Stefon Diggs’ honest admission and Allen–Maye comparison includes a subtle jab that fuels a major Week 15 storyline
Stefon Diggs wasted no time letting his feelings be known ahead of the Week 15 contest.
The Buffalo Bills and Stefon Diggs have an interesting history, to say the least.
Diggs was phenomenal as a member of the Buffalo Bills, a true No. 1 wide receiver who could single-handedly take over a game. In four seasons with the Bills, he totalled 445 receptions for 5,372 yards and 37 touchdowns. The running bit was “17+14=7” anytime that quarterback Josh Allen and Diggs combined for a touchdown. It was a match made in heaven, until it wasn’t.
The veteran receiver grew unhappy with his role, and the team put itself in a difficult cap situation just to get rid of the receiver. Diggs went on to spend one season with the Houston Texans before joining the New England Patriots. To his credit, he seems to have turned things around professionally.
Ahead of the matchup in Week 15, Diggs took a shot of sorts at Allen, pointing to the one thing that quarterback Drake Maye is better at than the Bills’ franchise quarterback.
“His maturation process has been second to none in my eyes,” Diggs said. “As far as the MVP conversation, that guy [Allen] on the other side of the ball we’re about to play against is a hell of a player. I believe that team goes through him.”
Josh Allen and Drake Maye exchange pleasantries
It’s not all bad blood, and Diggs’ comments were kind to his own quarterback. We believe that Allen’s maturation was better, but I digress. While the two teams are heated rivals, there’s been a lot of love going back and forth ahead of the matchup. Maye kicked things off with a heck of a statement about Allen.
“Shoot, I hate to say it, but he’s fun to watch when he’s playing,” Maye said. “Big fan of him off the field. Got to know him a little bit, and he’s been great to me. He leads the team, and they’ve won it a long time.”
Not long after, Allen himself offered some high praise for the second-year quarterback.
“He’s playing like a veteran quarterback, he’s seeing things extremely well, he plays at a great pace, looks like things have slowed down for him,” Allen said. “I’m happy for how well he’s playing because he’s a great human being on top of being a football player.”
The pleasantries are real, but so is the rivalry. Friendly words aside, only one team will come out with the inside track in the AFC East, and both Allen and Maye know exactly what’s at stake.
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