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<\/p>\nBuffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen spoke with reporters Thursday during his first news conference since his club\u00a0traded\u00a0star wide receiver Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans earlier this month.<\/p>\n
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“I guess that\u2019s the nature of the business,” Allen said about the transaction, as shared by\u00a0Myles Simmons\u00a0of Pro Football Talk. “And going into [the seventh year of his career] now, it just kind of is what it is. I don\u2019t get paid to make changes on the team. I get paid to be the best quarterback that I can be and try to lead the guys on this team.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Questions about the relationship between Allen and Diggs\u00a0arose\u00a0during Buffalo’s home playoff loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in January 2023 and hovered over the Bills throughout this past season.<\/p>\n
Diggs then\u00a0recorded\u00a0his last touchdown catch of the 2023 campaign in Buffalo’s Week 12 loss at the Philadelphia Eagles, and he committed a costly fourth-quarter\u00a0drop\u00a0in the club’s divisional-round playoff defeat against the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n
“Yeah, I shared a text with him and got one back, just thanking him for everything that he did for me,” Allen said about reaching out to Diggs following the trade. “I\u2019ll always have a spot in my heart for him and I\u2019ll always love him like a brother and wish him nothing but the best.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Despite multiple offseason\u00a0departures\u00a0that\u00a0occurred\u00a0before the Diggs trade,\u00a0DraftKings Sportsbook\u00a0still listed the Bills as the betting favorites at +160 odds to win the AFC East division title as of Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Such forecasts likely have to do with the fact that many believe it’s a matter of when, not if, Allen will win the first regular-season Most Valuable Player Award of his career.<\/p>\n
“My lasting memory of Stef will be [that he was] the receiver that helped me become the quarterback that I am today,” Allen added about having Diggs as a teammate across the past four seasons. “And I\u2019ll always thank him for that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Also on Thursday,\u00a0DraftKings\u00a0listed Allen second among the betting favorites at +800 odds to earn MVP honors for the upcoming season. One wonders if he’d give Diggs a shoutout while accepting that award in February 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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