The Buffalo Bills Won’t Play super bowl lvi on Sunday, and wide receiver Stefon Diggs is still trying to wrap his head around the team’s early playoff exit.
After Buffalo’s blowout loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Divisional Playoffs, the A Frustrated Diggs reportedly attempted to quit stadium before the coaches could address the team but was stopped by the practice squad running back Duke Johnson.
January 22, 2023; Orchard Park, New York. Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs (14) makes a catch while defending Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt (29) during the first quarter of an AFC Divisional Round game at Highmark Stadium. (Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports)
It was the second year in a row that Buffalo failed to advance to the AFC Championship Game.
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after defeat, digs went back And watched the film, tried to understand what went wrong.
“I watched game after game on my iPad,” Diggs told The Buffalo News on Friday. “I watched the game five times, just to see what really happened, and I still can’t find an answer as to why it happened the way it did.
“We just didn’t look like a team, we didn’t feel like we had any juice. It just looked like a different team, and that didn’t make any sense to me.”
Stefon Diggs, #14 of the Buffalo Bills, kneels on the ground after a play during the third quarter in an AFC Divisional Playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Highmark Stadium on January 22, 2023 in Orchard Park, New York. (Brian M. Bennett/Getty Images)
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It was a tumultuous end to the season for the Bills as the team had to deal with a medical emergency. Asphalt Around Hamlinwho had an on-field cardiac arrest in Week 17 against the Bengals.
But for a team that started the 2022 season as one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl, the year came to an abrupt end.
“I don’t know how much we’ll talk about it, or how much we’ll see it,” Diggs told the Buffalo News discussing the playoff loss. “But it was just like … it was rough.”
Stefon Diggs poses for a photo on the red carpet during the NFL Honors at Symphony Hall on February 9, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Cooper Neal/Getty Images)
When asked about Diggs leaving the stadium after the loss to the Bengals that ended his season, Head Coach Sean McDermott Appreciated the wideout’s competitive spirit.
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“He’s a competitive guy, and that’s what makes him good, which you’ve seen. He’s very competitive, like we all are. We work extremely hard at these jobs to be the best we possibly can be, And it hurts. I’ll do ‘I don’t want a guy that doesn’t hurt,'” McDermott said during his postgame presser.
“He laid it all on the line out there. We laid it on the line, and it just wasn’t good enough tonight, and that’s the part that stings.”
.Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report