This past offseason disgruntled Buffalo Bills wide out Stefon Diggs was traded to the Houston Texans for a 2025 second-round draft pick. Despite having all-pro talent, Diggs and his accompanying drama—showing up Josh Allen in a playoff loss to the Bengals, being sent home from mini-camp—became a expendable when the Bills adopted an everybody-eats philosophy under new offensive coordinator Joe Brady.
Watching his old team improve to a 9-2 record after dismantling the previously undefeated Kansas City Chiefs with an impressive 30-21 victory, left Diggs questioning himself and his past actions. Rehabbing a season-ending knee injury in Huston, the firey receiver struck a humble note: “Maybe ya know, it was me who was the problem. Maybe instead of being him, I was just a a self-important asshole. And, maybe, it was 1-7’s team all along and I shouldn’t been runnin’ my mouth and showin’ him up.”
Diggs is referring to the self-regarding comment he made about himself as him, as in the best player in the league after catching a touchdown pass against the Rams. “Maybe that kind of shit rips a team up. Damn, when I play in back in my head it keeps coming back to that same place—maybe it was me. Like Aaron Rodgers goes to the darkness, I’m gonna have to go to that place where it gets real for me.”
While often portrayed as volatile and impulsive, the dynamic wideout says that isn’t necessarily true, “I’m a competitor for sure, and everything else I say I am, I am, but I have a deep, reflective side too. When stuff is going down and there’s all this noise in my head I might draw a bath, light some scented candles, and dial-up my favorite Sarah McLachlan album, and just turn things over, see how it can make me a better person and a better player. Now I’m in a space where I’m thinking all this business about being him hurt me and my team.”
While the playmaker admits delving into himself may lead to nothing, it’s still nice to sit in a warm tub with candles listening to his girl Sarah. “Yeah, I might not get what I’m after,” he said, “but that line she sings about holding you down and kissing you so hard—it just, ya know, works for me.”
Diggs is set to be a free agent at the end of the 2024 season after voiding the remaining years on his contract.
