{"id":426925,"date":"2023-06-14T18:10:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T18:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=426925"},"modified":"2023-06-15T02:41:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T02:41:34","slug":"bills-stefon-diggs-finally-addresses-his-absence-from-the-mandatory-minicamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/bills-stefon-diggs-finally-addresses-his-absence-from-the-mandatory-minicamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills Stefon Diggs Finally Addresses His Absence From The Mandatory Minicamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The particulars in the Stefon Diggs case both matter and don&#8217;t. According to reports, the wide receiver arrived at Orchard Park on Tuesday before leaving just before the start of Bills practice. Reporters were informed by coach Sean McDermott that he was &#8220;very concerned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Bills Stefon Diggs Finally Addresses His Absence From The Mandatory Minicamp<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not gonna get into it,&#8221; McDermott said. &#8220;Look, I respect everyone&#8217;s questions and what they want to know about our team. Right now, I&#8217;m just not gonna get into that anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLTotalAccess?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFLtotalAccess<\/a>: The Stefon Diggs situation is \u201cresolved.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pDsDFPgwMX\">pic.twitter.com\/pDsDFPgwMX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1669122773770289153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nDiggs arrived at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalobills.com\">Bills<\/a>&#8216; facility on Monday and Tuesday in the morning, but he departed before the start of the second minicamp session on Tuesday, according to NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bills<\/a> WR Stefon Diggs, who is absent from mandatory minicamp today, is making $24.415 million in 2023, including a $22.745M signing bonus as part of a March restructure. A mountain of dead cap means his contract isn&#39;t really tradeable from Buffalo&#39;s end. An unusual situation.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1668649188849070080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Other athletes who were being interviewed throughout the day endorsed Diggs. Diggs&#8217; support was assured by Josh Allen, who said that Diggs was essential to the success of their current plan. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The last time the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bills<\/a> saw Stefon Diggs he was yelling at Josh Allen on the sideline of a playoff loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bengals<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Diggs signed a new deal last offseason, so skipping camp is more likely to do with the team than his contract.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DzkghBgiii\">https:\/\/t.co\/DzkghBgiii<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AG9Ax32hJX\">pic.twitter.com\/AG9Ax32hJX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_DovKleiman\/status\/1668650507999629312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nAccording to Von Miller, he was &#8220;on Stef&#8217;s side.&#8221; Diggs then did what we would all do in a similar circumstance: he posted fictitious Instagram posts that resembled the titles of Breaking Bad episodes, including the rest of us in the fun.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Josh Allen says Stefon Diggs and the Bills are \u201cworking through some non-football related things\u201d as Diggs is absent from the start of Bills mandatory minicamp. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QrimQ2KDH3\">pic.twitter.com\/QrimQ2KDH3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNFL\/status\/1668702532045008902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night, Diggs, 29, published two Instagram posts that included enigmatic statements that appeared to be addressed to someone within or close to the Buffalo organization.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stefon Diggs\u2019 IG story amid news of his absence at Bills mandatory minicamp today \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/txHA7JYDOL\">pic.twitter.com\/txHA7JYDOL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1668774777140703233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just be letting people cap. If them lies help you sleep better tell em big dawg,\u201d the first one read.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Josh Allen &amp; Stefon Diggs are BACK<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PMSLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BillsMafia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BillsMafia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Ybq7VtJlG\">pic.twitter.com\/4Ybq7VtJlG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1669051235817914368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n\u201cMy phone been silent for like 6 years. Ion play all them sounds and s\u2013t,\u201d Diggs wrote in a follow-up<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stefon Diggs was not present at Bills mandatory minicamp yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>If it&#39;s not football related and it&#39;s not contract related&#8230;?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonMcCourty?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JasonMcCourty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nogr8ayjmw\">pic.twitter.com\/nogr8ayjmw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Good Morning Football (@gmfb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gmfb\/status\/1668954998917718016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nLater that day, Diggs&#8217; agent responded, claiming that the wide receiver was in the building but had gone before the minicamp started.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bills<\/a> WR Stefon Diggs is present at minicamp today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WDRFzml7bl\">pic.twitter.com\/WDRFzml7bl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_DovKleiman\/status\/1669023108022280192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are things being worked out \u2014 on the way to being worked out,\u201d his agent, Adisa Bakari, told NFL Media\u2019s Tom Pelissero. \u201cStefon has been there Sunday night. He was in the \u00a0building this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever happens with Diggs, who has a contract with the team through 2027 after signing a contract extension in the offseason, it&#8217;s more drama than the Bills would want to deal with as they prepare for the upcoming season while attempting to win the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stefon Diggs is present at today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bills<\/a> minicamp practice. He is in uniform, practicing with his teammates. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Batavia_Daily?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Batavia_Daily<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Rp9D3ji4X\">pic.twitter.com\/2Rp9D3ji4X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; alex brasky (@alexbrasky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexbrasky\/status\/1669023119288287232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For each practice Diggs skips during this week&#8217;s required camp, he will be fined.<\/p>\n<p>Some players frequently choose not to attend minicamp for both legitimate and illegitimate reasons, but Diggs&#8217; choice to skip practice on Tuesday doesn&#8217;t quite fall into the usual categories.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Has Stefon Diggs been a distraction in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bills<\/a> locker room?<\/p>\n<p>Mitch Morse: &quot;I got sh*t to do.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BillsMafia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BillsMafia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/plnzGA3nRa\">pic.twitter.com\/plnzGA3nRa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Fetes (@danfetes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danfetes\/status\/1669090007380811779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Nuggets Star Nikola Jokic Was Eager To Go Home But It Seems Like He Is Stuck Till The Parade\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nuggets-star-nikola-jokic-was-eager-to-go-home-but-it-seems-like-he-is-stuck-till-the-parade\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nuggets Star Nikola Jokic Was Eager To Go Home But It Seems Like He Is Stuck Till The Parade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The particulars in the Stefon Diggs case both matter and don&#8217;t. According to reports, the wide receiver arrived at Orchard Park on Tuesday before leaving just before the start of Bills practice. Reporters were informed by coach Sean McDermott that he was &#8220;very concerned.&#8221; Bills Stefon Diggs Finally Addresses His Absence From The Mandatory Minicamp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":409593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,48],"tags":[9477,6610,9476,2211,2762,9475,9474,5009],"class_list":["post-426925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buffalo-bills","category-nfl","tag-bills-mandatory-minicamp","tag-bills-news","tag-bills-stefon-diggs","tag-nfl-news","tag-stefon-diggs","tag-stefon-diggs-absent-minicamp","tag-stefon-diggs-minicamp","tag-stefon-diggs-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426925","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=426925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}