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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The chippiness between Buffalo Bills receiver Stefon Diggs and Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander began when both players ran out of the tunnel at the same time for pregame warm-ups. But how it ended? Well, that depends on who you ask.
“I don’t give a f— who started it, I finished it. I got the win,” Diggs said after the Bills defeated the Packers 27-17 on Sunday Night Football. “I don’t deal with moral victories. I don’t deal with one-on-one battles because it’s not a one-on-one game. … It’s a team effort, and I got a dub. I feel like at the end of the day there are no moral victories.”
Alexander offered a different perspective.
“Nah, I don’t either,” Alexander said when asked who started the verbal exchange. “I finished it.”
The trash talk seemingly began when Diggs was spotted running sideways and yelling at Alexander on their way out of the tunnel. Their feud continued as the teams filed back to their locker rooms, and picked up again when they were coming out of the tunnel for the second half.
Diggs was once again the Bills’ leading receiver on Sunday night, with a game-high 6 receptions for 108 yards and a touchdown catch. However, Alexander was not the nearest defender on any of Diggs’ targets, per NFL NextGen Stats. Alexander lined up against Diggs on only three of his routes (13%).
Diggs and Alexander had previously faced each other across two seasons when Diggs played for the Packers’ NFC North rival, the Minnesota Vikings. Diggs, who spent his first five NFL seasons in Minnesota, became the first player to score a touchdown in eight consecutive games against Green Bay.
“I mean, I always thought he was a decent receiver, but not much I can say about him,” said Alexander, who also said he was “just keeping it real” and told Diggs when they came out of the tunnel before the game that Diggs “couldn’t mess with me,” referring to the receiver as “a little boy.”
In the first quarter, while…
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