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Stefon Diggs Makes Strong Declaration About Josh Allen's Respect in NFL Circles

Diggs and Allen were teammates for several years in Buffalo before the receiver was traded last offseason.

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Stefon Diggs, out for the year with a torn ACL, is harboring no ill feelings toward his former teammate Josh Allen as he dices the competition with a broad cast of receivers, a stark contrast to the lead receiver archetype the Bills rolled out during Diggs's four Pro Bowl seasons in Buffalo.

Being a star receiver typically takes some ego and brashness, of which Diggs would probably admit he brought to Buffalo's sidelines in the quest for wins. So it wouldn't be a surprise to hear him feel some sort of way to see his former quarterback Josh Allen putting forth an MVP caliber season with an arguably lesser cast of receivers—a committee that features Khalil Shakir, Curtis Samuel, Mack Hollins, and rookie Keon Coleman.

Diggs is taking the high road, though.

"He's making those plays. It's not new to me at all. ... [He's] finally getting that credit that he deserves. He's playing at a very high level, I feel like he deserves [MVP]. Only person that you could, that could kind of compete with him is Lamar Jackson," Diggs said.

The receiver already took to Twitter last week to express his support for Allen's MVP candidacy.

Doesn't seem to be any lingering animosity between the two former teammates.

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Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.

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