Stefon Diggs and coach Sean McDermott have come under fire from Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin of the Cowboys for their remarks against Bills quarterback Josh Allen.
Michael Irvin, the Dallas Cowboys‘ Hall of Famer and the focal point of three Super Bowl champion teams in the 1990s, may have been the best at managing the locker room on a championship team.
Irvin has since given the Buffalo Bills some unsolicited leadership counsel, saying, “Stop calling Josh Allen ‘dumb.'”
Josh Allen being defended by Michael Irvin
In the wake of a Week 1 22-16 overtime loss to the New York Jets on “Monday Night Football,” in which Bills quarterback Josh Allen was a slopfest with four turnovers, including three interceptions, and his postgame acceptance of the blame for all of it, the Bills leadership isn’t exactly doing that, of course. Allen said after the game
“Same s***, same place, different day,” ” … It sucks when you feel like you’re the reason, and I am the reason why we lost tonight.”
The Jets, a division rival team, handed the team a loss even after four-time Aaron Rodgers, the MVP, had to leave his first game early due to an Achilles tear.
And Irvin takes issue with the way head coach Sean McDermott and All-Pro wide receiver Stefon Diggs are handling the situation involving their franchise quarterback. Irvin said
“Stop telling that man (to) ‘Be smart!” “Because (by saying that), you’re telling everyone else he’s dumb. Stop doing that. Stop messing with his confidence.”
“I keep seeing Diggs, and the head coach [Sean McDermott], look at the quarterback saying [be smart],” pointing to his head.
Undoubtedly, it represents some contrarian thinking. Irvin isn’t being a troll here, though. On the subject of football positivism, he is speaking from personal experience. And he makes the compelling claim that the more a teacher prods a student to “get smart,” the less brilliant the student ultimately believes he is. And considering that the Allen issue—he had 14 interceptions the previous year—isn’t going away?
