Stefon Diggs clearly needed a change. Despite four highly-successful years with the Buffalo Bills, the veteran receiver recently shared that his struggles both on an off the field during his final year in Buffalo led to an eventual breakup with the franchise becoming inevitable.
“Last year, I was in the worst mental space I’ve been in since I’ve been in the league,” Diggs recently said in an interview with GQ Sports. “If I’m not in a good space, obviously that’s not the best for me. So that’s when things had to start shaking out.”
Diggs’ struggles were correlated with what was happening on the field during his final weeks with the Bills. After a red hot start to the season (he went over 100 receiving yards in five of the Bills’ first six games), Diggs had just two games over the final 11 weeks where he eclipsed 80 yards.
The playoffs were no different. Diggs had just 52 yards receiving (despite being targeted nine times) in Buffalo’s wild card win over Pittsburgh. He had three catches for a scant 21 yards in the following week’s upset loss to Kansas City in the divisional…
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Author : Bryan DeArdo
Publish date : 2024-09-03 21:55:52
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