Getty Stefon Diggs of the Buffalo Bills.
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs got heated with Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander before their October 30 game, then delivered a NSFW message to Alexander after he and the Bills got the last laugh in the 27-17 win.
“I don’t know who the f*** started it. I finished it,” Diggs told reporters.
Stefon Diggs on going back and forth with Jaire Alexander: I don’t give a f*ck who started it, but I finished it
Diggs led an unusually sloppy Bills offense to the victory on Sunday Night Football. He torched the Green Bay secondary, making six catches for 108 yards and a touchdown in a game where Bills quarterback Josh Allen threw for just 218 yards with two interceptions.
Stefon Diggs & Jaire Alexander Get Into Pregame Spat
Diggs and Alexander started the battle early on Sunday, getting into a verbal spat as Alexander and the Packers ran out of the tunnel and onto the field before the game.
Video from WFRV’s Lauren Helmbrecht showed Diggs jogging alongside a crowd of Packers players to confront Alexander, with the two sharing some heated words. They have a history that predates the wide receiver’s time with the Bills, when Diggs was with the Packers’ NFC North rival the Minnesota Vikings.
Jaire Alexander and Stefon Diggs got into it before the game 👀
(via lauren.helmbrecht/IG)
Diggs got the better of Alexander during the game, regularly finding holes in the Packers secondary. He ended up with six receptions for 108 yards and a touchdown. The only relief for the Packers defense came during a brief period when Diggs was under review for a potential concussion, according to the Associated Press.
“The only time Diggs was stopped was late in the first half, when the NFL’s concussion spotter pulled him from the game after it appeared he might have sustained a head injury following a 53-yard catch,” the AP’s John Wawrow wrote in a story published October 31. “After being evaluated, Diggs emerged from the blue medical tent and could be seen mouthing to teammates that he bit his tongue.”
Alexander Responds to Diggs
Alexander had his moments in the game as well. He made a late interception against Allen as the Bills were driving for a potential score, a rare red-zone turnover for the Bills quarterback. After making the snag, he gave the ball to a young Packers fan seated near the field.
Alexander told reporters after the game that he had called out Diggs.
“I told him he couldn’t mess with me, and he a little boy,” Alexander said.
Jaire Alexander revealed what he said to Stefon Diggs before the game:
“I told him he couldn’t mess with me and he a little boy.”
Earlier in the week, Diggs praised Alexander, saying he was ready for a tough matchup.
“He’s definitely a competitor,” Diggs said, according to a story published by Syracuse.com. “He’s a guy that competes at a high level. He finishes plays. He’s fast. I think he had battled an injury not too long ago too so he’s a guy that’s probably getting back out there and getting his confidence, and he’s been playing well. So going against corners, I see the best corner every week.”
The win was the fourth straight for the Bills, moving them to 6-1 and allowing them to create some space atop the AFC East ahead of the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins.
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Bills’ Stefon Diggs Sends NSFW Message to Packers CB After Altercation