‘“I watched the game after the game on my iPad,” Diggs told The Buffalo News on Friday. “I watched the game like five times, just to see what kind of really happened, and I still didn’t draw an answer as to why it happened the way it did. We just didn’t look like a team, we didn’t look like we had any juice. It just looked like a different team, and it just didn’t make any sense to me.”’
Archives for February 11, 2023
Q&A: Jordan Poyer opens up on his trying 2022 season, and what the future may hold
‘”We were out of gas that last game. That is not who we were and who we had been all season long, and I think anybody watching the game could understand that. It seemed like once we got down 14 (to the Bengals), we just had no fight left in us to come back into the game. Everything finally caught up to us, and I know that’s not an excuse, but at the same time people need to understand what we went through this year was not a normal season.’
Report: Bills receivers coach Chad Hall departing team for same job with Jaguars
‘It wasn’t immediately clear whether Hall wanted to leave or the Bills weren’t interested in retaining him, but either way, his departure leaves a significant vacancy on the staff under head coach Sean McDermott and offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey.’
Where Bills great Steve Tasker stands in Hall of Fame selection process
‘Tasker’s final year of eligibility in the modern era was for the Class of 2022. He was one of 26 semifinalists, but was not chosen as one of the 15 finalists. It was the ninth time that Tasker had made it to the semifinals. He also was a semifinalist for the classes of 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2020 and 2021.’
Alan Pergament: Jim Kelly has a cameo in NFL commercial airing after Super Bowl halftime show
‘Kelly told the “Shredd and Ragan” radio show recently that he was part of the Super Bowl advertisement shot in Los Angeles and is playing a bartender. He told the co-hosts that the ad deals with bar patrons breaking tables and his line concerns the Bills Mafia.’
Wide receivers coach Chad Hall latest to leave Buffalo Bills: What to know about changes
‘Diggs has said that Hall is one of the best position coaches he has ever had, and Diggs has thrived in Buffalo with three straight 100-catch seasons. But in 2022, the receiving group as a whole underachieved. Davis struggled most of the season and failed to build on his record-breaking game in the playoff loss to Kansas City and Isaiah McKenzie did not take advantage of his opportunity to replace Cole Beasley as the primary slot receivers.’
NFL voter shares why she gave Buffalo Bills’ Denny Kellington MVP vote
‘She shared with Rob Maaddi of The Associated Press that her vote for Kellington was a “symbolic gesture representing ‘everyone’ who carries the weight of that job, every week. They rarely get the recognition they deserve.”’
757 in the Super Bowl: The ‘90s. Norfolk native Bruce Smith takes Buffalo Bills on ride to 4 straight Super Bowl appearances.
‘Super Bowl XXV was a showdown between future hall of famers and Defensive Players of the Year — Norfolk’s Smith and Williamsburg’s Taylor.’
Stefon Diggs thinks Buffalo Bills let their fans down: ‘You want to win for them’
‘”It weighs on your emotions a little bit, especially considering Buffalo is that tight knit, family town,” Diggs said. “You want to win for them. You want to do everything for them, but it’s just so much going on in the world. You kind of try to put it in the back of your mind or compartmentalize momentary, just so you can focus on games… Went through a lot, it’s never any excuses but it was tough.”‘
Bills’ Stefon Diggs on Damar Hamlin’s positive trajectory after cardiac arrest: ‘It’s inspiring’
‘”So it kind of puts you in a different mind frame and makes you appreciate it more – appreciate the love of the game, appreciate life. It makes you feel like, damn well if this guy can do it, anybody can. To see him fight back and see all the prayers were answered, he was getting a lot of people praying for him.”‘
Stefon Diggs Disappointed Buffalo Bills Couldn’t Give ‘Mafia’ Super Bowl Trip
‘“It’s like a family environment,” Diggs said of playing in Buffalo. “They love their football in Buffalo. The Bills Mafia has always got your back. They’re like your mom or your dad because they’re going to love you regardless. It just makes you want to do right by them. You want to win for them, and we all feel bad we couldn’t bring that Super Bowl to them again this year. They deserve one. They deserve a championship to celebrate.”’
Report: Chad Hall leaving Bills to take Jaguars’ wide receivers coaching job
‘Hall had spent the last six seasons with the Bills, coaching the likes of Stefon Diggs, Cole Beasely, and John Brown all to career seasons. NFL Network reporter Tom Pelissero says Hall’s contract was up with the Bills, allowing him to go to Jacksonville.’
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin to sit one-on-one with Michael Strahan on Good Morning America Monday
‘This will be his first television interview since his collapse.’