A Bills reporter was feeling the heat after she was heard on a hot mic making comments that appeared to disparage wide receiver Stefon Diggs.
In a video that went viral on social media on Wednesday, the media member, who later identified herself as team reporter Maddy Glab, could be heard in the background saying the team was trying to get Diggs for media availability.
At that point, Glab started opining about the star wideout.
“There’s no control over Stefon Diggs,” she said. “Dude’s gonna do what he wants to do. He’ll look in my face and say, ‘F you.’ How he treats everybody.”
After the video circulated, X, formerly known as Twitter, Glab posted her own apology for the incident.
“I want to take ownership for what I said today. I am very sorry for what I said and meant no ill will,” she said. “I respect the hell out of Stefon Diggs, and he has been one of my favorite players to cover. He has great character and treats us media with lots of respect. He takes time out of his day to talk to us, which he doesn’t have to do. For context, media was waiting for players to come out for press conferences when a reporter joking told me to go get Stefon Diggs. I said I don’t have control over him – Stef marches to the beat of his own drum and I love that about him.
“He has a playful relationship with our video department, so that’s why I said he probably wouldn’t say yes to me grabbing him for an interview. I should not have said what I said, and I apologize for that. Stef is not in the wrong, I am.”
Diggs nor the Bills have not responded publicly about Glab’s comments.
The 29-year-old caught 10 passes, including a touchdown, for 102 yards in the Week 1 loss to the Jets.
But after the game, he was criticized by Michael Irvin on “Undisputed” for looking at quarterback Josh Allen and touching his head, which Irvin felt was unfair treatment toward the signal-caller.
Allen threw three interceptions and lost a fumble in the overtime loss.
“Stop telling that man: ‘Be smart, be smart,’ because you’re telling everybody else, ‘He’s dumb, he’s dumb, he’s dumb.’ Stop doing that,” Irvin said.
On “The Voncast” with Von Miller on Wednesday, Diggs responded to the former standout receiver and said he tells just about everyone on the Bills’ offense the same thing, not just Allen.
“I’m like, what are you talking about? People garnish things from a game and have their own opinion about x, y, z. Like, what are you talking about?” Diggs said on the podcast.
“I say this to the quarterback, I say this to the running backs, I say this to the receivers, to the o-line,” Diggs said. “When you see me pointing to my head, I say let’s play smart. … Some stuff is worth conversation, other stuff is like, alright, alright, alright.”
