ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — It's been a question that's loomed over the entire offseason program for the Buffalo Bills.
Where is Stefon Diggs?
Will he report to minicamp?
The answer is no.
Up until now, Bills workouts have been voluntary. Tuesday, a three day mandatory minicamp opens. It will be the last work the team will get before reporting to training camp in late July.
Sean McDermott would not get into details on why Diggs remains absent, he would only say that he's "very concerned."
After practice, quarterback Josh Allen said that Diggs and the team are working through some issues.
"I've got his back no matter what. I've got no doubts that we'll figure out what's going on. I freaking love him. I can't stress that enough. There are things that I can do better to help out with this process to get him back here and be the Buffalo Bill that he's meant to be... He's a special player and he makes our team better. There are certain things we can do to help that out and figure out different ways whether it's getting him the ball or getting involved in the game plan. I know that you guys are going to hype this up and make it a big story. We're not playing a game tomorrow. This is minicamp."
The Bills top receiver expressed obvious frustration on the field and on the sidelines in the Bills 27-10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in the divisional round of the playoffs. He stormed out of the tunnel before Sean McDermott spoke to the team postgame and had to be brought back into the room.
A number of cryptic media posts in the offseason have raised questions about Diggs level of frustration.
The Bills restructured Diggs contract this offseason to create cap space.
Diggs signed a four-year $96-million contract extension last offseason.
