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One thing that concerns me is that he has had two, back to back, season ending, non contact injuries. This has to get into a player's head and effect their performance going forward. How do you train or plan to avoid these things?

Spoken like a true "Bandwagon" fan.

I think he is playing injured again. In 2021 he played the last half of the season with a torn Oblique muscle. Oblique muscles are attached to the bottom of the rib cage. They are the ones we sue to twist and turn our body at the waist. When one is injured you usually can go about life mostly normal. That is until you twist or turn the wrong way. THEN - very painful, like a broken rib type painful for a few minutes. That sort of situation would explain why he avoided contact whenever possible. https://bangedupbills.com/2024/01/19/digging-into-stefon-diggss-mystery-injury/#:~:text=Previous Oblique Injury,Dolphins during the 2020 season.

F the Chiefs. I am routing for the Lions!!!!!

I believe Gabe has great talent however I also believe he is "lazy brained". He doesn't seem to study the game and just tries to get by on "winging it". IF he ever decides to buckle down and train his head as much as his body, he will make some team a hell of a player one day. I doubt he will find the motivation playing for the Bills.

GO BILLS!!!!!!

But... Do you think he should just "man up" and play tough guy? Would that not send a message to defenders to give it their best shot? Just maybe - Josh is sending a message that "if you mess with me - I will try and make sure you get caught". Maybe Josh is trying to make sure the refs notice. Even with all that - players STILL take cheap shots. I don't know about you guys, but I don't like other teams players taking cheap shots at our players.

In 2021 Diggs played through a torn oblique to help his club reach the AFC Championship Game. A torn oblique has a way of being easily re-injured. I know this from personal experience. Move the wrong way and extreme pain for a short time then ok. It seemed to me that was his reaction to being tumbled after that tackle. Commentator speculated that he had the wind knocked out of him but oblique pain is intense but short lived as long as you don't twist the wrong way.

I think the Pat's number one and number two picks may very well be for HC and GM - Bill did both jobs, I believe.

How hard do you work when you know you are getting canned in two weeks?

I hear ya!!! BUT I recently signed up with Peacock because they offered a whole year for $19.99 - ya can't beat that with a stick! OR the price is $5.99/mo too much to pay for your Bills Backer Bar ???? This seems kinda like a "moleHILL you're choosing to die on..."

Go Bills!

" couldn't roll around on the floor with his kids because he had no flexibility, and because all of his joints ached from carrying the weight. " WOW Agree both extremes are not healthy. I don't think Dawkins will last very long in the NFL if he continues his off season antics. IMO

There is a big difference between your example and Dawkins. In your example players work hard and ate to carry extra weight. When season was over they did not eat the extra calories and thus their weigh went down normally. What Dawkins did was over eat and added 40 pounds of fat. Then went on a water and salad diet, basically a starvation diet, to lose weight but THAT way of dieting usually results in the lose of muscle.

Many Pro athletes are very focused on their performance and live a lifestyle dedicated to that purpose. Dawkins is not in that category because he trashed his body so bad that he had to Crash Diet (not healthy) just to undo the damage he had caused in 6 or 7 weeks time. A dedicated professional would not have trashed their body to begin with. What Dawkins did was his own version of Binge and Purge - not healthy!