Bills' Stefon Diggs attempts to end potential controversy

Wide receiver Stefon Diggs wants everyone to know he and the Buffalo Bills are just fine heading into the preseason. 

"All is well in the mafia household," Diggs said Wednesday about his relationships with Buffalo coaches and teammates, as shared by Myles Simmons of Pro Football Talk. 

Earlier in the day, head coach Sean McDermott told reporters the Bills and Diggs were "in a good spot." McDermott previously raised eyebrows in June when he said he was "very concerned" about Diggs' reported absence from mandatory minicamp, but the coach then walked those comments back the next day. 

"Well, coach had came up and told me that he misspoke," Diggs explained about what occurred last month. "I don’t know if anyone has family here — everybody has family issues, everybody has family problems in the house. I was here. I did have a conversation with coach. And I like to keep things in-house." 

McDermott said in June he "gave Stef permission to get some space and head out" after the two "had a great conversation," a chat presumably related to Diggs' reported frustrations regarding his role in the team's offense. On Wednesday, Diggs confirmed he and McDermott "talked it out as men" so that existing problems could become "water under the bridge." 

Quarterback Josh Allen, who was famously confronted by Diggs during Buffalo's playoff loss to the Cincinnati Bengals this past January, said during mandatory minicamp he felt there were things he "could do better to help out with this process and try to get (Diggs) back here and be the Buffalo Bill that he’s meant to be." Diggs spoke highly of his QB1 on Wednesday. 

"That’s my guy," the 29-year-old said about Allen. "That’s why I say, when it’s family matters, me and him have a conversation. I don’t know if you’ve got kids, if you’ve got siblings — y’all don’t always get along. And me and him never did not get along. That’s still been my guy, that’s always going to be my guy. So, yeah, we’re fine." 

Diggs also insisted he "100 percent" wants to remain with the Bills until he retires. 

McDermott, Allen, Diggs and others inside the Buffalo locker room are singing from the same song sheet as the Bills work toward attempting to get past the likes of the Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs in the next postseason tournament. As of Wednesday afternoon, OddsChecker listed the Bills second among betting favorites at +500 odds to represent the AFC in Super Bowl LVIII.