Stefon Diggs got a front row seat to Josh Allen in 2018. He was sold right then and there.
The Buffalo Bills entered Minnesota in Week 3 of that season, they were massive underdogs. High double-digits in some sportsbooks.
The Bills won 27-6 over the Vikings.
That game Diggs remembered fondly in a message he penned to Buffalo via The Player’s Tribune on Friday. In the game came Allen’s biggest highlight of his career. Little did he know, the quarterback apparently recruited Diggs right then and there.
Allen famously jumped over linebacker Anthony Barr for a first down. The scene was wild, and Diggs loved it even as an opponent:
The Bills came to Minnesota a couple of years ago and spanked us. It was Week 3 back in 2018, and it was the kind of upset that you’ve seen the Bills pull off a lot over the past few years. It’s like even though they’ve been on the rise for a minute now, it somehow seems like people are always sleeping on them.
We were favored in that game. Heavily. But Buffalo was ready. They beat us, 27–6, and one play really stands out to me. It was late in the first quarter. Josh dropped back, then took off running up the middle. About 10 yards down the field, our defense closed in on him. And just when it looked like he was dead in the water, he leaped over one of our linebackers — I mean hurdled the guy. He flew like five yards through the air, and he got the first down.
You just don’t see a lot of quarterbacks do stuff like that.
I remember being on the sidelines thinking, O.K. … this guy’s got some moxie. He just had a ton of energy and played with so much passion. And anybody who knows me knows that I’m a passionate guy. I wear my heart on my sleeve and I give everything I got every time I step onto the field.
I could tell right away that Josh Allen was the same type of player.
So once I found out about the trade, I couldn’t wait to go to work with him.
A massive upset and Allen turning heads nationally with a ridiculously crazy play appears to have come full circle now for the Bills.
You know Josh Allen is REALLY feeling himself when he decides to hurdle Anthony Barr 😂pic.twitter.com/86JW9YtF1g
— The Rush (@therushyahoo) September 23, 2018
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