Bills QB Josh Allen again opens up about Stefon Diggs trade

Shortly after the Buffalo Bills traded star wide receiver Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans this spring, Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen insisted he will "always have a spot in my heart for" Diggs and will "always love him like a brother and wish him nothing but the best."

Following Wednesday's training-camp practice, Allen once again addressed Diggs' departure.

"Stef’s a great player, and what he brought to this team was special," Allen said, per Kyle Silagyi of Sports Illustrated. "'Miss' is, I don’t know if I’d say 'miss.' He was a guy that was reliable, you could look to. He’s going to have the juice each and every day. I’m sure he’s bringing it over there in Houston. Definitely, you can’t say that you don’t miss that. But I am very happy with what we have going on here and how hard the guys have been working."

Questions about the relationship between Allen and Diggs hovered over the Bills from January 2023 through the club's divisional-round playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs this past January that included a costly fourth-quarter drop committed by the wideout.

While Buffalo parting ways with Diggs after the postseason defeat wasn't shocking, some continue to point out that the Bills didn't replace the 30-year-old with a big-name No. 1 target and instead are hoping rookie Keon Coleman along with free-agency pickups Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Curtis Samuel can essentially replace Diggs' production.

"I’m very comfortable with the guys that we’ve brought in," Allen added on Wednesday about Buffalo moving forward without Diggs. "It’s no secret, Stef was an All-Pro here. He’s got the stats to back it up. Each year he had 100-plus catches and 1,000-plus yards. That’s a heavy workload for someone to come in and fill those shoes."

As of Wednesday afternoon, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Bills fourth among the betting favorites at +800 odds to represent the AFC in Super Bowl LIX. Unless the Diggs trade proves to be an addition-by-subtraction transaction, failing to work things out with him could go down as a regrettable mistake made by what's supposed to be a win-now franchise.