Orchard Park, N.Y. –– The fact that Josh Allen brought up his relationship with former teammate Stefon Diggs unprompted during his weekly Wednesday media availability was proof that the Buffalo Bills star quarterback had something he wanted to get of his chest.

It had to do with the interpretation of his comments following Monday night’s 47-10 win over Jacksonville when Allen was asked a question about having six different players catch touchdown passes. Allen said it was a “fun and wonderful thing when you got a bunch of guys that don’t care about the stats.”

True as that may be with the Bills and their “everyone eats” mantra, Allen’s words were immediately taken as a shot at Diggs, who served as the Bills No. 1 target during his four years in Buffalo, getting more than 29 per cent of Allen’s throws last season.

When asked a similar question on Wednesday, one that might have elicited similar comments from Allen, the quarterback called an audible and took the conversation in another direction.

"I know there's a lot of people talking out there, again, I'm not trying to tear down anybody," Allen said. "I've loved everybody that I've played with, and you don't have to tear other people down to build each other up. And we're building each other up right now and that's all we're trying to do and trying........

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