILL TURN NOBODYS INTO SOMEBODIES NO WORRIES IN BUF LAND ALLEN IS HIM ❣️❣️❣️
Diggs deserved the dumping.
No team will do well with a dandy.
Bean and Sean did the right thing in dumping this dandy.
Curtis might just improve the team as a whole thanks to the Dandy Dump. Next year in 25 the dandy will cause a problem in Houston
one might surmise.
Let the handsome wide ball catcher fashion stylish clothing, and take his cat fights to that feline venue.
There mike got the Josh Allen snapping he was asking about last week
He's not used to a Male figure disciplining him
him not mentioning that just shows how far people downplayed Diggs attitude
Florio has started to annoy me more and more since they argued about Diggs and Buffalo recently
These guys saying that the bills got less than diggs was worth is kind of soon to be saying that. I've seen plenty of receivers like him fall off a cliff. It'll be interesting to see what he does
This shores up any doubts we had about Diggs leaving. Good riddance.
Bills ate $31M in dead cap space to be free of Diggs. Let that sink in. They too a $31M L to not have him in the team.
Then the new team gives him a one year deal. There’s a reason for that too.
MOVE ON! this trade is NOT that important. It’s just not. We will look back on this and decide it was the right move
You can shit on Buffalo if you want, but the same exact thing happened in Minnesota, so clearly this is a Diggs problem. I'm sure he'll be a boyscout in his first year in Houston, and at 31, the whiney diggs show won't last much longer regardless. As far as whether or not this is a good move for Buffalo, without a doubt it's a good move. First, he's a negative presence on the team because of his shit attitude. Secondly, they were forcing the ball to him to soothe his ego, and that led to bad offense. After the new OC took over, they stopped forcing it to Diggs and the offense improved and Diggs disappeared. Getting a 2nd round draft pick for a disgruntled 31 year old receiver who can be shut down because he's small and slowing is not a bad deal, especially when he obviously forced Houston to let him out of his contract after this season, so Houston is renting an aging wr for one season for a second round draft pick. He might have a great year in Houston, or maybe he's not going to get the number one looks he wants because houston is stacked and he ends up with mediocre numbers and another hissy fit. Stay tuned. But acting like this move destroys the bills or seriously downgrades them is ridiculous. In the second half of last season when the Bills went 6-1 to rebound and win the AFC East and secure the second seed in the AFC, Diggs averaged under 50 yards per game and had only one TD. Clearly the Bills did not miss him then and they will not miss him now. Having said that, the Bills have needed a true number 1 receiver for years, a big guy who can go down field and take advantage of Allens top end arm strength, they needed that when they had Diggs, who is a short to mid range hands guy at this stage of his career.
It was not the same thing in buffalo, the media has lied and spun that. He literally wanted to get paid and they would not pay him for 2 seasons so he wanted out. It was pure business. This was a different situation.
Let’s face facts. We need to see Josh Allen be great without stefon. Stefon was great before Josh and during his stay at bills.
Josh Allen plays better when he reads defenses and throws to the open receiver. He doesn’t need diggs on his back crying for the ball. Josh has elevated his game to a point where he doesn’t need diggs. The final stretch proved it. Bills need stay healthy on defense and they will be fine. They will make the playoffs as a low seed
I don’t begrudge the writer for not including that. They are part of the team too in a sense. They don’t have an obligation to throw the team under the bus based on journalistic integrity. That’s for the national reporters to do.
Yeah Florio because you would report on any behind the scene drama on Sunday Night Football.
Bills @ Texans needs to be prime time SNF on NBC 🔥🔥🔥
Another add to this about the Josh Norman comments. I was at every bills home game this year and 6+ since covid ended. Diggs has always taken himself out, especially deep routes on the bills side of the field, rarely would he ever take the jog back on a 50 yard incomplete pass. He hits the sideline for a breathe and 2 plays while someone would go in, thats why he was no where near the playing time of Gabe Davis. Deep ball to Gabe he was back in the huddle every play. That's what Norman is talking about, idk if that was an agreed upon plan with the coaches or if that's just how he operates on his own but that's a well known thing to anyone in the stadium every week.
Dear Buffalo: Go sign Tyler Boyd. A pure pro, doesn't talk shit.
Completely disagree the trade needed to be sold to bills mafia. A lot of fans were tired of the noise especially after some of his superbowl week interviews. The day of the trade people had some questions until Beane's press conference and then it was understood. And people in buffalo love this because they are now forced to take a top end WR which they've been asking for.
The int’s WITH diggs drop for a td…. Icing on the cake, it was over 💯.
Not Allens fault Diggs couldnt seperate 🤷 Even with Diggs complaining He was our #1 with #1 numbers prior to 2023. He just cant be happy anywhere
My question is… was Diggs wrong???
Nooooo
Bills fans aren't mad, we defended diggs looked the other way at jis drama his past
As a viking fan Diggs is a real problem he finds ways to cause drama with the Vikings it was with theilen and then cousins he never looks in mirror just blames everyone else
The Bills got a 2nd round pick that was from Minnesota! Which will most likely be a top 10 to 15 2nd rounder ! For a 30 year old cancer that was declining and never showed up in the postseason since he’s been here ! The chargers got a 4 for Allen and the browns gave up a 5 for cooper ! Last but not least the Bills cleared Digs off the books completely next season! Which is like 30 million in cap space!