{"id":427333,"date":"2023-06-19T20:03:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T20:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=427333"},"modified":"2023-06-19T22:30:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T22:30:02","slug":"reports-the-buffalo-bills-and-stefon-diggs-are-having-some-issues-which-are-not-contract-based","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/reports-the-buffalo-bills-and-stefon-diggs-are-having-some-issues-which-are-not-contract-based\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: The Buffalo Bills And Stefon Diggs Are Having Some Issues Which Are Not Contract Based"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Questions were certain to be asked after his absence from minicamp, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalobills.com\">Bills<\/a> WR Stefon Diggs&#8217; social media post probably made matters worse.<\/p>\n<h2>Reports: The Buffalo Bills And Stefon Diggs Are Having Some Issues Which Are Not Contract Based<\/h2>\n<p>On Tuesday night, Diggs himself broke his quiet with a strange social media message. \u201cI just be letting people cap. If them lies help you sleep better tell em big dog,\u201d his Instagram story read.<\/p>\n<p>After that, Diggs skipped all of the offseason&#8217;s voluntary workouts. Things then took a dramatic turn when coach Sean McDermott expressed his &#8220;very concern&#8221; about Diggs&#8217; absence from the first session of obligatory minicamp last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I thought this was a cool moment today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Given the last 24 hours surrounding Stefon Diggs&#8230;here is he taking some time to work with fellow WR&#39;s KeeSean Johnson and (R) Jalen Wayne off to the side<\/p>\n<p>Good example of why his teammates will always have his back<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BillsMafia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BillsMafia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WKBW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WKBW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/31dOXyNeMu\">pic.twitter.com\/31dOXyNeMu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dom Tibbetts (@DomTibbettsTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DomTibbettsTV\/status\/1669044819874701318?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>The next day, McDermott downplayed the incident and claimed that he had given Diggs permission to skip practice following a chat in which he thought that &#8220;we all needed a break and some space.&#8221; Allen eventually chimed in and said, \u201cI know, internally, we are working on some things, not football-related. [Stefon] is my guy. I f&#8212;&#8212; love him. He\u2019s a brother of mine. This does not work, what we\u2019re doing here, without him.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stefon Diggs on Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9cQeFupbF8\">pic.twitter.com\/9cQeFupbF8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySportsUpdate\/status\/1668768382328397824?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>Stefon Diggs&#8217; discontent with the Bills organization has received a lot of attention, and things now seem to be getting more clear. According to The Boston Globe&#8217;s Ben Volin, who cited a source close to the Buffalo locker room, the star wide receiver is dissatisfied with his position in the system and wants more of a say in play-calling.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Sean McDermott, last chance. He&#39;s the issue. I watched him get out coached by Mike McDaniel 3 times.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColinCowherd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ColinCowherd<\/a> on Stefon Diggs&#39; absence from minicamp <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wz76ZVeupl\">pic.twitter.com\/wz76ZVeupl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Herd w\/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHerd\/status\/1669024776181133312?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>When the star wide receiver was spotted yelling at quarterback Josh Allen while on the sidelines during his team&#8217;s eventual 27-10 playoff defeat to the Bengals, it was clear Diggs wasn&#8217;t happy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stefon Diggs was not at the Bills mandatory minicamp today.<\/p>\n<p>HC Sean McDermott is &quot;very concerned&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HPEjzOPSTf\">pic.twitter.com\/HPEjzOPSTf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1668660126528700416?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>It&#8217;s unclear why Diggs wants more control over his position and the team&#8217;s offensive strategies: In 2022, the wide receiver had 1,429 receiving yards, which came from 108 catches and 154 total <\/p>\n<p>targets. With 11, Diggs also set a new record for touchdown catches. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ICYMI Sunday Notes on the issues between Diggs and the Bills &#8230; RBs and DTs having opposite experiences in free agency &#8230; more squabbles about the NFL gambling policy &#8230; and more<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nb9jW3u8j9\">https:\/\/t.co\/nb9jW3u8j9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Volin (@BenVolin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenVolin\/status\/1670779350814277636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s hard to think to give  Diggs playing any bigger role than he already has. Of the 361 receptions the team had on the season, 108 belonged to him exactly one out of every three.. That&#8217;s<br \/>\n29.9%. Of their 4,291 receiving yards .If   Stefon Diggs expects  40 or even 50%  receptions, they&#8217;re going to be the easiest team  in the NFL  to game plan for. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stefon Diggs was often frustrated in Minnesota, but the Vikings wrote it off as him wanting attention, knowing he worked hard when inside the building and is a true playmaker. But the problems simply reached a boiling point.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/1239745770682757121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is not first time Diggs is not happy about calling  that frustrated him:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gave Davis \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f<br \/>Stefon Diggs \ud83c\udfb8<br \/>Josh Allen \ud83d\udc40\ud83e\udd18\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bj92hU2X2r\">pic.twitter.com\/Bj92hU2X2r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sal Capaccio \ud83c\udfc8 (@SalSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SalSports\/status\/1669048375046463508?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>Given that Diggs signed a four-year, $96 million deal in 2022, it may be a comfort for the Bills and their supporters that his apparent problems with the organization are unrelated to his <\/p>\n<p>salary. That suggests that the problems could be resolved by the 2023 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sean McDermott says he excused Stefon Diggs from practice yesterday. <\/p>\n<p>He opened up a lot more about this \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffc<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\/Cover1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cover1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hJNJJD1pKO\">pic.twitter.com\/hJNJJD1pKO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Vorse (@GregVorse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregVorse\/status\/1669054835016998914?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>Since moving to Buffalo in 2020, Diggs has become as one of the most powerful receivers in the NFL. He has accumulated 4,189 yards, which places him fourth in the NFL behind Tyreek Hill (4,225), Davante Adams (4,443), and Justin Jefferson (4,825). Behind Adams&#8217; 498 targets, he has 484.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Emmanuel Acho Believes Tyreek Hill May Surpass Randy Moss\u2019 Records\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/emmanuel-acho-believes-tyreek-hill-may-surpass-randy-moss-records\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Emmanuel Acho Believes Tyreek Hill May Surpass Randy Moss\u2019 Records<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions were certain to be asked after his absence from minicamp, but the Bills WR Stefon Diggs&#8217; social media post probably made matters worse. Reports: The Buffalo Bills And Stefon Diggs Are Having Some Issues Which Are Not Contract Based On Tuesday night, Diggs himself broke his quiet with a strange social media message. \u201cI [&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":[6610,9476,9718,5187,2211,2762],"class_list":["post-427333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buffalo-bills","category-nfl","tag-bills-news","tag-bills-stefon-diggs","tag-bills-stefon-diggs-issues","tag-nfl-2023","tag-nfl-news","tag-stefon-diggs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427333","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=427333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427333\/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=427333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}