{"id":416583,"date":"2023-01-23T18:24:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=416583"},"modified":"2023-01-23T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T18:24:08","slug":"bills-coach-sean-mcdermott-reacts-to-stefon-diggs-outburst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/bills-coach-sean-mcdermott-reacts-to-stefon-diggs-outburst\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills Coach Sean McDermott Reacts To Stefon Diggs Outburst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stefon Diggs, a wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills, voiced his displeasure to quarterback Josh Allen late in the game during Sunday&#8217;s divisional playoff loss to the Cincinnati Bengals before quickly leaving Highmark Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Before the coaches addressed the team, according to reports made following the game, Diggs tried to leave the locker room with his belongings but was stopped by practice squad running back Duke Johnson.<\/p>\n<h2>Bills Coach Sean McDermott Reacts To Stefon Diggs Outburst<\/h2>\n<p>Since the wide receiver moved to Buffalo in 2020, Allen and Diggs have been among the NFL&#8217;s top one-two punches, but that wasn&#8217;t exactly the case on Sunday against the Bengals. Despite Diggs&#8217; four catches, Cincinnati was able to keep him to only 35 meagre receiving yards.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sean McDermott defended <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bills<\/a> WR Stefon Diggs after his sideline outburst and early exit from the stadium on Sunday: &quot;That&#39;s what makes him good, is what you saw. &#8230; It hurts and I wouldn&#39;t want a guy that doesn&#39;t hurt.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2BjirB8nvd\">pic.twitter.com\/2BjirB8nvd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Henry McKenna (@henrycmckenna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/henrycmckenna\/status\/1617314107639664640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Diggs was observed on the bench seemingly cursing and raising his hands in Allen&#8217;s direction as the Buffalo offence struggled to get anything going against the Bengals. From his tablet, the quarterback didn&#8217;t even raise his head. He was aware that engaging in a shouting match with his star wide receiver would not have been helpful.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo head coach <strong>Sean McDermott<\/strong> explained after the game that Diggs\u2019 frustrations were simply due to his competitive nature.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s Stefon Diggs bolting out of the locker room with his stuff just after yesterday\u2019s game. He was one of several players to leave quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Sean McDermott said he was in the locker room when he addressed the team and \u201cthat\u2019s what matters most.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bills<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BillsMafia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BillsMafia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/News_8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@News_8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sJJ87LiKni\">pic.twitter.com\/sJJ87LiKni<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AJ Feldman (@AJFeldmanTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJFeldmanTV\/status\/1617519645765804033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a competitive guy,\u201d McDermott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkupstate.com\/buffalo-bills\/2023\/01\/is-stefon-diggs-mad-at-josh-allen-bills-wr-storms-out-of-locker-room-after-loss-to-bengals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s what makes him good is what you saw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s very competitive like we all are. We work extremely hard at these jobs to be the best we can possibly be, and it hurts. I wouldn\u2019t want a guy that doesn\u2019t hurt, right? So when you put it all on the line out there, we put it all on the line, and tonight it wasn\u2019t good enough. That\u2019s the part that stings.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In his postgame press conference, Sean McDermott took full responsibility for the Bills&#39; loss. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9rwhmnU9eQ\">pic.twitter.com\/9rwhmnU9eQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jordan Loupe (@CantALoupe_FF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CantALoupe_FF\/status\/1617314784369692673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During Diggs&#8217; three seasons with the organisation, the Bills suffered a string of heartbreaking playoff defeats, and it&#8217;s difficult not to wonder if the franchise will ever find a way to capture the championship after coming up short so frequently.<\/p>\n<p>After a 27-10 thrashing of the former Super Bowl favourites, the Bengals advance to the AFC Championship for the second year in a row for the first time in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_lKhbIFSRKQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NFL UPDATES-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/story-behind-cowboys-mike-mccarthy-stiff-arming-cameraman-after-loss-to-49ers\/\">Story Behind Cowboys\u2019 Mike McCarthy Stiff-Arming Cameraman After Loss To 49ers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stefon Diggs, a wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills, voiced his displeasure to quarterback Josh Allen late in the game during Sunday&#8217;s divisional playoff loss to the Cincinnati Bengals before quickly leaving Highmark Stadium. Before the coaches addressed the team, according to reports made following the game, Diggs tried to leave the locker room with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":408083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,48],"tags":[2211,2819,3217,4748,4749],"class_list":["post-416583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buffalo-bills","category-nfl","tag-nfl-news","tag-nfl-updates","tag-sean-mcdermott","tag-sean-mcdermott-stefon-diggs","tag-stefon-diggs-outburst"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}