13 July 2023 , 16:30
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Josh Allen and Dion Dawkins have shared similar sentiments over concerns surrounding their Buffalo Bills teammate Stefon Diggs.
Bills coach Sean McDermott expressed his worries with Dawkins last month, after admitting he was "very concerned" the receiver failed to attend mandatory minicamp. Speculation then spiralled as to whether there was upset in the Bills camp following Diggs absence.
With the 2023-24 season fast approaching both Allen and Dawkins have been quick to assure Bills fans and the rest of the NFL, that all remains well in their camp despite the controversy surrounding their 29-year-old teammate. Claiming the situation had been overstated, Allen previously told Bussin With the Boys: "I love [Diggs]. That’s my guy.
"The media has blown this so far out of proportion. We are in a minicamp. We’re not playing a game for four months. He doesn’t show up for one day, he’s still there, coach asked him to go home, they’re in talks.
"They’re trying to resolve some things. They’re still talking about it. Let it go. There’s no reason to continue talking about it."
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Allen's teammate Dawkins has now revealed similar, admitting that there is nothing for the Bills to camp to worry about internally when it comes to the commitment of their receiver.
"“I think it’s so funny how the world is so much more concerned than the actual teammates,” Dawkins told The Herd with Colin Cowherd. "We don’t care at all because there’s nothing to really be worried about. An example, let’s say you have a conversation with one of your best friends.
"And let’s say one word is maybe tweaked a little bit where you’re like, ‘Oh, did he just say that?’ whatever, where a group of men who love each other, play with each other, have been around each other for such a long time. I think that the media has taken things so far left where there’s really — the only way to go [is] right.
Josh Allen discussed the saga surrounding Stefon Diggs (2022 Getty Images)"But we have been living on that right side since. And there’s no worries — at all. Zero worries. Stef is Stef, Josh [Allen] is Josh, and they’re brothers, and they love each other.” Dawkins was pressed on what happened at the Bills' minicamp following Diggs' absence, but appeared to deflect any controversy.
He went on: "“What happened? From top to bottom, a bunch of guys reported to OTAs, for mandatory minicamp and practiced. We practiced hard, we practiced well. We had a lot of conversations of what we’re going to do in the season. And we worked hard at it. It’s work. It is work. It’s fun. and It’s football. So the guys were in the same vicinity doing what we do. We joke, we have fun, we argue, we compete, and that’s just what we do.”