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Archives for April 8, 2022

Observations: Stefon Diggs’ recruitment of Von Miller predates this offseason

‘“It was crazy because I’ve been working behind the scenes on that for a little while now,” Diggs said. “I was actually working on it before he went to L.A. because I felt like he would have been a nice piece for us to have pushing going into playoffs. I guess Denver was trying to deal him at the time. I was like, ‘He might be that push that we need,’ so I started working on it a little bit lightly, but I still had to focus on the season.”’

Bills’ Jordan Poyer, entering final year of contract, switches agents to Drew Rosenhaus

‘Poyer, who quote-tweeted Rosenhaus’ post with a handshake and fingers crossed, is scheduled to make a base salary of $5.6 million in 2022, along with bonuses and incentives potentially totaling more than $1.5 million. The Bills signed him to a two-year extension worth up $19.5 million with $8.5 million guaranteed at signing in March 2020. Poyer’s original free agent contract with the Bills, signed in 2017, was due to expire after the 2020 season. That deal was for four years and $13 million.

Buffalo is where Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs wants to finish his career

‘“When I first got traded to Buffalo, besides the Mafia and the people who are fans of Buffalo, not too many people thought it was gonna work out,” Diggs said Thursday, shortly after he officially signed a four-year contract extension that is reportedly worth $96 million in new money. “A lot of people were like, ‘Well, the Bills, da da da da da.’ And two years from now, I can smile and say, ‘God works in mysterious ways.’ I’m with my family, I’m with the right people, and I’ve got the right support system.”’

Receiver Stefon Diggs To Bills Mafia: “I’m Not Leaving.”

‘“To me, my family, my support system, my agent, it was something that we talked about prior to me even coming here. I felt like my next spot was my last spot,” Diggs said. “I wanted it to be my home, and I didn’t want to ever go anywhere. It was important to me, especially the first year and the second year, you just felt like you kind of built in that family. And it’s hard to do that when you have a job and you try to stay professional, but you get those relationships like the one I have with Josh (Allen) and the other guys on the team. It’s just like, all right, it starts feeling a lot like home. You don’t wanna leave it.”’

NFL’s Bills Get $600 Million Stadium Subsidy in New York Budget

‘New York Governor Kathy Hochul reached a deal with Legislative leaders on Thursday to approve a new state budget with $600 million to help build a new Buffalo Bills stadium, despite criticism from elected officials and good government groups who derided it as a taxpayer gift to billionaires with little economic benefit.’

For Stefon Diggs, new deal is all about staying with his Bills family

‘“For me, it was more that family,” Diggs told reporters Thursday just after signing his new four-year contract extension. “That family oriented….from the top to the bottom, Kim and Terry (Pegula), and the coaching staff, how they’re brought up, how we’re developed, how our conversations are and the relationships that I’ve built in such a short span of time.”‘

Poloncarz: We needed a fair deal for Bills stadium, that’s what we negotiated

‘”The County will be contributing $250 million towards construction, but then nothing more going forward – a key term I fought hard to get,” Poloncarz explained. “Erie County will no longer be in the football business, because we will no longer be directly subsidizing the team annually, thereby saving 10s of millions of dollars in the long run.’

5 takeaways for the Buffalo Bills after Stefon Diggs’ contract extension

‘Stefon Diggs should add recruiting to his resume. On Tuesday, Diggs told reporters he’s been trying to sell Von Miller on Buffalo since the trade deadline last season. Things didn’t work out last year, but now the two are teammates. We’ll never know how big of a factor Diggs was in getting Miller to Buffalo but it certainly didn’t hurt. Imagine three years ago if someone told you the Bills would be Super Bowl favorites and they’d have both Diggs and Miller on their roster.’

‘Like family’: Stefon Diggs thrilled to sign long-term deal with Bills

‘“Besides the Mafia and the people who are fans of Buffalo, not too many people said that it was going to work out,” said Diggs. “A lot of people were like, it’s the Bills. Two years from now I can smile and say God works in mysterious ways and I’m with my family I’m with the right people and I got the right support system.”’