Buffalo Bills fans are some of the most passionate and battle-tested in the NFL.
They’re the ones that kept showing up through more than two decades of losing, braving lake effect snow just to watch Tom Brady mop up their team (and occasionally throw, uh, marital aides at him). They rallied to Orchard Park and put each other through flaming, fold-out tables in times good and bad. They showed up in frigid weather to watch Josh Allen blossom from maligned draft pick to MVP candidate alongside Stefon Diggs, the wideout acquired from the Minnesota Vikings who’d make four Pro Bowls in four seasons in Buffalo.
Diggs seemed to thrive off this energy. He high-fived fans after wins. He tossed balls into the stands for a game of catch in his pre-kickoff warm-up. He grabbed their beers for a Stone Cold Steve Austin celebration after scoring.
STONE COLD STEFON DIGGS!! 🍻#MIAvsBUF | #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/jclhvhN8Hr
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) October 1, 2023
But Diggs is no longer a Bill. Buffalo shipped him to the Houston Texans for a second round pick, theoretically weakening their 2024 roster while absorbing more than $31 million in dead cap space specifically so he wouldn’t play for the team this fall.
Diggs has never been afraid to speak his mind on the field or address issues passive aggressively off it. And this week, he found a new avenue for that; liking a Tweet that called Bills fans “bitter” and “lowkey the worse [sic] fanbase.”
It’s the latest turn in a saga that saw Buffalo rise to new heights with Diggs in the lineup, but never break through for the franchise’s first Super Bowl appearance since 1994. Diggs was a hero for the Bills, but he also made remarks that hinted at his unhappiness there and allowed his brother Trevon, All-Pro cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys, to publicly trash the team and suggest Stefon needed to leave.
Diggs will see his old team in 2024 when Buffalo makes the trek to Texas during the regular season. He won’t have to deal with too many Bills fans there. But if the Texans wind up having a date in Orchard Park in the near future, the four-time Pro Bowler may not get the reception befitting a wideout who had more than 5,300 receiving yards in his four seasons with the team.
