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Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon
Diggs said he’s aiming to win five Super Bowl titles and earn
enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Diggs, who’s yet to raise the Lombardi Trophy, explained during an interview with Modern Luxury DC magazine (h/t Jay Skurski of
the Buffalo News) he’s not afraid of setting lofty goals for himself,
including outside of the NFL:
“I haven’t reached the mountaintop
yet. I always aim high. I want five Super Bowl rings. I want the Hall
of Fame. I want the glory. I believe I’m a champion. But, more so, I
want to carry some people along with me. I want my brother, Trevon,
to have a good career. I want to give my mom a place where she can be
comfortable. I want to give people jobs. I want to do more for D.C.,
my city. The mountaintop isn’t just for football; it’s for life in
general. The more people I can help—that’s when I’ll look back and
know I made a difference.”
Diggs, 27, put together a monster 2020
season, his first year with the Bills after a trade from the
Minnesota Vikings last March.
The University of Maryland product led
the NFL in both catches (127) and receiving yards (1,535) while
scoring eight touchdowns in 16 games. He added 20 receptions for 311
yards and two scores in the playoffs as Buffalo advanced to the AFC
Championship Game.
Bills head coach Sean McDermott is a
heavy user of the phrase “trust the process,” and Diggs told
Modern Luxury DC that mindset was a perfect fit for him:
“I like to buy into a process, and I
want to blend in as much as I can and let my play stand out. This is
going to sound crazy, but I’m a by-the-book guy. [Bills quarterback
Josh Allen] will just look at me and say, ‘Stef, just get open and
catch the ball. I really don’t care what you do before that.’ And
that’s hard to hear because I’m so used to timing routes and doing
things in a certain type of way. But this is where the creativity
comes in. I can mix things up a little bit, and the quarterback
trusts me. The only way you can build that trust is by making plays.”
Buffalo will once again be among the
league’s top championship contenders entering the 2021 campaign, in
large part thanks to an offense led by Allen, who finished second in
MVP voting last year, and the receiving corps of Diggs, Emmanuel
Sanders, Cole Beasley and Gabriel Davis.
The Bills are scheduled to open the new
season Sept. 12 when they host the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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