Stefon Diggs Addresses Criticism Head-On
A pair of Boston-area journalists, Phil Perry and Tom Curran, had called out Diggs in remarks on NBC Sports Boston in August. The pair said Diggs was “becoming a bit of a pain in the posterior” during training camp.
Diggs said it was not his intention to come across that way, issuing an apology to the reporters and telling them he wanted to start over fresh.
“I was referred to as a pain in the [explestive], pain in the posterior, but I’m going to say exactly what it really is,” Diggs said, via Pro Football Talk. “Obviously I don’t want to come across as that and I’ll say this: I want to be very clear that I’m an adult. I apologize, and I’m not up here to ego trip.
“I’m not up here to rub anybody the wrong way or say anything for clickbait. If I rubbed anybody the wrong way, I really want to apologize. Moving forward, obviously we have a media-to-player relationship [that I want to make] as professional as I can be.”
Diggs had not spoken to reporters during training camp or through the preseason, time he spent rehabbing from the knee injury that cut his 20234 season short. Diggs greeted reporters warmly in his first press conference while his team prepared for their season opener on Sunday.
“It’s nice to see everybody here. I appreciate y’all, appreciate your patience,” he said. “I just try to take this time to be focused, get my mind right, get my body right, come into camp with the right mindset, physically and mentally, it’s always a thing in camp, so I just needed that time. So I appreciate y’all having patience with me.”
Stefon Diggs No Stranger to Controversy in Buffalo
Diggs had plenty of controversial moments during his tenure with the Bills, including a playoff loss to the Cincinnati Bengals where he was seen getting heated with quarterback Josh Allen on the sidelines.
Diggs then made a series of cryptic social media posts that offseason hinting that he was unhappy with the team, though that mostly stopped the following season.
He also had a dicey moment with a member of the team’s media staff, who was heard on a hit mic criticizing his demeanor in joking fashion. Reporter Maddy Glab was heard joking that she could not summon Diggs to speak to speak to the media.
“There’s no control over Stefon Diggs,” Glab could be heard saying with a laugh in a clip posted to X. “Dudes gonna do what he wants to do. He’ll look in my face and say eff you. That’s how he treats everybody.”
The Bills ended up trading Diggs in the 2024 offseason, with general manager Brandon Beane explaining that they wanted to get a return while his value was still high.
